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lime9009
2 days ago
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#1
I am quite new to chess and i am trying to get good at openings. i found vienna gambit and ponziani for white quite effective and i personally use them to get an advantage at the start of the game but for some reason I do not have any openings for black and for that reason I almost always loose as black. for this reason I am asking you all on the opening i should learn for black
Pick 1 opening against 1.e4 and 1 opening against 1.d4. That should cover you for most games. Also, congrats on your progress over the last few months. Start with 1.e4 as you will face that more often. Traditionally newer players play 1..e5 and 1..d5 to learn symetrical positions before expanding. So if you play 1.e5 that means you need to know Italian, Scotch and Ruy Lopez (fortunately you already know what to do with Vienna and Ponziani), so that leaves Four Knights, King's Gambit and Centre Game (as remaining 1.e4 that you will see). I think I noted them in order you will see the most at your rating, but four knights can appear much more than KG and CG. For 1.d4 you will see a lot of system players, so have something for London and Colle-Zukertort, and something for people who play a QG set up. Finally something for the Catalan. Don't do it all at once, just one at a time. Play against it, refer back to studied opening.
1 day ago
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#3
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Hi @lime9009
I'd recommend the Caro-Kann against e4, and the Semi-Slav against d4. Both these openings are great for beginners to learn, but you can keep them all the way to 2000+ ELO. The advantage is you can learn solid openings, and many players around your rating will not know how to play against them either. But at the end of the day, understanding basic opening principles is much much more effective in improving your chess.
Hope this helps,
-@FinkeChess