What opening should I learn as black?

@ chess is a very difficult game to learn with many rules that even some advanced players don't know (would you believe it?), and a very small percentage of world's popultion even wants to learn it. Mastering it is like performing art.

@pointlesswindows "Easy" and "difficult" are relative terms, so we may not agree. I will simply say that chess is part of the standard curriculum in many elementary schools. That's what I meant by "easy". It's literally "elementary".

@clutchnutz but the standard curriculum in many elementary schools is not easy for kids. Actually I don't know any normal school where chess is taken as a subject.

@pointlesswindows The standards of an elementary curriculum are designed for the average kid. Chess is now being taught in many "normal" schools. The rules of the game might be relatively difficult for some but it's relatively easy for others. On average, chess is considered an appropriate challenge for younger kids just like reading, math and music. I'm sure there are other things more difficult than chess being taught. Just my 2 cents.

@clutchnutz In theory the standards of an elementary curriculum are designed for the average kid. However, it's an abstract idea, as everybody is an individual. The lack of understanding among pupils of such subjects as maths, physisc etc is common. Let's say in general there are 2% of kids who find everything easy. For 60% it's challenging. For 38 very difficult.
"Chess is now being taught in many "normal" schools" - which schools exactly?

@pointlesswindows I don't agree with your assessment. I would say the average curriculum is, by definition, easy for some, difficult for some and a healthy challenge for most.

"Chess is suitable for children aged 2-6 to promote social and simple logic skills"
[source: edu.fide.com/]

In terms of specific schools, I don't have a comprehensive list. I assume it depends on the district and funding. Here are a couple of examples:

All kids over the age of 6 in Armenia:
www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/15/armenia-chess-compulsory-schools

48 elementary schools in New York City:
chessintheschools.org/programs/

Given that chess is recommended for kids as young as *2 years old* and all kids over the age of 6 in Armenia, I would venture to say that it's not that difficult to learn the rules of the game.

@clutchnutz I don't agree with what you say too.

However, I've read that in Spain from 2015 chess will be taught at schools. I don't know for how long and how it's going to work though. I don't have any data on how many percent of schools all over the world is teaching chess at schools but I guess it's extremely small. Armenia is a country of 3 million population with chess tradition, so it cannot be used to represent anything. I have no idea how it is in China, India or other big countries. But I know that in Poland there are no such schools at all. There was a suggestion to make a few but it failed.

I don't think a 2 year old brat is able to play a chess game but maybe some of them can recognise the pieces before they eat them.

@pointlesswindows "I don't think a 2 year old brat is able to play a chess game but maybe some of them can recognise the pieces before they eat them."

lmao!!! 😂😂😂

I'd suggest the Caro-Kann for e4, and the Slav for d4. Primarily because they play pretty close to the same.

#29 two completely different openings. they have nothing in common