What is a strong opening move in chess?
Sunday, June 20th, 2010 at
5:17 am
I usually start off with the "Spanish" opening
( 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 )
but what is your favorite opening move in chess that seems to work well?
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This changes every 3 months, but currently:
As White, I go for a Ruy Lopez like you do, hoping for an early run on trading.
As Black, I Center Counter and hope to gambit.
Although it’s not sound at the higher levels of chess I enjoy the Danish Gambit as white for the brutal attacking lines when playing someone I think is not familiar with it.
(1. e4 e5 2. d4)… exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 …
For Black I enjoy the Sicilian, Dragon, Accelerated Dragon and the
Classical variation
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6
Dragon
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
Accelerated Dragon
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4
Well it depends if your whites or blacks
If you were white move the pawn in front of the king 2 spaces and then move your bishop out
If you’re blacks then maybe move the pawn in front of the king 1 square then bring your queen or bishop out
No such thing but strong computer engines often seem to prefer 1. Nc3.
Whatever opening gets me to a playable middle game.
As a B grade player I am happy to develop the opening using an open game starting with d4. I have seen gifted players playfully open with a non book move on the first move, confident that whatever happens they will regain the initiative quickly. And of course it has the advantage that both are playing unknown variations.
I suppose a A grade player would study the database of games his opponent has played, and play to his weakness.
Anything that gets your pieces out quickly and occupies and/or controls more squares on the board. As you get better you will get a feel for the type of middle game positions you like and aim for these by playing openings that are conducive to creating such positions.
I prefer openings that are good but currently out of style. Theory rarely changes and you will often know more about the positions that commonly arise out of the opening than will your opponents.An opening like the Spanish Game is good, but some lines are already analyzed 20+ moves deep.An issue to consider if you are a strong player.
As White I play The Vienna, Oxford Variation; Grand Prix Sicilian; Exchange Caro-Kann, etc.
I play the King’s Gambit (1. e4 e5 2. f4) as White or sometimes Bird’s Opening (1. f4). A lot of high-rated players tell me not to play these openings but they work fine at my low level (currently Class E) and often take my opponents by surprise.
As Black, I play the Sicilian (1. e4 c5).
I use d4, Like the current chess champs. The penalty of doing such a thing? It’s very well known and studied. The benefit? It’s really well known and studied. d4 is extremely flexible and typically goes into the Queen’s gambit or indian of some sort. As black, I match d4 with d5, and utilize a stonewall type of defense, and
Against e4, I play the french Defense, and I am looking for another to play against it. I don’t like to play symmetrically so I can avoid unknown lines, and the popular Sicilian, Kings gambit, and scary petroff.–I will most likely adopt the Pirc, or Caro-kann. just to add a mix up to my game.