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What is the best counter move for E4? (Black Piece)
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Jun 24, 2014
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#4
There is no "best" reply to 1 e4.
Good moves played by masters are mainly e5, c5 (Sicilian), e6 (French) and c6 (Caro-Kann). There are other moves of course but these four constitute the bulk of theory.
If you start out in chess, I suggest you learn to play 1...e5 first. It is the most classical reply to 1 e4.
Jun 24, 2014
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#5
Depends what you want. Safe, calmer, positional games should go with e5, aggresive counter attack with c5 (sicilian), Nf6 (alekhine) for somewhat harder positional games as opposed to e5 or solid/positional play with c6 (caro kann) and e6 (french)
and there's even more options
I use kings indian and just go nf6 then he might go e5 then just go nd5 or e4. If he doesn't then just continue
Edit: I now use sicilian najdorf
Feb 10, 2018
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#8
rohchess wrote:
I use kings indian and just go nf6 then he might go e5 then just go nd5 or e4. If he doesn't then just continue
1.e4 Nf6 is NOT the King's Indian, it's Alekhine's Defense, and after 2.e5, the main line, 2...Ne4 is an error. The only options are 2...Nd5 or the offbeat line 2...Ng8.
The King's Indian Defense is 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 (or 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 - 4...d5 would be the fianchetto Grunfeld - or 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 - again, 4...d5 is a Grunfeld)
Possibilities:
First Steps 1 e4 e5
https://www.everymanchess.com/downloadable/download/sample/sample_id/149/
Starting Out: Open Games
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626232452/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen134.pdf
Starting Out: Ruy Lopez
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627024240/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen53.pdf
Playing 1.e4 e5 - A Classical Repertoire by Nikolaos Ntirlis (2016)
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/Playing1e4e5-excerpt.pdf
The Petroff: Move by Move
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7530.pdf
Starting Out: The Sicilian
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627122350/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen123.pdf
First Steps: The French
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7611.pdf
Opening Repertoire: ...c6.
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7673.pdf
The Pirc: Move by Move
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7604.pdf
First Steps: The Modern
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7700.pdf
First Steps The Scandinavian
https://www.everymanchess.com/downloadable/download/sample/sample_id/148/
The Scandinavian: Move by Move
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626232217/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen171.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7270.pdf
The Alekhine Defence: Move by Move
https://www.everymanchess.com/downloadable/download/sample/sample_id/69/
Personally as a e4 followed by King's or Danish Gambit player, French scares the crap out of me. Considering how I, like half the players on this site, study as much chess as we do quantum physics, if you learn to play the right French lines and consolidate a strong position you should probably be able to beat quite a lot of e4 players like me who are more often than not just going for a quick, exciting game. (Either that, or they're the 900ish people who always play Giocco Piano... we don't think about those)
Nov 24, 2023
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#11
StarlightFantasy wrote:
Personally as a e4 followed by King's or Danish Gambit player, French scares the crap out of me. Considering how I, like half the players on this site, study as much chess as we do quantum physics, if you learn to play the right French lines and consolidate a strong position you should probably be able to beat quite a lot of e4 players like me who are more often than not just going for a quick, exciting game. (Either that, or they're the 900ish people who always play Giocco Piano... we don't think about those)
Honestly for the French just play 3.Nd2. There’s no bishop pin like if Nc3 instead. Advance basically just allows black to equalize immediately with c5
thomasnich wrote:
StarlightFantasy wrote:
Personally as a e4 followed by King's or Danish Gambit player, French scares the crap out of me. Considering how I, like half the players on this site, study as much chess as we do quantum physics, if you learn to play the right French lines and consolidate a strong position you should probably be able to beat quite a lot of e4 players like me who are more often than not just going for a quick, exciting game. (Either that, or they're the 900ish people who always play Giocco Piano... we don't think about those)
Honestly for the French just play 3.Nd2. There’s no bishop pin like if Nc3 instead. Advance basically just allows black to equalize immediately with c5
Bruv this post is years old
Nov 24, 2023
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#13
CaroKannEnjoyer02 wrote:
thomasnich wrote:
StarlightFantasy wrote:
Personally as a e4 followed by King's or Danish Gambit player, French scares the crap out of me. Considering how I, like half the players on this site, study as much chess as we do quantum physics, if you learn to play the right French lines and consolidate a strong position you should probably be able to beat quite a lot of e4 players like me who are more often than not just going for a quick, exciting game. (Either that, or they're the 900ish people who always play Giocco Piano... we don't think about those)
Honestly for the French just play 3.Nd2. There’s no bishop pin like if Nc3 instead. Advance basically just allows black to equalize immediately with c5
Bruv this post is years old
I mean someone responded pretty quick lol
Nov 24, 2023
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#14
Study opening theory....
1. Develop your pieces with threats if able such as 1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 ( this move threatens to capture the knight and Then play Nxe5. So black can play ..Nf6 threatening to take whites undefended e4 pawn. Now you see how threats can be made from both sides of the board.
2. See how the game revolved around the 4 central squares.
3. Castle your king by move 8 by the latest.
4. Focus on tactics and less memorization of openings and above. It will take you much further.
thomasnich wrote:
CaroKannEnjoyer02 wrote:
thomasnich wrote:
StarlightFantasy wrote:
Personally as a e4 followed by King's or Danish Gambit player, French scares the crap out of me. Considering how I, like half the players on this site, study as much chess as we do quantum physics, if you learn to play the right French lines and consolidate a strong position you should probably be able to beat quite a lot of e4 players like me who are more often than not just going for a quick, exciting game. (Either that, or they're the 900ish people who always play Giocco Piano... we don't think about those)
Honestly for the French just play 3.Nd2. There’s no bishop pin like if Nc3 instead. Advance basically just allows black to equalize immediately with c5
Bruv this post is years old
I mean someone responded pretty quick lol
Fair point
Nov 24, 2023
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#16
I go e5.
I like slowly building a repertoire based on trial error and analysis. I also like having action in the game relatively early, not remembering my lines, improvising, sometimes things get out of hand etc... If you go e5 you will mostly be quite confused at some point between moves 4-8 and I like that, personally. That being said I believe memory is my forte, I enjoy the memorizing aspects of chess. I remember things that happen to me in games, analyze it and learn. I like to prepare opening ideas etc...
The Sicilian features a different type of memorizing mostly, because it's the only opening where you get to call most of the shots as Black, I feel... It's aggressive and complicated. It can be less theoretical than e5, but you will have to prepare several lines in the Sicilian against those who know the theory of the White side... Also it feels like Black has more control because he can direct the game towards familiar middle games, unlike with e5 you basically tell your opponent "what do you want to play? bring it on"... I don't play Sicilian but it's equally good as e5 IMO
The guy probably completely forgot that he opened this topic 9 years ago. Must be baffling to get a flurry of replies.
Attack with knight.Use gambits
What is the sharpest and most aggressive response to 1.e4
I felt that most Chess players tend to open the game with this E4 move (white), so le me ask if what's the good counter move for this one. I'm new here, hope you can help me. Tomorrow is the try-out in our school..I just recently get back on playing Chess.
thanks.