What is a good beginner opening for black?

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CubingUnseen
Plz help
Siddsteve
Black- against e4: Scandinavian Defence.
Against d4, c4,etc: King’s Indian Defence
moknarf
You can play e6 as a response for white e4
KxKmate

There are plenty of good openings to try but playing classically and fighting for the center are good starts. What openings have you played so far? What openings do you struggle to play against? 

CubingUnseen
I mostly play the Scandinavian and but I don’t know know what to when they push the pawn on the 2nd move (e4-e5 I think)

I don’t know what to play against d4
tworookscastling

U can plA 2-knight's defense if U R N aggressive player.

 

KxKmate

Well first it’s best to know the opening principles well, so whenever you get out of known opening positions you have concepts to work from. So after 1. E4 d5 2. E5- what do you think would be a good move?

Against d4, you can play many responses, but I suggest either d5 or Nf6. Try to attack the center early on.

CubingUnseen
Ok thank you. Would the move be Nc6?
batinyaren

I wouldn't recommend scandinavian against e4, of course it's an opening you can play, but an opening where you put the Queen in early. you can play e5 against e4. this is good for beginners. as your level increases you can learn openings like french caro-cann or sicilian.

 

Against d4 you can make a game like this:

your level is low yet, you just need to know the opening principles

m24gstevens

Just keep it simple: Against e4, play e5 or d5, and against d4, play d5. Going for a semi-closed or a hypermodern opening as a beginner is much harder than fighting for the centre with pawns.

Other than that, you should just play principled: Adhere to the basic opening principles of putting pieces and pawns into the centre, developing all your pieces, not making too many pawn moves, not moving the queen out too early, getting king safety (Castling) and not moving the same piece too many times.

 

dikmasterson

If you're really, really a beginner: mirror the moves white is making. Pawn for pawn, knight for knight, bishop for bishop, castling for castling etc. Do that for the first 4-5 moves. Thereafter, exercise your own judgement.

Moonwarrior_1
m24gstevens wrote:

Just keep it simple: Against e4, play e5 or d5, and against d4, play d5. Going for a semi-closed or a hypermodern opening as a beginner is much harder than fighting for the centre with pawns.

Other than that, you should just play principled: Adhere to the basic opening principles of putting pieces and pawns into the centre, developing all your pieces, not making too many pawn moves, not moving the queen out too early, getting king safety (Castling) and not moving the same piece too many times.

 

 

eliothowell

If I were you, I would play more daily games.  This way, you get to  spend time learning the openings and the concepts thereof.

davidmayfield
The Caro Kann was the first opening I learned for black.
uhhhhhhjackiguess
If you are playing the scandinavian and you get your queen attacked, just move it back to the starting square. It's simple
uhhhhhhjackiguess
Good opening for black for beginners IMO is probably maybe the french defense. It's not too complicated and doesn't take a long time to study, and most beginners won't know how to respond to it. For white I highly recommend the London system as an opening for d4. Unlike most openings you don't need to learn theory. You just need to learn the setup and some london traps for black and white.