What openings are the best in your opinion?

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pawelboba

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SirLauncelot9
I really like the Halloween gambit.
salmanalathurwastaken

for beginners like myself i like the london for white and the kings indian for black, it has served me well

RussBell

For beginner-intermediate players check out GothamChess (IM Levy Rozman) on YouTube for recommendations and quick tutorials on various openings....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFod-ozimmM&t=103s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdyik5UwBtM

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gothamchess+openings

For more opening suggestions check out the chess openings tier lists videos by GM Hikaru Nakamura and IM Levy Rozman (aka 'GothamChess'). There are separate tier list videos for beginner, intermediate and GM level. Within a video each opening is ranked in terms of its appropriateness vis-a-vis player skill level. Here is part 1 of the 3-part Tier List for Beginners...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9CwH47r6og&list=PL4KCWZ5Ti2H43-gcoByRnZs5fVR_Lg133&index=4&ab_channel=GMHikaru

Note that (particularly for the beginner openings video) they will frequently refer to some openings as "garbage" or "bad" (an unfortunate choice of terms in my view). However, these qualifiers are meant simply to convey how appropriate the specific opening is for the level of player being discussed, in terms of, for example, how much so-called "theory" (i.e., the collection of extensively documented variations) the opening encompasses, or how much emphasis the opening places on positional versus tactical skills in order to play it well.

So, an opening they refer to as "garbage" for a beginner may in fact be appropriate for higher rated players who typically know more of the theory for particular openings and have a more highly developed understanding of positional concepts. For each of the openings discussed be sure, also, to note whether the evaluation is from White’s or Black’s perspective.

Finally, several articles on suggested openings and other articles on chess topics that may be of interest to the improving chess amateur in my blog....
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell