Save openings to your computer even the ones you continue to play and make your own opening repertoire. Use our huge chess games and chess opening database to improve you chess skills. There are countless lines that can arise from the starting moves of 1. It is important if you want to be successful in chess to be familiar with some of the most popular openings and understand the theory behind the moves. Of course, there is a great deal of theory in the english opening as well, but the character of the opening is a lot less forced. The king must not be in check at the start of the move, though it may have been in check previously in the game. Chess players names are the most common sources of opening names. I feel like i am at the level to start building a basic opening repertoire.
Search through more than 3,000 opening lines to find the perfect chess opening for you. Having an opening repertoire means more than just deciding to go 1. Jonathan schrantz counts down and identifies the most common black moves against whites king pawn opening. Basic opening principles move the centre pawns e4,d4,e5,d5 so that you will gain the initiative in the centre and will have good space. Chess openings and book moves search through more than 3,000 opening lines to find the perfect chess opening for you. Chess stars has announced a new forthcoming book on the spanish four knights and the road from 2 nf3 to 4 bb5. Learning chess openings is an important part of any productive chess training.
Many of these chess matches feature open files, ranks. White has many different ideas at his disposal on each line. Study, play and get the outcome analyzed for each opening. In blitz and rapid it is important to make the right decisions quickly and almost instinctively. Ive been playing chess now pretty actively for 4 months and am looking to develop further. Youre white, you dont need to defend at the beginning of the game and e4 doesnt need any help at this point as nothing is attacking it. For the latter, in addition to a second, more in depth repertoire with 1. Most chess books are about the opening phase, and the same is true of chess ebooks. Black immediately fights for the center, but by attacking from the cfile instead of. How to build a chess opening repertoire better your chess. Apr 25, 2009 making choices regarding your opening repertoire should take these considerations into account. The first is the fact that i found my longest forced mating line to date march 2008 in this game, an 18ply forced mate at move 14 which ended up being only 9 ply in practice, but the game was over, regardless.
Players often like a particular category of chess opening because of the type of game it can lead to. Use our huge chess games and chess opening database to improve you chess. Whites assertive opening move opens lines for the queen and kings bishop and fights for control of the squares d5 and f5. It is among the most popular opening moves in chess. List of chess openings simple english wikipedia, the free. A complete repertoire for black in the open gamesby nigel davies there is no doubt that playing the op. Here youll find repertoire ebooks for both white and black, specialized ebooks on chess opening subvariations and general opening strategy. In chess, a halfopen file or semiopen file is a file with pawns of only one color. The arguments presented in this article are original and cannot be found in other chess books or papers. Bill wall 700 opening traps introduction probably the most important part of a chess game for the amateur chess player is the opening. White may also offer the gambit in the bishops opening, e.
Chess tools chess diagram generator chess diagram generator chess endgame simulator chess endgame simulator chess opening database. This is because white follows the main principles of chess by attacking the center and preparing to develop the light squared bishop to squares such as c4 and b5, depending on the opening. Opening studies an introduction to the ruy lopez adapted. This mainly applies in strict rules of chess where if a piece is touched, it must be moved. The oxford companion to chess lists 1,327 named openings and variants.
Chess openings main chess openings opening variances. Weve organized the titles into kings pawn openings, queens pawn opening and others, which includes the flank openings and more. Negi 2015 1 e4 vs the sicilian i negi 2016 1 learn from kasparovs greatest games. The difference is, that in the pircdefense black develops his kingknight to f6. This expanded version has updated commentary, and an index of names to games. You can browse our entire chess database from this line, move by move. It is important to study the openings and know what traps and pitfalls may arise from a. Dutch, staunton gambit 1 d4 f5 2 e4 fxe4 3 nc3 nf6 4 bg5. Chess openings classification of chess openings kings pawn openings, open games 1. Chess opening essentials has exactly the right balance and is an accessible primer and a reference book at the same time.
Try to double rooks or double rook and queen on open files. Chess tools chess diagram generator chess endgame simulator chess opening database. Bc4 the socalled italian bishop in preparation for an early attack on blacks vulnerable f7 square. This game is one of my favorites for several reasons. Play the kings pawn chess opening below against the computer. This opening is related to the pirc defense and can transpose into it. Sep 01, 2011 this weeks article is structured differently than normal, instead of picking one opening for this week, i will show 8 tricky traps found in 1. Opening repertoire 1 e4 everyman chess lakdawala, cyrus on. They are not looking for long winded variations, but rather an opening with a set of ideas and guidelines to be followed. Also get the fayetteville countergambit pgn file with 98 games. That is why worldfamous opening expert grandmaster evgeny sveshnikov and his son, international master vladimir sveshnikov, have created a chess opening repertoire for club players that is forcing, both narrow and deep, and aggressive. Control or occupy the centre the centre of the board holds the key to a chess game.
The updates are also available to subscribers on the free forward chess app, for ios and android. Chess openings and book moves search through more than 3,000 opening lines to find the perfect chess opening. Chess opening explorer with our opening explorer you can browse our entire chess database move by move obtaining statistics about the results of each possible continuation. The opening explorer is a great tool if you want to study chess openings. The term can refer to the initial moves by either side, white or black, but an opening by black may also be known as a defense. The reti also has transpositions into d4 or e4, depending upon what black plays. So i have recently found this amazing new lines against the sicilian and have been eager to play it for the past couple of weeks. The italian game is one of the oldest recorded chess opening, and the game defining move is 3. Its rarely seen at club level and it is historically considered to be harmless and dull compared to the most popular 1. The name given to an opening is not always that of the first player to adopt it. Chess openings can be broken down into categories based on their pawn structures and how much mobility the pieces have. Chess openings learn how to play the top 60 openings. If white opens the position with d4 or f4, rapid development and king. There are dozens of different openings, and hundreds of variants.
A solid and straightforward chess opening repertoire for white. Adults will expect the ruy lopez while juniors are more used to this sort of opening. In fact, if you do come across any article relevant to what i am about to discuss, it would probably support the exact opposite opinion to the one i am expressing here. Nxd4, white obtains a halfopen dfile, but black can pressure white along the. White players who prefer a quieter, more positional game tend to prefer 1.
With a unique and timeless repertoire, carefully selected for home player level 1. The only time i can see f3 being viable so early is if you allow black to take the pawn on e4 thereby offering a sacrifice of a pawn in exchange for development of the knight. The reti opening is a very widely played chess opening that starts with nf3. Larry kaufmans repertoire book is a great addition to the library of any serious chess player. We employ 10 gms and 4 ims who publish monthly opening articles, downloadable pgn files, pdf ebooks and playable ebooks. Kings gambit, giuoco piano or italian opening two knights defence, ruy lopez or spanish opening, petroffs defence, scotch game, vienna game, four knights game, three knights opening, philidors defence, and more. Fed up of not getting the chance to play the opening i approached one of my teachers who is one of the top players at my local chess club and asked him during my school chess club weather i could try a new opening with him. Adults will expect the ruy lopez while juniors are more used. Hey r chess, i have been playing alot of kia recently, and got sold on it because it was pitched as a system, aka, one that could be played regardless of what black does in the opening. The chess opening 1 h4 edward winter here is a game in which dawid janowsky, one of the worlds leading players at the time, played a fantasy opening. Opening studies an introduction to the ruy lopez adapted and amended from rueben fines ideas behind the chess openings, by richard westbrook, 2003.
If white moves his kingside knight in front of the bishop for his second. A beginner should avoid the queens gambit and french defence and play open games instead. Study chess openings by watching grandmaster gm games. What does it mean to have a chess opening repertoire. White has moved the kings pawn two squares and black has replied in kind. In contrast to the french, the queens bishop is not blocked, but the c6 square is no longer available for the knight. If so, what responses do you typically run across, how do you fare with this line, and is it suitable for a mainline weapon against. The first moves of a chess game are termed the opening or opening moves. Its great because playing the carokann and sicilian in my opinion arent very intuitive and require a lot of theory and opening study, but e5 more easily tend to opening strategies expand your centre, castle early that you learn when you first start chess to create a strong structure. Opening systems specific strategy for the chess opening. Neither the king nor the participating rook may have moved previously 2.
At the amateur level, most games are won or lost in the opening through mistakes or falling in a book trap. The english opening is a perfect choice for aggressive players who prefer to play schemes and creative plans rather than memorizing heavy theory. No release date yet, but quality chess has it listed in their 2020 catalog. With our opening explorer you can browse our entire chess database move by move obtaining statistics about the results of each possible continuation. The sicilian defense may be the single most common chess opening in modern play. Another plan is to try and lever open the ffile for an attack on blacks weak f7 point with 2. In choosing the carokann, black gives up the centre in exchange for easier development. The complete series volumes 1 4 djuric, stefan, komarov, dimitri, pantaleoni, claudio on. It gives a flavour of how chess opening essentials, volume 1. Explore openings variations and find matching master chess games to study.
Most of the chess openings have been named and analyzed for hundreds of years. The rare instances where the opening does not fall into a more specific category than kings pawn game are included in codes b00 includes the nimzowitsch defence and unusual moves after 1. Half of the book is devoted to a white repertoire he recommends 1. The ideas behind the chess openings pdf free download. While he may not win as many games at first, he will in the long run be amply compensated by acquiring a thorough knowledge of the. The french and the sicilian are almost as different openings as you could get as a response to 1. This weeks article is structured differently than normal, instead of picking one opening for this week, i will show 8 tricky traps found in 1. With the recent explosion in chess theory, a complete volume covering all variations of the french defence would require some 1500 pages at least. White can start by moving his kings pawn 2 spaces, i. Ive chosen 1 e4 e5 openings open games because these are the first we learn, so it seemed like a very.
So its a good idea to play the ruy lopez against juniors, and, for example, the giuoco piano against adults. The steinitz gambit from the vienna is a intresting line to play with whitemy faforit opening your king wil be in the center but stil rather well gaurded you get compleet center domination only as i said the king is in the center and you wil have a lead in devolepment. This move is popular at all levels of the game and was the favoured opening move of world champion bobby fischer who called it best by test. The simplest way to play chess online with people from all over the world. The modern defense is a chess opening against e4 and begins normally with the moves 1. This book covers this most popular chess opening, especially the najdorf, dragon, and sveshnikov variations. The first few moves in the chess opening lays the foundation for every chess game. The french especially the advance variation, which is the most common among amateur play tends to lead to closed positions, that is, positions clogged up with stable pawn chains where longterm maneuvering and strategy prevail. It is a combination of the hungarian opening and the english as it combines similar ideas such as c5 and g3 followed by bg2. Eco edit the encyclopaedia of chess openings eco has ten codes for the kings gambit, c30 through c39. The kings pawn game is any chess opening starting with the move. List of all chess opening with possibility to search, view and analyze.
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