ponz111 wrote:
At your stage you should not worry about book moves. You should learn general opening principles.
Learn some basics before you learn book moves.
+1
Opening principles rather than openings.
@JudgeDoom -- a +1 for your thoughtful response too. And to echo a point (as I'm very rusty, and I just can't analyze a position fast enough): play slower games. My rapids are blunderfests, and so I just started (like yesterday) playing daily. A 30-mintues game might be nice, but, like you, I don't often have an hour to block off -- with daily I can sit and study a position when I have time during the day, and forget about it when I don't have time.
Let me also recommend Emms' book: DIscovering Chess Openings, which is almost all opening principles.
At your stage you should not worry about book moves. You should learn general opening principles.
Learn some basics before you learn book moves.