![]() ![]() You wouldn't go into more depth than the above list of moves - instead, you'd immediately start showing them Grandmaster Games with these openings, and analysing them together. The amount they need to know to get playable positions is minimal. This is the optimal repertoire for beginners because it's future-proof but also exposes the player to a range of different open positions. Exchange Caro Kann - Panov-Botvinnik: 1.Tactically, the benefits of playing the open Sicilian massively outweigh the costs, in terms of how much they will learn. Nc3 and again lay out the plans for both sides. Open Sicilian - again, just the first few moves 1.Nxd4 and then lay out the plans for both sides. Scotch Four Knights - just the first few moves.Obviously, open positions are also the priority. If they want to change openings later then they can, but you should give them stuff that will serve them for a lifetime if they want it to. What you really want are openings that they can keep playing forever, but which lead to positions where normal developing moves are the order of the day. To give an example: I've heard some people say that beginners need to play tactical openings because tactics is the most important thing that beginners need to learn, and these people would typically suggest the Sicilian or the Double King's Pawn and disapprove of the Caro-Kann and the London.īeginners love openings, so telling them not to learn openings will just put them off chess. The idea was not to give beginners a repertoire in order for them to get an advantage out of the opening, but to give them a repertoire in order to lead them to some types of positions (tactical, positional, open, closed, classical, hypermodern, sharp, slow, I don't know which type would be best) which will be particularly instructive to them and will make them improve faster. An example answer could be "with White 1.d4 2.c4 3.Nc3, with Black the KID 1.Nf6 2.g6 3.Bg7 4.d6 and the French 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5", see, short and simple. In the eyes of strong players a 3 moves deep repertoire might look too small to be called a "repertoire", but for beginners this can definitely be called a repertoire. And after the first 3 moves the beginners will already be out of their book and will need to start thinking on their own. It won't take much time for beginners to learn a 3 moves deep repertoire, merely 5 minutes. I am not asking for a 10 moves deep repertoire, but merely a 3 moves deep repertoire. Secondly, nowhere did I suggest that beginners should spend a large amount of time learning openings, and I know that this would be ill-advised. By "beginners" I don't mean people who have just learned how the pieces move. Perhaps a more appropriate word would have been "amateurs" or "novices" or "club players" or "intermediate players" I don't know. ![]() Perhaps you understand the word "beginners" differently than I do. "The players under consideration here, the so-called "beginners", are players who are weak but not so weak that learning opening theory is useless for them, players who have barely attained the level at which starting to learn some opening theory becomes useful, so roughly around 1400 Elo." Okay, but what should we teach them to play on move 2 and move 3? And what should we teach them to play as Black against 1.d4, 1.Nf3 and 1.c4?įirstly, as I already said in the first post: Most people say: 1.e4 e5 (the Open Game, aka the Double King's Pawn) with both colors. Most people say: mainlines, classical, open, tactical, sharp. What kind of openings should we teach them? Should each individual beginner play openings that fit his own particular style or preferences? Or is there some particular type of openings that is best to play for all beginners regardless of their individual style and preferences? ![]() The players under consideration here, the so-called "beginners", are players who are below 1100 Elo, players who do not yet know what openings to play, players who do not know anything about openings. My goal is not for them to get an advantage out of the opening, but to give them openings that will often lead them to some types of positions which will be particularly instructive to them and will make them improve faster. I have heard that adopting a system (London, Colle, KIA, etc.) would be good on the short-term but bad on the long-term, because it would limit the range of positions that they would get exposed to. The short-term improvement is irrelevant. Here "best" doesn't mean best to maximize their winning probability on the immediate short-term, but best for them to improve and eventually become strong players. What are the best openings that should be taught to beginners in order for them to improve fast and become strong? ![]()
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