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What kind of opening should I try?

#1
I don't get what you mean!
You need to phrase your words so that others can understand it with ease.
Queen's Gambit, King's Indian Defense, Ruy Lopez, etc with White are really nice options for openings to play.
Well basically, when your learning openings don't learn more than 1 openings to prevent overlearning and also preventing from confuse.
These are my best openings that I love
!. Berlin defense
2. ruy lopez
3. Italian game
4. Giucco piano
5. king's flachetto's
6. Sicillian defense: najdorf variation
7. Larsen-attack
8. king's indian defense
"... It is illogical for one who has not earned his master title to ape the complicated opening variations played by, say, a world champion. After all, while the opening is indeed important in chess, it is still only one part of the game; victory can be found as well in the middlegame or endgame. Your only task in the opening is to reach a playable middlegame. ... How should we lay the foundations of our opening repertoire? It is hard to come up with a single answer to satisfy every player. Individuals will have different objectives in the opening, as well as different playing strengths. Nevertheless, to all players I can recommend the following: simplicity and economy. These are the characteristics of the opening systems of many great masters. They do not strain unduly for advantages in the opening; they would just as soon move on to the next phase of the game, hoping their skill will overcome the opponent in the middlegame or endgame. ... the most complicated variations demand huge amounts of time for home analysis, time available only to professional chess players. ... I will discuss here only openings and defenses that in my opinion offer simplicity and economy. ... The Dragon and Najdorf Variations ... have been analyzed to twenty moves and more; if a player without adequate preparation walks into an analyzed sequence he may lose even to a weaker opponent. Under no circumstances should you handle these variations in serious games unless you are a professional chess player with unlimited time for study. ..." - GM Lajos Portisch (1974)
@kindaspongey said in #15:
> "... It is illogical for one who has not earned his master title to ape the complicated opening variations played by, say, a world champion. After all, while the opening is indeed important in chess, it is still only one part of the game; victory can be found as well in the middlegame or endgame. Your only task in the opening is to reach a playable middlegame. ... How should we lay the foundations of our opening repertoire? It is hard to come up with a single answer to satisfy every player. Individuals will have different objectives in the opening, as well as different playing strengths. Nevertheless, to all players I can recommend the following: simplicity and economy. These are the characteristics of the opening systems of many great masters. They do not strain unduly for advantages in the opening; they would just as soon move on to the next phase of the game, hoping their skill will overcome the opponent in the middlegame or endgame. ... the most complicated variations demand huge amounts of time for home analysis, time available only to professional chess players. ... I will discuss here only openings and defenses that in my opinion offer simplicity and economy. ... The Dragon and Najdorf Variations ... have been analyzed to twenty moves and more; if a player without adequate preparation walks into an analyzed sequence he may lose even to a weaker opponent. Under no circumstances should you handle these variations in serious games unless you are a professional chess player with unlimited time for study. ..." - GM Lajos Portisch (1974)

To be fair, while this was probably true in 1974, at the top levels of modern chess, opening prep is king, and no one ignores it.
My Favorite Opening is staford gambit ..i dont play it a lot tho because i dont like middlegame positions that arise from It
@bobafett17 said in #16:
> To be fair, while this was probably true in 1974, at the top levels of modern chess, opening prep is king, and no one ignores it.

I do not think that GM Portisch was arguing against prep. To me, his idea seemed to be to make opening choices that were realistic for one's circumstances.
@kindaspongey said in #19:
> I do not think that GM Portisch was arguing against prep. To me, his idea seemed to be to make opening choices that were realistic for one's circumstances.

I guess I misunderstood then. My bad.

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