

You can lost some material and get into trouble by not knowing the opening. something you will see: e4 lines like Italian, Ruy lopez exchange, Four knights and Scotch, sometimes Two Knights and Fried Liver.However, you should attain playable position (most of the time) even if you mess up opening move orders. You are also not going to gain any big advantages (unless they fall into traps) or blunder much. While some of the lines can be tactical, most of the times You are not gonna get very tactical in the opening phrase. safe but sometimes boring: London, queen pawn game for white (and sometimes English) with black, caro-kann, french, Slav and petrov are some safe bets.I am very low level and probably wrong, but in lower levels it generally goes something like this: Please continue to give us your feedback and suggestions on how we can help make /r/chess better for everyone.ĭepends on your playing style actually. Use the message the moderators link if your posts or comments don't appear, or for help with any administrative matters. Twitter/Facebook posts must contain a direct link to the tweet/post, and include the author's nameĬhess Spoiler format for problem answers etc.,

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That is a simple example but it is how opening knowledge is developed.News Puzzles Games Strategy Twitch Other Resources You should mainly pickup experience as you go and review the openings that happened.įor instance you play 1.e4 and Black plays 1.d5 (Scandinavian), you don't know what to do and play a bad move (2.e5), then after reviewing it you find the best move is 2.exd5. You can start by learning some basic lines against the most common options, such as Italian Game against 1.e5 (2.Nf3, 3.Bc4), and the Alapin against the Sicilian (2.c3). Which can be 1.e5, Sicilian, French, Caro-Kann, Scandinavian, Alekhine, Pirc, and so on. For instance, you could learn the Sicilian Defence (against 1.e4) and the Queen's Gambit Declined (against 1.d4).įor White, it's a bit more tricky, because if I say play 1.e4, then actually that means you will be playing against whatever defence Black chooses, and have to adapt your play to that. Just start with one opening against 1.e4, and one opening against 1.d4, for when you play black. Please continue to give us your feedback and suggestions on how we can help make /r/chess better for everyone.

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