I'm not exactly a beginner lol.
My parents think i'm a beginner but I would call myself an intermediate one. I've been playing chess for 5 years, playing with some pretty good opponents and I've only got a coach now.
When I was a beginner, I would use e4 but gradually I started using c4. Perhaps my coach thinks of all his students as beginners?
Well, by "beginner" I mean in terms of relative strength, as opposed to time played.
Again, 1.c4 is fine, but it's more of a positional opening. The ideas in it are more abstract, and less concrete.
In some lines, for example, white "undevelops" his f3 knight and redirects it to c2. In others, white gives himself a backward pawn in the center and prepares a pawn advance on the queenside with the support of his queen rook ... These ideas (and others) are generally considered too advanced for beginners to grasp and handle properly.
With 1.e4, the strategies tend to be more direct and principled - easier to understand and easier to learn from.
I'd argue that playing 1.e4, at your level, will definitely make you a stronger player in the long run.
yeah I'm learning on developing pieces and e4 definitely helps not gonna lie. But thanks for the tip
you all will be seeing more e4 games from me lol
Your current priority shouldn't be playing 1.e4 instead of 1.c4, but rather playing more slowly/ carefully. Almost all the games you have played here are full of (mutual) blunders.
alright then thanks for the advice!