Best opening for a new player

Which would be the best opening to use as a new player? everytime i try new things, i end up making mistakes!

Pawn to king 4.

A few months ago when I actually started playing chess 4 real here on chess.com I used the Ruy Lopez- Very easy, learn and play!

Don't encourage him! The last thing we need is more players opening with crap like that.

Play e4 as your first move, e5 as a response to e4...and d5 as a response to d4.

For inspiration and guidance consult Paul Morphy games and general beginner-level games collections like "Logical Chess Move by Move" by Irving Chernev.

Play these until you no longer have to ask these questions.

I think that the kings indian is actually quite easy to learn and a great opening

I think for a new player, such the original questioner is, the very best openings are those long-line very theoretical ones that the GMs play.

Avoid at all costs things like the Giuoco or Scotch or Center Game. How can

those be appropriate for a beginner? Skip right over the Queen's Gambit and

other d4 d5 openings as well. No Classical stuff--Hypermodern is the stuff for

the beginner--and the more obscure the better. Do the Hippo.

 Agreed. This opening can be played against any viable black response. Although it doesn't give you a big mid-game positional advantage. It is extremely flexible and little opening theory is required. This is definitely the best opening for a new player to learn.

e4

1)

Take control of the center so that your opponent has to go around the center which takes longer than going via the center, play:

e4, d4, Nf3, Nc3, Bc4, Bf4, 0-0, Re1, Q one step up (e2 d2) and Rad1.

And the similar thing with black.

Ofcourse no opponent will let you play like that. It is a kind of ideal position. Two pawns in the center, the knights developed to their best places towards the center, the bishops out, king safe, queen out so there is a connection between the rooks.

2)

Get hold of a beginners chess book concerned about opening theori and with a short review of a list of openings.

When learning the moves, beginners should be put on the Hypermodern path asap.  They should be told that the only legal way to develop bishops is in the fianchetto. Never put pawns into the center. When they've learned how most of the pieces move then is the time to put into their hands the most advanced and specialized opening treatises, and told to memorize as much as possible. Just memorize.

The conventional advice offered by professional teachers that the student should

study chess as a course of its evolution from Morphy to Steinitz and so on is

probably a conspiracy to keep the student from getting stronger than the

teacher. Yeah, that's it. As proof let me state that they laughed at Ruy Lopez.

So there. It is likely apparent now that I am a gifted visionary (as well as

incredibly brave). Anyone who disagrees is a cowardly lackey of stereotyped

thinking--narrowminded unlike me who can imagine vistas far beyond the

horizon that limits the normal human. if I ever sat down opposite someone

for a game of chess I'd probably be rated 3000 or so. Yup.

So yeah avoid e4 e5 and d4 d5. 

I'd recommend the Colle system for beginners. A slow, positional line with few tactical threats, unlike the Open Game.

Yes because practicing tactics and tactical positions is BAD for beginners.

whats wrong with using Game Explorer and sticking to the main lines for first several moves?  You avoid any real dumb mistakes (early on).

You can try 1.nf3 and you can go for a King's Indian Attack game

nothing wrong with colle at all

Hm.... Colle is safe but very defensive. The Ruy lopez is pretty tricky. Id say queens gambit, gruenfeld, or hypermodern(kingside fianchetto)

colle defensive hmmmm i dont think so,maybe for the first few moves but you can blast an attack off it so i say colle is a good start

When playing White you can try the Colle(diagram)

A good chioce is Reti,it's pretty simple and solid

I think it depends on whether you are trying to Learn the most, or trying just to survive the opening into a playable middlegame. In the first case, I would suggest playing the openings where you DO make the most mistakes since you will learn the most from the other player that way. After each game, try to find your initial mistake and correct it to a better move. This way you will at least be assured of getting better at it when the same position occurs, even if one move per game! Also a profitable strategy is to learn what your opponents Do play against you that defeats you. Then turn around and use that against future opponents when possible. Either it will work for you too ... or the other player will handle it well, which then show You how it should be handled~!

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If you are trying for the other goal, survival. Then I would suggest playing the Caro-Kann vs e4  1.e4 c6 2.d4(or Nc3) d5

and then vs 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 which is the Slav Defense of the Queen's Gambit Declined. They are solid openings which will allow you to get your pieces out and into play early, to learn more about piece play. At the same time, not having to worry so much about the Center and pawn trades (or pawn losses) there.

For a White opening you could always do as Bobby Fischer did at a young age and play the King's Indian Attack, which can be reached thru a number of first moves or move sequences. Eg 1.Nf3  1.g3  1.d3 even 1.e4. And it can be played vs virtually any defensive formation adopted by Black.

When you have mastered the King's Indian Attack you would be able to more easily learn to play the King's Indian Defense for Black. And also the Ruy Lopez as White, since it is much the same type position, such as the pawn structure, as many of the King's Indian types ... the main difference being deployment of the WT King's Bishop that goes from Bf1 to Bb5.

Or for your WT, you could try the Reti as mentioned above or an opening that I favored when starting out in tournament play, the "Stonewall Attack". Similar to a Colle System, except for playing pawn to f4 before Nf3.

It gives a solid position with good Center grasp, and may give good kingside attacking chances while only needing to watch out to guard your c-file and to play your move order most advantageously to the particular approach taken by Black. A sample might go something like this: 1.d4 d5  2.e3 Nf6  3.Bd3 e6  4.Nbd2 c5  5.c3 Be7  6.f4 o-o  7.Ngf3 b6  8.Ne5 Bb7 

And there as WT you have an option to o-o or not and can play for Kingside attack either way. There is also the option whether to first build up their with pieces, like a Rook lift after o-o by Rf3 and bringing the other Rook to f1 to double. Or o-o with h3 and Rf2 again to double Rooks. Or you can play for a "pawn-roller" type attack, pushing your g-pawn and creating a lot of K-side space. The advantage of this approach is that many players don't tend to handle a pawn storm against their King well until reaching about Class B rating, in my experience. And so it can be quite intimidating to see coming at their King-side.

I can't agree you.Ruy Lopez is a difficult opening with both colors,but most of begginers try it out,tough.Much easier is Scotch Game where White is comfortable in most of variations,even in gambit lines.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_Game