what opening should i play as a 800 beginner?

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frassinosucksatchess2

thanks

doom_sday

Try London system bro

ZScares

I recommend the ponziani

FarBalancedPanda

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/scotch-opening-24

ksalmon

Try the Slav Defence or Queen's Gambit. It's really good.

lackfrisjustbetter

Probably learn the french like I did because not many people play it so people get confused , and also learn the Queens gambit for white most solid opening in lower elos.

BlueHen86

Experiment with lots of different openings, then focus on the ones that you are most comfortable with.

Sea_TurtIe
frassinosucksatchess2 wrote:
thanks

play a bunch of openings then see which you enjoyed most, after that study it and get good with it

CrystalChandeliers

Ruy Lopez and Queens Gambit as black and white, Queens Gambit Declined and Closed Ruy Lopez if black. You'll learn more about general principles and strategy using those openings. I teach chess to kids between 7 and 11 and this seems to work for them. I know some will tell you the Giuoco Piano (Italian Game) but I think it is rather limiting. In the long run, the RL and QG will teach you more. You'll pick up the basics of the other openings as you go along. Also, don't get too obsessed with Scholar's Mate as many beginners do when first learning openings. You'll win a few against fellow beginners with it but you won't learn much and when you get to try Scholar's Mate against stronger players, you'll get fried, roasted and boiled alive.

BotvinnikSchoolOfChess

The Nimzo-Larsen attack version of the Reti. Look at the centre of the board and how your pieces counter blacks ability to push the pawn. 

We all start out as beginners at one time or another. The game that got me right into chess was the Reti. I read Jose Raul Capablanca’s fundamentals and it taught me a great deal. First thing you need to learn is, the book opening will never be played so learning it would be an advantage but not essential to your learning this opening. 
After you have got a feel for the opening you can move onto Capablanca’s style Which is on the first board I posted. You have the option of double fianchetto but I would start with the simple lines. Once you master double fianchetto, you will find it easier to play Kings Indian defence on black as well as The Marshall defence and eventually The Gruenfeld defence

x-9009454932

No tricks. If you want to improve as a beginner (<1000), learn an open, tactical opening like the Scotch for example.

The Queens Gambit, the London System, the Ruy Lopez and the "Nimzo-Larsen attack" suck as beginner openings. That's a fact. You shuffle all game and rarely obtain a tactical position if you are a beginner because you aren't familiar with the middlegame plans. You want to be alert for tactics and strategic motives to improve.

x-9009454932
BotvinnikSchoolOfChess wrote:
 
The Nimzo-Larsen attack version of the Reti. Look at the centre of the board and how your pieces counter blacks ability to push the pawn. 

We all start out as beginners at one time or another. The game that got me right into chess was the Reti. I read Jose Raul Capablanca’s fundamentals and it taught me a great deal. First thing you need to learn is, the book opening will never be played so learning it would be an advantage but not essential to your learning this opening. 
After you have got a feel for the opening you can move onto Capablanca’s style Which is on the first board I posted. You have the option of double fianchetto but I would start with the simple lines. Once you master double fianchetto, you will find it easier to play Kings Indian defence on black as well as The Marshall defence and eventually The Gruenfeld defence

Are you delusional? The Réti, Marshall and Grünfeld Defence? You are offering advice on strategic openings even though 99% of beginners will blunder their pieces within the first 20 moves. You can start playing the Grünfeld when you are rated above 2200 FIDE.

KevinOSh

What are your aims as a chess player? Do you want to reach 900 or 1900?

BotvinnikSchoolOfChess
ThunderAtSea wrote:
BotvinnikSchoolOfChess wrote:
 
The Nimzo-Larsen attack version of the Reti. Look at the centre of the board and how your pieces counter blacks ability to push the pawn. 

We all start out as beginners at one time or another. The game that got me right into chess was the Reti. I read Jose Raul Capablanca’s fundamentals and it taught me a great deal. First thing you need to learn is, the book opening will never be played so learning it would be an advantage but not essential to your learning this opening. 
After you have got a feel for the opening you can move onto Capablanca’s style Which is on the first board I posted. You have the option of double fianchetto but I would start with the simple lines. Once you master double fianchetto, you will find it easier to play Kings Indian defence on black as well as The Marshall defence and eventually The Gruenfeld defence

Are you delusional? The Réti, Marshall and Grünfeld Defence? You are offering advice on strategic openings even though 99% of beginners will blunder their pieces within the first 20 moves. You can start playing the Grünfeld when you are rated above 2200 FIDE.

I’m rated 1706 OTB and I’ve been using the Paris game off the Grunfeld for years. Should I be a rated player since I have that ability. Doubt me, check my last game. I converted semi Slav into Grunfeld as a joke. 
go troll elsewhere 😂

CaroCant1660

Caro Kann as black and something simple like a Vienna for white. These openings have amazing results up to like 2200.

ZBchesswizard
London
pleewo

I would try to experiment and try out different stuff. Specific openings would probably be

1.e4:

  • Italian Game ( good )
  • Scotch Game ( good )
  • Open Sicilian ( fire )
  • Alapin Sicilian ( awesome )
  • Nc3 French ( cool )
  • Exchange French ( Play if you feeling tired ig )
  • Advance Caro Kann ( nice )

1.d4:

  • Exchange QGD ( Carlsbad fr )
  • Rubinstein Nimzo ( Solid )
  • Just mainlines ig ( develop your pieces fr )

vs 1.e4

  • e5 ( king )
  • Najdorf ( if you are feeling fire )
  • Classical Sicilian ( If you are feeling cool )
  • Caro Kann ( valid )

vs 1.d4

  • Slav ( cool )
  • Nimzo ( cool )
  • Ragozin ( cool )
Crazycatlady0409

Well, first of all, to decide which opening to play, you have to figure out if your style is aggressive or passive. If you are aggressive, e4 openings are great, I especially like the Ruy Lopez as white. As black the Sicilian is also aggressive, for that I like the Taimanov. If you are more passive, and enjoy solid positions, d4 is great with the London System. You might also be positional, in that case the London System is fine, too, and the Queens Gambit would be beneficial.

TheSampson

I’m 900, very close to your level. I’ve been doing well with the Ruy Lopez and the Najdorf Sicilian. I also highly recommend the Scotch and the French Defense.

Everyone says they’re extremely complicated to learn. The truth is, they’re exaggerating! I thoroughly learned 9 Najdorf lines in 2 days! And it’s not like an 800 knows what they’re doing against these openings, either. They’re expecting an Italian or e5. Trust me, I’ve never gotten a closed Ruy or a Najdorf where the opposing side knew how to play it (I got 1 Najdorf game today and won because white didn’t actually know what he was doing). Even if they do know what to do, that’s why you studied the opening, right?

I highly recommend Hanging Pawns on YouTube. He gives a thorough yet quick explanation of each opening.

If you don’t like these openings, you can try my other recommendations. The Scotch and the French are great openings at the beginner level and I think almost everyone here would agree.

With d4 I’d recommend the Queen’s Gambit as white and the Nimzo-Indian/QGD as black. Simply great openings at every level.

pleewo

I don’t highly recommend hanging pawns on YouTube fr.

Also the Najdorf is one of the harder openings to learn and wrap your head around, just like the grunfeld. Some people exaggerate how difficult it is but i mean it’s not really exaggerated all that much