im working my way up with 65% + winrates mostly playing queens gambit as white and Scandinavian as black when e4. but relying on opponent blunders in the opening will mean you have no chance of getting to 1k, most players near and around there, even the bad players i play in mid 800s to 900s will not give anything away in the opening. you have to understand the fundamentals of openings and use those to get yourself in a winning position. memorizing lines wont make you better at the actual game.
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Sep 9, 2020
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Learning tricks is NOT the way to get good at chess. Beginners LOVE openings like wayward queen, but that’s not chess. Memorizing a trap and playing it every game is NOT chess and NOBODY plays them beyond about 900 rating. To play real chess and to make real progress you must learn and understand chess principles. Sure you will win some games against players who don’t know what they are doing, and it may feel nice, but you will be forever stuck at 800 if you don’t go beyond these dumb shortcuts.
Sep 9, 2020
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CharlieColtrane wrote:
Currently hovering 600 elo trying to push to 1k. Looking for the best openings to main on both sides of the board. Im guessing openings with a lot of tricks so enemies can blunder will be best. Help needed! thanks
do not use tricks as a "beginner" player. I am a NM and I still believe using tricks are only good for bullet/blitz. You need to focus on playing more mainstream openings, and learning from them. Tricks may gain you lots of rating, but your actuall skill level will be the same. Eventually you will drop back down 
Currently hovering 600 elo trying to push to 1k. Looking for the best openings to main on both sides of the board. Im guessing openings with a lot of tricks so enemies can blunder will be best. Help needed! thanks