neither does white really
you say e5 is so bad yet theres literally GMs playing it lmao
you say e5 is so bad yet theres literally GMs playing it lmao
There's GMs playing every opening
Play Fischerandom, and forget openings...
if ur trying to learn chess u have to learn openings. he isn't trying to learn 960, he's trying to learn CHESS
Everything is / nothing is especially important, openings are one small stone in the whole mosaic.
The most openings are reasonably playable, but I would be careful with the Hippo - I find it extremely demanding although it looks like an easy system.
The most openings are reasonably playable, but I would be careful with the Hippo - I find it extremely demanding although it looks like an easy system.
demanding for which side?
I wouldn't recommend something like the Hippo. Learn a real opening, not some subpar system. Find one that suits you. Personally, I like the Sicilian with an occasional 1...e5. If you like attacking, Sicilian is probably best. If you like a quieter and slower game, Caro-Kann maybe. For counterattacking, French. For a sort of middleground, double KP games are good.
^^^^^^
Solid Options:
Petrov Defense
Caro-Kann
Giucco Piano
Ruy Lopez Breyer/Flohr System
Modern Defense
Scandinavian Defense
Attacking Options:
Sicilian Defense
French Defense
Pirc Defense
Tricky Options:
Alekhine Defense
Owen Defense
I don't like the Sicilian either, but for attacking my go to would be the French. You can look at a few ideas for each defense, and see which one suits you the most. I wouldn't go with any system besides the hedgehog but that's still a bit iffy in my opinion.
Solid Options:
Petrov Defense
Caro-Kann
Giucco Piano
Ruy Lopez Breyer/Flohr System
Modern Defense
Scandinavian Defense
Attacking Options:
Sicilian Defense
French Defense
Pirc Defense
Tricky Options:
Alekhine Defense
Owen Defense
I don't like the Sicilian either, but for attacking my go to would be the French. You can look at a few ideas for each defense, and see which one suits you the most. I wouldn't go with any system besides the hedgehog but that's still a bit iffy in my opinion.
The Sicilian „cheap trick“ (Bent Larsen), probably the „best“ opening of all, comparable to the NID what attacking chances and positional soundness concerns.
May I quote "Simple Chess", the famous book by M. Stean? Believe it or not, it's 40 years old! Could be written yesterday.
"Minority attacks derive from the Pawn structure, Pawn structures derive from the opening. Go back to the eras of Capablanca and Alekhine and you will see Queen's Gambits, hoards of them, with hoards of minority attacks descending from them. Nowadays [1978; still relevant] the Sicilian Defense is all the rage. Sicilians here, Sicilians there, Sicilians absolutely everywhere. Why this saturation with Sicilians? Does the Mafia's influence really extend this far? The answer lies in the minority attack. The whole idea of the Sicilian is for Black to trade his c Pawn for the d Pawn. White almost invariably obliges: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 (or d6 or e6 or g6) 3.d4 cxd4, when Black immediately arrives at a minority attack Pawn structure. Half-open c file, extra central pawn, 2-3 minority on the Queenside; these are all the necessary ingredients. Sounds infallible, so where's the snag? Why doesn't Black win every game? The problem is of course that White has a lead in development in the early stages, which may prove difficult to survive. Black's prospects lie later in the game when the winds of White's initiative have blown themselves out."
The structural weaknesses White accepts because he is trying to avoid Black's plan to launch a minority attack to get a winning endgame and must attack. They are not the cause of Black having winning endgames (otherwise White wouldn't weaken his position in such a way); merely they are a symptom of him having to attack the Black King. The root cause of this is the minority attack, and this is why most Sicilian endgames are winning for him. The minority attack is also a theme in any Rook endgames, so it's not just a late middlegame idea."
May I quote "Simple Chess", the famous book by M. Stean? Believe it or not, it's 40 years old! Could be written yesterday.
"Minority attacks derive from the Pawn structure, Pawn structures derive from the opening. Go back to the eras of Capablanca and Alekhine and you will see Queen's Gambits, hoards of them, with hoards of minority attacks descending from them. Nowadays [1978; still relevant] the Sicilian Defense is all the rage. Sicilians here, Sicilians there, Sicilians absolutely everywhere. Why this saturation with Sicilians? Does the Mafia's influence really extend this far? The answer lies in the minority attack. The whole idea of the Sicilian is for Black to trade his c Pawn for the d Pawn. White almost invariably obliges: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 (or d6 or e6 or g6) 3.d4 cxd4, when Black immediately arrives at a minority attack Pawn structure. Half-open c file, extra central pawn, 2-3 minority on the Queenside; these are all the necessary ingredients. Sounds infallible, so where's the snag? Why doesn't Black win every game? The problem is of course that White has a lead in development in the early stages, which may prove difficult to survive. Black's prospects lie later in the game when the winds of White's initiative have blown themselves out."
The structural weaknesses White accepts because he is trying to avoid Black's plan to launch a minority attack to get a winning endgame and must attack. They are not the cause of Black having winning endgames (otherwise White wouldn't weaken his position in such a way); merely they are a symptom of him having to attack the Black King. The root cause of this is the minority attack, and this is why most Sicilian endgames are winning for him. The minority attack is also a theme in any Rook endgames, so it's not just a late middlegame idea."
Fischerandom is CHESS, not other game. In Fischerandom, creativity are more important that openings. You will learn to play CHESS with your creativity, not memorizing movements.
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