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I play the modern opening, and despite what people say, I think it is a relatively easy opening to learn at all levels, as newer white players will often play subpar lines as white (I.e. two knights variation). All the ideas of the opening are somewhat straightforward and established in the earlier lessons (fianchettoing, trapping/pushing the knight in the tigers modern). Long story short, I wish they would make an advanced guide to the opening as it is easily my favorite opening to play as black, and think many more players would use it if there were a chess.com lesson on it.

Hmm, who told you that the two knights variation was bad?

Even without playing 5 a4, your opponents do quite well against it.

I play the Modern and preferably the Pterodactyl variation against d4. Theres plenty of resources on the Modern Defence but it helps immensely if you understand the transpositions to the Sicilian Dragon, KID, Nimzo and even the English Defence.

I like the modern in that it offers imbalance and it can get very sharp.

As a beginner, forfeiting the whole central board to white is a recipe for disaster when you don’t know the timely move orders and thematic breaks.

I never said I played well against it justbefair, I know that black is favored from engine analysis but there’s a reason I want lessons for it, duh

Hey man I wasn’t insulting you. My bad if that’s what it sounds like. I like the modern defence and my previous comments are from my experiences. 

I went from scoring 30% winning with the QGD to 50% with the Modern and Englund Gambit against d4.

Check out Chessbrah stream or YouTube.

GM Aman Hambleton is doing a speed run with Fianchetto systems as white and black. So you will see the modern, English Defence, English Opening and Queens Indian Attack in play.

Nah I was talking about the other dude. I’ve watched a ton and can beat higher rated players with it, I’m just shitty with time management. I wonder if there’s stats for how many games I’ve timed out

Also the other reason I think modern openings are useful at earlier levels is that they force theory onto your opponent. I can watch a couple videos for a good understanding on the modern while I have to watch a couple hundreds to to learn every Sicilian variation

I get what you are saying and can relate.

Playing anything faster than 5/5 and my playing strength takes a huge dip. I would recommend playing time increments because the increment bonus is a life preserver in the end game when you are ahead. I lose quite a bit as well due to flagging but that is part of the game. I’ll still play bullet and blitz to practice my openings and tactics.

There isn’t too much theory in the Modern Defense but it helps immensely if you know other systems say like the Sicilian Dragon because then you will see the themes, ideas, weaknesses and strengths for both sides when they transpose.

At the beginner level, it’s easy to snipe a center pawn with the fianchetto bishop lol