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Start with the Italian. No opening does a better job of teaching basic principles and tactics.

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You can win a lot of games against non-titled players with the Stonewall Attack....it's one of the easiest openings to learn.  Similar attacking motifs, particularly on the Kingside, can be found in the London System.  Of the two, I suggest learning the Stonewall first when a transition to the London System (should you want to) would go more smoothly, as the Stonewall, in addition to being a great precursor to the London, can be played to good effect very shortly after becoming familiar with it's straight-forward attacking themes...

The Stonewall Attack...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/stonewall-attack

Yaac Attack...is in fact...the Stonewall Attack...

Chill with the Yaac Attack...

https://www.chess.com/blog/LogoCzar/chill-with-the-yaac-attack

Yaac Attack/Stonewall Attack on Chessable...

https://www.chessable.com/chess-openings/s/yaac

Introduction To The London System & Jobava London System...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/the-london-system

otherwise.....

Chess Openings Resources for Beginners and Beyond...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/openings-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond

Good Chess Openings Books For Beginners and Beyond...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/good-chess-openings-books-for-beginners-and-beyond

Scribd and PDFdrive For Online Chess Book Reading, Downloading...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/scribd-com-for-online-chess-book-reading

several more openings articles here to choose from.....(Italian Game, Vienna Game, etc.)...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell

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Kowarenai wrote:

i dont have money for opening books, any online resources i can use?

I only use two things for my opening studies:

An online database (I use Chess Tempo's: https://old.chesstempo.com/game-database.html).

And an engine (I mostly use the Analysis board here on chess.com: https://www.chess.com/analysis).

Choose lines you like. Glance at a few games, to see if you understand the basic opening ideas (and, to some extent, the general middlegame themes).

Explore alternate moves on the Analysis board, to see how things go.

If you're going for 1.e4, then you should focus mainly on the big 4 (Sicilian, e5, French, and Caro-Kann).

If you keep at this, eventually you'll narrow things down into a repertoire that you're comfortable with.

Bonus points: it'll be a repertoire that you've created through prep, rather than one that you've copied from someone else. Therefore, you'll likely understand it better than most.

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TheNeogotiator wrote:
It’s called best by test for a reason. I really think it depends on your rating range, I’ve seen 1200s run around playing Sicilians even though it’s only been recommended to play by masters. It’s true that white may make the first move ;but black has the opportunity to take you into the Forest. You may want to play an Italian game but you could get a Scandinavian or a French. l The real question is how well do you know the principals of pawn structure, piece optimization , strategy, and even theory. How serious are you about the game? Is it for pleasure?

Bro excuse me I play the sicclian and otb and have great results with it,and I am not a master you can check my online ratingsbthiugh

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ChesswithNickolay wrote:
RussBell wrote:

Chess Openings Resources for Beginners and Beyond...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/openings-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond

Good Chess Openings Books For Beginners and Beyond...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/good-chess-openings-books-for-beginners-and-beyond

Scribd and PDFdrive For Online Chess Book Reading, Downloading...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/scribd-com-for-online-chess-book-reading

several openings here to choose from...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell

 

Man just copy-pasted stuff didn't even look at the OP's ratings.

yeah it makes me feel like a noob even tho i am at normal theory lol

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Hanging Pawns has the biggest opening library on the whole Youtube. 110 videos on 1 .e4 for example: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLssNbVBYrGcCa4bJH7JqmUZs3qNdSWUkG

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And 118 videos on 1. d4: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLssNbVBYrGcChUBTYsgrT237QvTQkXwyf

 

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Kowarenai wrote:
 

yeah it makes me feel like a noob even tho i am at normal theory lol

Clearly you are not a 'noob'.  You are "...and Beyond".  That is, there are resources and instructive material in my blog articles that are useful for both 'noob' and more experienced players.

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https://www.chessgames.com/

https://www.chess.com/openings

 

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For openings I just use youtube to find what I want to play, then use the lee chess database and put the theory in a study so I have it there to always looks at. Then I go and lookover some GM games in the opening to get an idea of how to play the positions. This is all 100% free as well

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it's just an attitude, don't be afraid and do your best but pay attention to your strengths and weaknesses and always take your opponent idea or thought into account and you will be fine, chess is much about confidence isnt it

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hanging pawns