any good openings for black as beginner
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Dec 17, 2020
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Opening Principles:
- Control the center squares – d4-e4-d5-e5
- Develop your minor pieces toward the center – piece activity is the key
- Castle
- Connect your rooks
Tactics...tactics...tactics...
The objective of development is about improving the value of your pieces by increasing the importance of their roles. Well-developed pieces have more fire-power than undeveloped pieces and they do more in helping you gain control.
Now we will look at 5 practical things you can do to help you achieve your development objective.
They are:
- Give priority to your least active pieces.
- Which piece needs to be developed (which piece is the least active)
- Where should it go (where can its role be maximized)
- Exchange your least active pieces for your opponent’s active pieces.
- Restrict the development of your opponent’s pieces.
- Neutralize your opponent’s best piece.
- Secure strong squares for your pieces.
Don’t help your opponent develop.
There are 2 common mistakes whereby you will simply be helping your opponent to develop:
- Making a weak threat that can easily be blocked
- Making an exchange that helps your opponent to develop a piece
Pre Move Checklist:
- Make sure all your pieces are safe.
- Look for forcing moves: Checks, captures, threats. You want to look at ALL forcing moves (even the bad ones) as this will force you look at, and see the entire board.
- If there are no forcing moves, you then want to remove any of your opponent’s pieces from your side of the board.
- If your opponent doesn’t have any of his pieces on your side of the board, then you want to improve the position of your least active piece.
- After each move by your opponent, ask yourself: "What is my opponent trying to do?"
against e4
- french defence
- caro kann
- open games/e5/ruy lopez
- scandinavian
against d4
- queen's gambit declined
- dutch
- slav
At least, those are the one's that I consider, or have played and find reasonable.
IMBacon wrote:
Opening Principles:
- Control the center squares – d4-e4-d5-e5
- Develop your minor pieces toward the center – piece activity is the key
- Castle
- Connect your rooks
Tactics...tactics...tactics...
The objective of development is about improving the value of your pieces by increasing the importance of their roles. Well-developed pieces have more fire-power than undeveloped pieces and they do more in helping you gain control.
Now we will look at 5 practical things you can do to help you achieve your development objective.
They are:
- Give priority to your least active pieces.
- Which piece needs to be developed (which piece is the least active)
- Where should it go (where can its role be maximized)
- Exchange your least active pieces for your opponent’s active pieces.
- Restrict the development of your opponent’s pieces.
- Neutralize your opponent’s best piece.
- Secure strong squares for your pieces.
Don’t help your opponent develop.
There are 2 common mistakes whereby you will simply be helping your opponent to develop:
- Making a weak threat that can easily be blocked
- Making an exchange that helps your opponent to develop a piece
Pre Move Checklist:
- Make sure all your pieces are safe.
- Look for forcing moves: Checks, captures, threats. You want to look at ALL forcing moves (even the bad ones) as this will force you look at, and see the entire board.
- If there are no forcing moves, you then want to remove any of your opponent’s pieces from your side of the board.
- If your opponent doesn’t have any of his pieces on your side of the board, then you want to improve the position of your least active piece.
- After each move by your opponent, ask yourself: "What is my opponent trying to do?"
^^ I wouldn’t go into to much opening theory till 1400+ or maybe 1200+. Just follow this advice and you should be solid.
Problem5826 wrote:
against e4
- french defence
- caro kann
- open games/e5/ruy lopez
- scandinavian
against d4
- queen's gambit declined
- dutch
- slav
At least, those are the one's that I consider, or have played and find reasonable.
legit.. thanks.
Chess Openings Resources for Beginners and Beyond...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/openings-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond
You might also check out the 2...Nf6 variation of the Scandinavian Defense (i.e., the Icelandic Gambit and Portuguese Variation)...
And two good books on this defense...
The following book by Moret is targeted to improving novice-intermediate players....an excellent opening repertoire featuring the 2...Nf6 Scandinavian against 1.e4...
My First Chess Opening Repertoire for Black by Vincent Moret... (use the preview feature on the web page to see an excerpt of the book)...
https://www.google.com/books/edition/My_First_Chess_Opening_Repertoire_for_Bl/GL88DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
Moret's repertoire books are also available in interactive training format on Chessable...
https://www.chessable.com/my-first-chess-opening-repertoire-for-black/course/9014/
https://www.chessable.com/my-first-chess-opening-repertoire-for-white/course/7543/
Smerdon's Scandinavian by David Smerdon....
A more advanced, comprehensive treatment than Moret's, specifically on the 2...Nf6 Scandinavian....suitable even for GM's (and probably too much overwhelming detail for anyone rated below 1500-1600)...
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Smerdon_s_Scandinavian/VB_vsgEACAAJ?hl=en
check out my blog for more good stuff, resources, book recommendations, etc.....for improving chess amateurs...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell
What is a good opening for black as a beginner? I usually try to play with white but I can't always do that.