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I taught him the Italian and London as I think the two of them are user friendly ... anything else I should hit ?
Kings Indian Defence, Sicilian, Vienna game, Ruy Lopez
Apr 5, 2021
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#4
I'd avoid the Italian opening as a new player. The light square bishop is easily locked out of the game and if you're going for tricks, the Traxler counterattack is severely punishing. Not to mention that most of the bot AIs that players tend to practice on will go for the Polerio defense if you try the fried liver so that increases the number of players who will use that defense in live matches.
(And let's face it, the best part of the Italian is the knight attack variant!)
Apr 5, 2021
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#5
Shubhamoy4 wrote:
Kings Indian Defence, Sicilian, Vienna game, Ruy Lopez
ruy lopez for 800 and below.. and sicilian?!
just follow opening principles, control the center or challenge for it, put your pieces in their optimal squares, dont play same piece twice for no reason, play your knights before your bishops, capture towards to the center when you have a choice or no other reason, castle before the move ten.. etcetera..
@BlunderousWilliam and @veryrabbit , thanks for the tip. Maybe I was jumping the gun with teaching him openings. Thanks :)
hi
My advice would be, start first with one opening you personal like to play.
I made the mistake to try different kinds of openings and then making lot of mistakes with the middle game.
Now i play one opening for with white and one for black, and looking for the opening my opponent makes, so i can adapt a bit.
I would let him play the Göring Gambit because it leads to numerous tactical motifs that occurs in the italian (Greco,Anderssen ,Deutz ,Rosentreter,Scotch,Max Lange) and with this you learn to attack but it's less complicate you open the game on move two ,no closed positions, no Petroff game
@fenrissaga ... do u think the extra pawn sacrifice will be a little too much ?
Never mind ... I just remembered, they blunder ever 10 moves. A pawn won’t matter.
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the extra pawn is a time against material exchange yes you will miss this pawn against a stronger player but after that you will have two pieces out for none and even castling will be tricky for black
some examples
Apr 5, 2021
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#15
Have that Italian morph into a Fried Liver if they go with a two knights defens;, so full of threats, traps, and tactics. It's a great learning tool.
The Scotch Game is fairly easy to learn, as Black he could play the French
when i read his question back, he is trying to learn a friend of him to go for the best opening.
Uh, don`t know, but if he have doubt about any opening, then i ask myself if he has a good opening for himself.
Or is that to difficult, then the standard norm would work all the time.
Pawns, knights, bishop and controlling the center.
Apr 5, 2021
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#18
Zanoodle wrote:
What would you all say is a strongest openings for 800 and below for white ... e4 and e5
Trying to teach a friend and I’m trying to think what are the best ones.
Trying to teach a friend and I’m trying to think what are the best ones.
I think the Scotch game is probably one of the best openings for beginners to use, very principled, not a lot of tricks for black (Maybe Steinitz variation with 4. qh4), while the options are very open for white (Scotch Gambit, Goring Gambit, Main Line stuff, etc etc.)
For beginners I would say that the London is a good opening for white
Scotch Game & Gambit
Goering Gambit
Italian Game and Evans Gambit
Danish Gambit
Vienna Gambit
These openings will teach attacking principles, rapid pieced development, and the importance of seizing and maintaining the initiative. Important opening principles which every beginner should learn.
Chess Openings Resources for Beginners and Beyond...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/openings-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell
Trying to teach a friend and I’m trying to think what are the best ones.