Does anyone know any good openings for chess?

Question

I like playing chess, but I have a weak opening, most of my pieces get wiped out at the start. Then I use the pieces I have, and I can stay in the game, but I end up being outnumbered by my opponent. Are there any good openings I can use to keep my good pieces in the game?

Answer 1

everyone has different styles of playing and if you have chess openings that would help. the most common opening is called "kings gambit"

Answer 2

It depends on your personality and style. If you want active games - as in you don't want to reach end game, go for a e4 opening like King's Gambit. If you are a passive player, you should go for a d4 opening like Slav.

Answer 3

You need to know how to make good moves. Most openings are good, giving you an equal game IF you know how to make good moves, not blunder etc.

One book stands out above the rest. Fisher considered CJS Purdy the best teacher ever.

'The Search for Chess Perfection II' by Purdy,

ISBN 1888710306. I buy all my books on the net. Search for 'used books' and look around for the best price including shipping costs.

Just as good is Silman's 'How to Reassess Your Chess' 1890085006

Answer 4

e4e5,Qh5.Use google search and do a search on "matrix chess" and "master bernard parham",will have all your questions answered.

Answer 5

What you need is not a repertoire of openings, but a grasp of sound opening principles.  If you are losing pieces quickly and early, you are probably simply leaving them "hanging" (undefended and exposed to attack).  Before each move, observe all possible captures that you and your opponent can make, both in the current position and in the position that would result after the move that you are considering making.  Look up opening principles on line and you'll find plenty of basic guidelines.  Play more slowly and carefully and soon you'll be surviving into the middlegame and enjoying the game more.

Answer 6

Loss of pieces has nothing to do with the type of opening played.  Inaccurate play leads to loss of pieces.  In games between players who are not skilled in the game, any opening that is well played will result in a good position being reached.

A good book for beginners which explains the principles of how to develop the pieces (bring them out to good positions on the board) would be a good starting point.

If you are playing a software program, you may find it offers tips on good moves.  Set it to a very weak setting if you want to have any chance of winning against it.  As you improve increase its strength of play.

If you practise playing against a person, then you will learn how to avoid losing pieces as your experience increases by playing games.

Answer 7

move one of the "a bit in from the right (or left) pawns.....REMEMBER you must calculate all possible moves....thats why you have to be real smart, fast etc

Answer 8

Bobby Fischer was famous for always using the "Ruy Lopez" opening - 1. p-k4, p-k4

                  2. kn-kb3, .....

Answer 9

I would recommend starting with how you play the black pieces. A book I recommend is called "A Black Defensive System For The Rest of Your Chess Career" by Andrew Soltis. It recommends a c6-d5 setup against both 1: e4 and 1: d4 (The Caro-Kann and Slav). The themes and ideas from one are applicable across the entire repertoire.

For the white pieces, you have a lot more flexibility, since white dictates the opening more than black does. I recommend a book called "How to Think Ahead in Chess". It recommends the Stonewall attack, and it does a good job explaining the ideas behind it.

Hope this helps,

-- Ozzie