twentys4sbassist
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re:Choosing an opening - 2007/01/10 22:02
All of the advice is good. But as one poster mentioned, unless you're at least 1300, studying openings is a waste of time. Time would be better spent studying tactics. When I go to 1300 I learned the main lines of the
Ruy Lopez for white (way to much stuff to learn...should have picked a better opening), and the French and King's Indian Defense for black. I chose these openings in a peculiar way.
As mentioned in an earlier post, you should just play through your games.
Without knowing any opening. And like any good student, you should be writing down all of your games. After you get a dozen or so under your belt, look up your openings moves in a book. You'll probably find you're at least 4 or 5 moves into a well known opening already. From there, just see what move you made on the 6th move that was, "out of book" and then try to make the right move next game. And keep doing this. In a few months you'll be surprised on how well you know an opening.
But also, some good advice I have heard (I think from Dan Heisman) was to try to play sharp tactical openings when you're starting out. The King's
Indian Defense is good because it typically leads to very common pawn formations. So it's lessons are two-fold. First you get to know a reliable (and currently in fashion) defense for black, and second you get the benefit of playing some typical pawn formations.
In the end, the opening that suits you best will most likely find you, not the other way around. Some openings just feel "right" and "natural" as if the moves are obvious to you..
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