opening sequences (tutorials)

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Avatar of No_Buck
Looking for some good informative videos to help with my opening moves, finding that I’m almost shooting myself in the foot when not countering properly at the start
Avatar of Duckfest

At your level, with only 13 games played, there is not much to tell you. There's not a single opening you have played more than once, according to your profile. Not one, for either color. At this point in your chess journey, you have yet to learn pretty much everything.

We could try our best to write a tutorial specifically for you, but that would be a waste of time. Fortunately for us, we don't need to do that, because many tutorials have already been written. All it takes is for you to make an effort, instead of asking others to make an effort. As soon as you are willing to open yourself up, there is an abundance of content available to help you. I recommend Google, it's a search engine that people can use to find information.

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Learning the game initially can be overwhelming because there's so many openings. That's why a beginner should focus on the "principles" of the openings rather than the sequence of moves. Principle #1: Central control with pieces and pawns. #2: Proper development of pieces ie. knights toward the middle, bishops on long diagonals, rooks on open or semi-open files #3: King safety, preferably castled. Simple search on YouTube of opening principles should give you a lot of helpful videos. Also there's a lot of free chessable courses with videos too. Chess.com has a lot of videos too but may be limited to subscribers. Good luck and enjoy the game!

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Chess Openings Resources for Beginners and Beyond…

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/openings-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell