Best Openings for Begginers?

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Sworp

So after my 'Ten Tips for Just-Beginning Players," I decided to see what openings people would recommend for beginners. This would be mine:

The point of it is trying to get not just one, but two moves ahead as White. As Black I don't really have a favorite. 
 
     Share your favorite openings here.
aaronprince

Giuaco Piano, four knights, King's Indian are all good openings for people to cut their teeth on.

LM_player
f4, d5, Kf2 is oddly my favorite opening.
LM_player
(It gets very intense mid-games)
CheesyPuns
LM_player wrote:
f4, d5, Kf2 is oddly my favorite opening.

1) the carlsen variation

2) the advanced yifan variation

 

Sworp
aaronprince wrote:

Giuaco Piano, four knights, King's Indian are all good openings for people to cut their teeth on.

Thanks!

MickinMD

Your choice of openings should not be just to become fully developed - and you're fooling yourself if you think you can find an opening that is sure to let you develop 2 moves faster than your opponent.

The purpose of the opening is to get you to a playable middle game.  In the position in the OP's diagram, what is your plan as White or Black after 8 Bg5?

If you're Black, you have a chance of gain equality in development and then you have 4 Q-side Pawns vs 2 for White and should start pushing Q-side Pawns when you can.  White also has a Pawn on e4 that, after 8...d6, may become difficult to defend or tie White's pieces up doing it because White can't play f3 until he wastes a King move due to the Black B on the a7-g1 diagonal.

White sacrificed a Pawn in this opening to get an advantage in development.  That means threats need to flow fast.  But I don't see a great plan, though getting your major pieces on the d- and e-files might eventually pay off.

What's the plan?

 

godsofhell1235

I don't necessarily recommend them... but lots of beginners seem to gravitate towards the Italian, Philidor, and London

 

 

godsofhell1235

I recommend playing into the Spanish (as either color, depending if you want to start with 1.e4), and/or the Queen's gambit declined (as either color, depending on if you want to start with 1.d4).



 

jbent02

I recommend French (for black, for beginners), and (for white) the Italian.

MarkoHoog

Would wayward queen count

mpaetz

     Most experts recommend 1.e4 for novices as a lot of basic theory is contained in the 1.e4 e5 openings (setting up the standard sacrifices on h7 and f7, breaking open the center with d4, learning to develop rapidly and harmoniously). You can't stop your opponents from playing something different, but you shouldn't be trying to come up with an opening repetoire until you understand the game better. Most importantly, don't try to find traps or tricks to win a lot of games vs low-rated opposition at the expense of mastering basic principles.

xElectr0nx

what is a begginer??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Kadenstarr

 

userfriendly2

I've been playing the Scotch and the Evans gambits religiously of late and the Sicilian dragon as black. The gambits are very tactical and great at teaching you the value of development, and they have been played at a very high level and are not dubious.

userfriendly2

Against 1.d4 I play the Dutch but still working on that.

Nennerb

The hippopotamus defense got me through 1300-- it's a basic system that is great for fast chess and solid (not really) for slow games.

Kadenstarr

is that something like this

Kadenstarr

 

Kadenstarr

ignore the fact that the bishops can take each other