There are useful opening
'rules'
(really, guidelines) which should be known and adopted at
least until
you know better. Sadly, even strict obedience to the
rules can
lead to trouble, so you have to learn some specific opening
lines. You don't have to know every opening, but you
need at
least one system for White and a couple as Black.
Which ones you
choose depends on your style and your appetite for study.
Opening principles
It's useful to review and rehearse the reasons for the
I am a fan of your site. It helped me getting started with openings. In return I put the Italian game for you in chessbase format. For me when i see things happening on the board it always help, so i thougth maybe that will help others too.
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My motivation: I like to help youre concept (site) to get better/easier and help others in having more fun in chess. Make it reachable and not for the money.
C.H.O'D. (Hugh) Alexander once remarked, "If God played God in the Ben-oni, White would win. But at any other level, Black's practical chances are excellent."
It's always a pleasure to have a chance to show these games to a new generation of chess players. Dan fancied learning about a more aggressive opening, and one of the ones we looked at was Evans' Gambit.
I have been looking at French repertoires recently, and thought it was
useful for my own amusement at least to see what various authors
writing for the Black audience recommended.
Repertoire books these days often give you a choice, which is excellent.
"Flip-Coin Chess: Does not pay attention to all (or sometimes even any!) of the threats generated by the opponent's previous move. Hope Chess: Does pay attention to all the threats generated by the opponent's previous move, but, before making their current move, does not check to make sure that all checks, captures, and threats by the opponent on the next move (in reply to that move) can be safely met. Real Chess: Not only deals with opponent's threats from the previous move but, before making their move, also makes sure that the opponent
