I mostly play Italian, Spanish, English, King's indian opening as white, Sicilian, Caro Kann, French defense as black. My question is, considering that on all of this openings and defensens exists thousands of variations, how I can distunguish what are the best options. Lot of variations goes very in depth, so learning them all would be impossible. Is there any site which explains the best variations, because on CMX there are thousands of variations but without hints what are the best.
That's not an opning reprtoire what will you play against the french sicilian scandinavian caro kann pirc alkhine...how about against 1d4 as black or against the english.Oh and you have 3 responses to e4, one is enough.
L.E. I just looked at your rating i think you should forgt about openings and learn tactics.
Originally posted by omulcusobolaniI am on rhp mainly because of great forums, but corrispodence chess is not my stile, so I played only a few games and lost on time always. So my rating isn't 800. On FICS is more like 1600. I understand very well that an 800 rated player shouldn't worry about openings. I study tactics a lot, and my openings are my biggest weakness.
That's not an opning reprtoire what will you play against the french sicilian scandinavian caro kann pirc alkhine...how about against 1d4 as black or against the english.Oh and you have 3 responses to e4, one is enough.
L.E. I just looked at your rating i think you should forgt about openings and learn tactics.
1600 players need to spend time on tactics and endgames, with the occasional opening study session.
Study openings in the context of how each opening develops into the middlegame/endgame. Know concepts, know how to transition from the opening into the middlegame and endgame. Don't go learning 25 move lines that you will play maybe once a year.
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Originally posted by ivan2908Play lots of games here with one opening only. So as white I always play 1. e4!
I am on rhp mainly because of great forums, but corrispodence chess is not my stile, so I played only a few games and lost on time always. So my rating isn't 800. On FICS is more like 1600. I understand very well that an 800 rated player shouldn't worry about openings. I study tactics a lot, and my openings are my biggest weakness.
Then without exception I am playing 2. f4 in response to 1. .. e5; 2. d4 in response to 1. .. c5; 2. d4 in response to 1. .. c3 or 1. .. f3 followed by 3. PxP if 2. .. d5. This way I am improving those lines. When I lose I sit down analyse the game, find an improvement and don't lose with that variation again. All the time I try and work on my tactics and strategy. The Kings Gambit is great for that!
As black I will always play 1. .. e5 in response to 1. e4 aiming for the Ruy Lopez Open, 2 Knights or similar (I don't need to analyse black lines for 1. .. e6, 1. .. c6, 1. c5, etc because I never play them.) Similarly I will play 1. Nf6 to 1. d4 aiming for a Benoni but happy to settle for an Indian.
Work on quality not quantity (of openings). Time will tell if this is working for me. OTB our league starts next month and I expect vastly improved results from the Kings Gambit in particular.
Originally posted by Dragon FireActually if you plan on playing e4 all the time you have to analyse alot of black lines for the french, caro, and sicillian because your opponent could play them against you.
Play lots of games here with one opening only. So as white I always play 1. e4!
Then without exception I am playing 2. f4 in response to 1. .. e5; 2. d4 in response to 1. .. c5; 2. d4 in response to 1. .. c3 or 1. .. f3 followed by 3. PxP if 2. .. d5. This way I am improving those lines. When I lose I sit down analyse the game, find an improvement and ...[text shortened]... ue starts next month and I expect vastly improved results from the Kings Gambit in particular.
Originally posted by aenrkoThat's the main problem.. I most often play e4, but then it pretty hard to anticipate my opponent moves, he could play sicilian, then I can anwser with Nf3 or c3, and after that, if he knows various openings (even opening traps), i am in big trouble, I would like to reduce number of openings to a few, but the result doesn't depend only on my moves, but also on my opponents.. So e4 can lead in virtually everything if my opponent is skilled innaf..
Actually if you plan on playing e4 all the time you have to analyse alot of black lines for the french, caro, and sicillian because your opponent could play them against you.
If you are really that desperate to avoid all these different openings I would suggest learning the kings indian attack as white with Nf3, g3, Bg2, d3, 0-0, Nbd2, e4, Re1, Qe2, aiming to get e5 in, using c3 then d4 if you have to and then an h4 pawnstorm on the kingside, transferring the knight on d2 to g4 using f1 and h2. Of course there will be many different move orders but chances are you'll have your opponent out of the book fairly early and at least you'll have a pre-meditated plan to work with. Although it would probably be more beneficial for you to just put the work in and study a few lines of the possible defences black has to e4.
Originally posted by ivan2908Yeah, with your rating, I'd definitely suggest forgetting about openings for awhile. Tactics puzzles would help you much more.
I mostly play Italian, Spanish, English, King's indian opening as white, Sicilian, Caro Kann, French defense as black. My question is, considering that on all of this openings and defensens exists thousands of variations, how I can distunguish what are the best options. Lot of variations goes very in depth, so learning them all would be impossible. Is there ...[text shortened]... riations, because on CMX there are thousands of variations but without hints what are the best.
I recomend to use databases to respond to your opponent opening moves, since it is alowed here on RHP. I am doing this and I think I am learning a lot because you get to analyse in the quietness of your room in an actual game against a human, and with several days to choose the best move you consider, eventualy you will know better about oppenings since it stays in your head.
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Part of the reason why I play the KG is because it limits blacks options vastly making it much less time consuming to study.
For the siclian iv basicly learnt the grand prix attack for white, its fairly simple and fairly forcing. I tended to play the grand prix all the time otb while studing open siclians from a black point of view. Iv learnt quite a few of them now and feel quite comfortable going into open siclians from the white side now.
I did the same for black against 1.d4, I learnt the dutch first since it was the most forcing reply I could see which limited the number of lines id have to study intensively then while playing the dutch otb I swatted up on other wider ranging replies to 1.d4 and worked them into my game gradually over time.
Originally posted by aenrkoNot lots. White has the choice about which lines he responds to, say c5.
Actually if you plan on playing e4 all the time you have to analyse alot of black lines for the french, caro, and sicillian because your opponent could play them against you.
I then play d4 which takes most black players down a line I know well and they don't. I can forget about all othyer responses except transpositions. Same applies to c6 and e6. Say white plays d4 and black 2. .. d5 then in both lines you could play ed (I don't usually by the way) and the possible lines you need to be familiar with are much reduced.
If you really want to avoid the alternatives then you have to avoid d4 b4 and e4 and openings that transpose into these. I guess you can try c4, b3 or f4 which aren't played as often (with good reason as d4 and e4 are better for white). c4 is the best here although transpositions into d4 openings are common.
User 240601 in the above post suggests the same as me. After 1. e4 .. e5, 2. f4 limits blacks choices so as white you do not need to study a multitude of other lines. Most club level black players also struggle against the complications of the K G.