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judging on your question, you have a lot to learn. Chess is played by 2 players,openings are not determined by your moves alone. So, if you want to play Lopez (1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5) , you would have to be prepared that black won't let you go there. So you could meet other defences starting from Sicilian(1. ...c5) , French (e6) , Caro-Kann(c6), Pirc(d6), etc.. Yes, you should try to be familiar with black responses other than e5. Yes, it takes time but you can not avoid it. As a quick solution, you might try a system opening until you learn an openings better.
Hi everyone,
Just recently got into playing chess again. However, I was not aware of all the pre-patterned openings that existed and how they all have been analysed and given best next moves accordingly.
My question is the following: If I am interested in learning for example the Ruy Lopez openings and want to use it often in my games.....Should I continue the pattern to an extent even if the other player has completely moved other pieces ? Or should I then determine what he did and change openings accordingly, assuming I would know what opening he is doing. But then I wouldn't be playing the Lopez......
Peter