You don't need opening study. You just need follow the rules of principled play. You're best off waiting until your rating is higher before studying specific lines and openings. It's a massive rabbit hole. I study openings, scotch game for white and caro kann for black, it's all very well until your opponent strays from the common lines. Then you're on your own, it's a double edged sword opening theory. Can feel quite daunting. I didn't really need to do that at my level either.
Worth watching John Bartholomew on YT he plays a rating climb right up to 2000 with no specific openings. Classical chess is other words. His fundamental series is worth watching too.
I hope that helps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2huVf1l4UE&list=PLl9uuRYQ-6MCBnhtCk_bTZsD8GxeWP6BV
Practicing openings
Look at your losses and ask yourself: "Did the opening decide the game?". You'll find out fast that no one at your levels knows or even understands openings. What they do is memorize moves and have no understanding of why they are played. For now keep it simple: Follow opening principles. Blunder check your moves and always ask: "What is my opponent trying to do?". This will cut out 80% of your blunders and mistakes. Now if you're going to say: "I dont have time to do all of that.". Then you know you need to play slower time controls.
Often times, yes. Only with openings I have very little experience with though. In that case, I end up thinking a move is okay, then realise my opponent has a strong attack, often resulting in losses of material or the game. As long as I can get through the opening fine though, I typically am able to win a majority of games. If you check my account, you can see the average win rates for each time control.
Often times, yes. Only with openings I have very little experience with though. In that case, I end up thinking a move is okay, then realise my opponent has a strong attack, often resulting in losses of material or the game. As long as I can get through the opening fine though, I typically am able to win a majority of games. If you check my account, you can see the average win rates for each time control.
59% win rate in rapid. That's because you're beating players that are lower rated than you. If you stick to principled play in the opening, you should get through to the middle game.
Does anyone know if there’s a way to set a bot up so it will play a specific opening every time? I had this thought because, while I’m particularly strong with some, others I’m not always sure what to do, and quickly end up in a losing position. If you could practice common lines of different openings, it would help lower rated players to learn and improve their knowledge of the game.