Chess openings?

Question

I want to know a good chess opening for white and a good chess opening for black, I know alot of them but I don't know what to choose. I'm going to this megafinal in a month or two so I want to know as best an opening as possible.

Thanks for answering!

Answer 1

It depends on how strong you are. I recommend the Sicilian.

Answer 2

Hi,

     You may like to visit my chess web page - link below?  2,000+ openings are listed in an A to Z format.  I hope this is helpful for you.

Yours,

Chesmayne.

Answer 3

I believe that the Ruy Lopez or the Four Knights are rather solid openings.  if you are an aggressive player, try the Scotch.  for defensive/hypermodern players, try the Larsen-Nimsowitch Attack.  As for black, I prefer the Petroff Defense myself, but the Gruenfeld (?) or any of the Indian Defenses are fine.

Answer 4

You know I am only answering because I saw you asked a question and got an email.....But Mortal Kombat Deception has a great chess game I have never lost even fighting the comp. on the hardest setting

Answer 5

What's your style? Attacking? Passive? Positional?

The Blackmar-Diemer gambit is a lot of fun to play as White, if you like ferocious attacks. 1.d4 d5 2. e4 dxe 3.Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf 5. Nxf3. Try it out: you'll find it leads to open positions where you have a lot of attacking potential. Or just have a look at some of Diemer's own games: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?...

One of the nice things about this opening is that you can spring it (or a variation of it) on people at almost any time: d5 is one of the most popular responses to d4, and people will play it readily, expecting a Queen's Gambit. The B-D gambit is a nice way to change things up from time to time and give them something they're not expecting. I wouldn't make it your main opening, though. The Queen's Gambit itself is pretty good as well, if you like slower positional play. You won't go wrong making that your stand-by.

Personally, I'm very fond of Bird's opening (1.f4). It leads to very interesting positions where the players usually have to think for themselves, more so than in the old familiar openings like the Spanish game or the Italian game. If you are confident in your ability to outplay your opponent, then Bird's opening is a great choice (as opposed to other openings where the positions are very familiar to him). If you like careful, solid play, the Spanish Game is a very good one as well. It's very popular. Maybe you know it as Ruy Lopez: 1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5. It lets you keep the pressure on Black throughout the opening, or you can just trade Bishop for Knight right away, in the Exchange Variation, and get a slight advantage (better pawn structure) that you can try and take to the endgame.

As Black, while I don't enjoy playing it myself, the Sicilian defense (...c5) is widely considered the strongest answer to 1.e4. For 1.d4, you can just go with a Queen's Gambit declined: perfectly solid game.

Of course your opponent always has a say in how the opening goes, as well.

The most important thing is to find what you're comfortable with. If it's something your opponent isn't, so much the better.

Answer 6

You're making it difficult because certain openings suit certain styles and you haven't given us any clues as to what you like. There is no best opening, and there are dozens of good ones for both sides.

If you want a dangerous opening as white which is not well known, I suggest the Belgrade Gambit:

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Nxe4 5.Qe2 f5 6.Ng5 and not many black players will realise they need to play 6...d3! here to survive. If black diverges from the 4th or 5th move onwards he can get badly cut up. You might want to analyse White's possibilites at your leisure. I recommend this because the game is critical very early and it is easy for black to make a mistake. And yes, I learnt this the hard way!

Answer 7

my guess would be to move a pawn. always a good start.

Answer 8

look for videos online of the pros and see how they start

Answer 9

Since you only have a month or two I would recommend that you stick with what you know.  Find improvements in the openings that you already know.  When you change openings you are also changing the types of middle games and endgame's you'll be seeing and it will take time for you to become comfortable with them.  After your big tournament it may be time for you to consider new openings.

Answer 10

Kings Gambit has always worked for me... Although I'm only a 1400...Your rating is probably higher, but try this it would be a good change!

Answer 11

You can never go wrong with d4, or e4 for white, or e5, or d5 for black.