At what blitz rating level do openings come into play

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I really don't know anything to play against the Taimanov it's totally unbeatable if black knows their theory.

On the other hand I have had 2000 rated players play the Grob and beat me.

Avatar of Yurinclez2
pdve wrote:

I really don't know anything to play against the Taimanov it's totally unbeatable if black knows their theory.

On the other hand I have had 2000 rated players play the Grob and beat me.

Any openings can be played by any player from any rating. You might haven't met high rated players who make mistakes during opening

Avatar of pdve

I think it's fair to say I am terrible at all openings

Avatar of ricechesmaster
Play 1.b4 it’s good
Avatar of OneThousandEightHundred18

Most players even beginners know at least some theory. The higher you go the more variations and depth you can expect your opponent to know. Everyone has different gaps in their knowledge and rating is a matter of consistency. If a particular opening is causing problems then study it or avoid it

Avatar of DerekDHarvey

Spacede blunders twice then accused the winner of cheating. What a fraud.

Avatar of marqumax

They're always useful but never essential

Avatar of DerekDHarvey

Spacede blunders twice then accused the winner of cheating. What a fraud.

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pdve wrote:

I really don't know anything to play against the Taimanov it's totally unbeatable if black knows their theory.

On the other hand I have had 2000 rated players play the Grob and beat me.

Taimanov is totally solid so-

Don't worry about theory that much tho just play naturally.

Avatar of Zycirline

Somewhere around 1200 and then gets better from there. My most recent blitz game followed theory up to move 12 ish when he just hung a piece lol ez 98 accuracy

https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/26519456829