an addition because i dont know how to edit lol, which type of openings should i be studying, setup or theory, and whatever type is better, what openings should i be using from that type?
How do i improve my openings and general play as a 500 rating beginner?
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Mar 16, 2021
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It's best not to study openings as a 500 rated player. It will do you no good because you don't really know the basics or at least you don't know how to put them into practice.
Follow opening principles first. Choose some mainstream variation and play games in it.
Here is an article on opening principles:
https://www.chess.com/blog/nklristic/surviving-the-opening-first-steps-to-chess-improvement
And here is a guide of sorts that might help you improve your game:
https://www.chess.com/blog/nklristic/the-beginners-tale-first-steps-to-chess-improvement
It will be a slow ascent however, and you have to put in all the work.
The exact opening lines will not help you at the moment, it would be mostly a waste of time. Why? Because it would be difficult to memorize, as you mostly don't understand the ideas behind specific openings and neither does your opponent . You can memorize some 9 move variation, just for your opponent to play weird second move after which all your memorization goes out of the window.
Mar 16, 2021
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#4
I couldn't agree more with nklristic! Openings for a 500 player are a waste. If your opponent is also at that level, you'll be out of "book" by move 3, and then you're on your own.
Best opening principles? Open with e4 (Queen pawn openings will come later). Develop your knights first, then your bishops, and castle early. Try to control the center of the board as much as possible by aiming your pieces in that direction.
MOST IMPORTANT: Watch what your opponent is doing and what threats he's making! Too many beginners focus on their own plans to the exclusion of their opponent's threats. For example, "My bishop is aimed at f7. All I have to do is move my queen to f3 to threaten checkmate. Damn! I forgot his knight was on e5!"
By the way, I notice that most of your live games are 5 minute games. You shouldn't play that fast a control until you've gotten much stronger. Play 15/10 until you hit 1200 or better, and then throw in a few 5 minute games for fun and relaxation.
Improving Your Chess - Resources for Beginners and Beyond...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/improving-your-chess-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell
Mar 16, 2021
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#6
Opening Principles will greatly help in reaching at least 1000+ chess.com rating.
https://www.chess.com/blog/KeSetoKaiba/opening-principles-again
Also doing tactics routinely (puzzles) and maybe learning some basic theoretical endgames and checkmates. The most important thing with puzzles is routine and quality - not quantity. Way better to solve 5 puzzles each day than to try 10 and let the quality suffer. It is good to calculate as much as you can and learn the patterns and motifs in play more than it is about solving the puzzle fast.
There is no shortcut to improving with chess long-term; it is just a bunch of small steps and eventually you've been playing for years! Time will sneak up on you lol
Whenever i play an opening a learn, 2 things would happen, i would focus a lot on my openings and forget about my pieces, and my opponent would usually play somethings unexpected that makes me confused, are openings really that important, and should i focus a lot on them? also are there any other ways i can do to improve my gameplay?