Chess Openings- English
Monday, May 24th, 2010 at
1:28 pm
We take a look at one of the most common flank openings. White looks to gain center control with his c4 pawn and put pressure on the light squares. For more info on other openings check out the other videos and the website at www.thechesswebsite.com
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I would just develop your knight to c3. If black continues to mirror you can develop your other knight and fianchetto your bishop on the king side.
do you ever move the knight do d5 early?
usually not recommended to move a piece more than once in an opening unless you have a really good reason. In the English I don’t ever move my knight to d5.
thanks!
Which opening is easy and useful against beginners?
Which opening is the one where my pawn goes to d4 and e4???
something like the ruy lopez or the queens gambit lines are pretty straight forward and shouldn’t have too much crazy play from beginners.
really depends on where black moves to actually say the official name of the opening. But if you start with d4 then it’s just the queen’s pawn opening.
My opinion is that beginners should go for crazy open games with lots of nice tactics everywhere, as they are pretty thematic and you learn what I think is the heart of chess. When I began playing chess something like 2-3 years ago, I started with sharp gambits and stuff. And althou I find myself uneasy with slow strategic games and endgames, I think it’s the way to go, it makes chess fun. And I don’t do that bad (my rating floats around 1600). I’d say anything with 1.e4 and the word gambit:D
crazy is DEF more fun, but just depends on your “chess personality.” I know some people like to almost get themselves in problems so they can “solve a puzzle” while others (like myself) just like to attack attack attack. But as a gambiteer myself I def can’t argue with learning gambits.
What’s a good, easy to learn opening for begginers?
I would start with king or pawn openings. So I would start with e4 or d4. I would stay away from gambits starting out. I will be making a video very soon on opening game fundamentals that should also help. Once you start playing, you will start to develop your own style of play and can focus on an opening that fits your style of play.
the colle system
your moms opening.
lol, hope you are not offended, but you sat your self for it!
*Middle Finger*
well, i cant complane. but you know that was good!
Ah, whatever
Can you please tell me what program you use for easy viewing/computer analysis? I’m trying WinBoard but it’s a bit weird
Thanks for the Vids. I am trying to out do Chess Titans from Windows Vista. Real Challenging on Levels 6 through 10.
Hey i’m trying that too, but sadly with this opening i try to tranpose into something else because the computer already has a defense to counter it. (it throws the enemy off.) Not just computers but People too.
I fucking love the epic music that opens these videos!!!
i`m number 9500 wiever
what up
Very nice! It is a quite “simple” opening. I am a begginer though…
what is called the song at the beginning? my littlebrother love it … me to ;:O)