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Openings - 2008/09/22 18:23
It is best to choose one opening with White, I suggest a gambit such as the Evans Gambit, the Kings Gambit or the Danish Gambit. These all produce open games where you do not have to strategize as much as in positional games. Once you have chosen one, stick with it for a hundred games, by that time you'll know it better than any of your opponents. Once you become comfortable with your white opening, you must choose a black defense against e4. I suggest the Dragon variation of the Sicilian. Here you will also gain insight into positional play. When you are comfortable with this third opening, choose an opening to play against d4/c4/Nf3. The Kings Indian is a good choice. The mistake most young or inexperienced players make is to experiment with openings, playing the most popular opening of the Masters at that time, or one that a friend suggests. Thus, they lose the opportunity to beome expert with an initial repertiore, and bog down at about 1500 elo. If you have a repertiore of four openings (The fourth should be the counter to the defense played most against your white opening. As an example, if you start with an open game (e4 opening), the defense you will meet most is likely the Sicilian. Since you have selected the Dragon Sicilian as your defense against e4 you are already familiar with it, and can look at what the specific variation you are facing most might be.) If you have a repertiore of four openings, and stick with that repertoire, it should get you to 2000 elo, if you improve your tactics and endgames enroute.
A good site to look at the initial moves of any opening is: www.chessgames.com/perl/explorer
Any good ECO listing on the web will give you the early moves of every opening. An old woodpusher.
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Thank you for the advice. I hope you will like this forum 
