Openings

Hello! I want to get a opening repertoire. I like to first be defensives then later attack. Can you guys help?

Opening Principles:

1. Control the center squares – d4-e4-d5-e5.
2. Develop your minor pieces toward the center – piece activity is the key. Centralized piece control more squares.
3. (King Safety)
4. Connect your rooks. There should be no pieces between your Rooks.

The objective of development is about improving the value of your pieces by increasing the importance of their roles (Piece Activity).  Well-developed pieces have more fire-power than undeveloped pieces and they do more in helping you gain control.

Now we will look at 5 practical things you can do to help you achieve your development objective.

They are:

1. Give priority to your least active pieces.

• Which piece needs to be developed (which piece is the least active)?
• Where should it go (where can its role be maximized)?

1. Exchange your least active pieces for your opponent’s active pieces.
2. Restrict the development of your opponent’s pieces.
3. Neutralize your opponent’s best piece.
4. Secure strong squares for your pieces.

Don’t help your opponent develop.

There are 2 common mistakes whereby you will simply be helping your opponent to develop:

1. Making a weak threat that can easily be blocked
2. Making an exchange that helps your opponent to develop a piece

Pre Move Checklist:

1. Make sure all your pieces are safe.
2. Look for forcing move: Checks, captures, threats. You want to look at ALL forcing moves (even the bad ones) this will force you look at, and see the entire board.
3. If there are no forcing moves, you then want to remove any of your opponent’s pieces from your side of the board.
4. If your opponent doesn’t have any of his pieces on your side of the board, then you want to improve the position of your least active piece.
5. After each move by your opponent, ask yourself: "What is my opponent trying to do?"

General Ideas.

1. Stop playing blitz, and bullet.  Play longer time controls of at least G45, or longer.  
2. Follow Opening Principles:

• Control the center.
• Develop minor pieces toward the center.
• Castle.
• Connect your rooks.

1. Study tactics...tactics...tactics.  One of my favorite quotes is this: "Until you reach Master, your first name is tactics, your middle name is tactics, and your last name is tactics”.
2. Double Check your moves.  Before making a move, ask yourself: "Are my pieces safe?"
3. After your opponent moves, ask yourself: "What is my opponent trying to do?"
4. Analyze your games WITHOUT a chess engine, then have someone stronger go over the games, or post them online for review.
5. DO NOT memorize openings. Learn and understand the pawn structure, and piece placement for the opening you wish to learn.
6. Learn Basics Mates:

• K vs. KQ
• K vs. KR
• K vs. KRR

1. Learn Basic King and Pawn endings.

• KP vs. K
• Opposition

1. Have Fun!

thx

Glad to help.

How new? Your rapid and daily ratings are good for a beginner.

not that begginer but i dont have that good opening repotoire

Chess Openings Resources for Beginners and Beyond...

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

Some openings you can learn:

-Italian Game

-Bishop's Opening

-Queen's Gambit

-Petrov's Defense

-Philidor Defense

-Indian Game

Remember that you won't be always able to play them, so make sure to learn the basic principles of the opening phase. @IMBacon did a good job writing them. Also, don't just memorize the openings, learn their main lines and their main ideas. So if your opponents don't play the most common moves, you'll know what to do.

I don't think there is anything that can be added to the excellent summary in post #2, except possibly:

1. Play the position. By this I mean don't be a slave to the general principles, sometimes you have to "break" them. Play the position is basically a summary of the Pre Move Checklist above.

2. Read and re-read the summary. There is excellent guidance there. As mentioned, don't try to memorize openings; rather focus on the theory and general principles of development, piece  and pawn structure and tactics. (But always play the position.)

Good luck. 

What ever opening you decide to play.  DO NOT just memorize moves.  Learn and gain a basic understanding of "why" behind each move. 

"Why" do the pieces go to the squares they go to?

"Why" do the pawns go to the squares they go to?

Opening are about piece placement, pawn structure, and getting to a playable middegame.

I have My First Chess Opening Repertoire for White by Vincent Moret. Its written for beginners. Each opening has 6 or more fully annotated games (almost move by move) explaining variations and plans. Guess the move test at the end of each chapter. The openings are fun to play. Preview the contents on amazon to see what is proposed. The Night Attack is a reply to the Caro Kann which isnt clear from the contents page. He explains themes and plans well. The book isn't an encyclopedia, it is more instructional and intended as an introduction.

i now some of those openings the thing is i dont have a set of openings i can play i usually only play the itallian game

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If you are black, King's Indian defence, castling on the queen's'side after white castles on the king side, then a pawn storm attack, Couldn't imagine more defensive than Kings Indian if black, but maybe others disagree,

Try a fried fox defense