Can anyone tell me a nice Chess opening for both white and black ?

Forget about your openings. Just learn to play properly.

Forget about your openings. Just learn to play properly.

2 weeks is a short time to prepare for a chess tournament a good opening isn't enough chess has three basic concepts....openings, middle game, & end game each phase has different logics, tactics, & strategies you just need a few good books author : yasser seirawan title : winning chess, openings

At your level, you should not focus that much on opening, concentrate studying on tactics, endgame and middle game themes.

2 weeks is a short time to prepare for a chess tournament a good opening isn't enough chess has three basic concepts....openings, middle game, & end game each phase has different logics, tactics, & strategies you just need a few good books author : yasser seirawan title : winning chess, openings

At your level, you should not focus that much on opening, concentrate studying on tactics, endgame and middle game themes.

Opening study means memorizing variations, and the reasons for every move and piece placement. It certainty can't be done in 2 weeks. You have to have 3 systems. One to always play as white, and two to defend against 1.e4 and 1.d4 However what you can do is learn opening principles, if you have not done that already. The aim of that, is who has the better position, will win 'automatically' per better tactical chances. eg Castle ASAP. -------------------------------- Here follows a list. Aim for the center of the board. Move your pieces as close as possible to the centre of the board. Controlling the center is one of the main goals in the opening. Pawn moves should only be made to allow other pieces to develop or to improve your control in the center. Usually 1 or 2 pawn moves is enough. It is more important to get your pieces into the action as quickly as possible. Don’t move the same piece more than once in the opening, unless you have a very good reason to do so. You should not waste a move to improve the position of a piece which is already developed if you can rather use that move to develop a piece which has not moved yet. Don’t bring the queen out too early. The high value of the queen makes her vulnerable to attacks and bringing out the queen too early can help your opponent to develop whilst making threats against the queen. Do not start an attack until you have completed your development and made your king safe. Get your king safe sooner rather than later. This usually mean castling your king to safety. The king is more vulnerable in the center and he will be safer tucked away near the corner. The short castle is usually safer than the long castle since the king will be further away from the center. Develop your knights before your bishops. You usually know where your knights will be placed but you need a few move moves before you can decide what the best squares for your bishops will be. For this reason it makes sense to develop your knights first. Avoid moving pawns in front of your castled king since moving a pawn creates weaknesses next to and behind that pawn. Develop with a threat when you can. Making a threat forces your opponent to respond in a certain way and you can achieve the initiative advantage if you can continue to develop whilst making threats. Making a threat which forces your opponent to defend and gives you a “free move” is called a “tempo move”. Don’t block your own pieces. Make development moves that allows your other pieces to also develop freely. Think of your where all your pieces need to be and not only where the best square for one or two of the pieces are. Develop your pieces in your half of the board. If you put your piece on the opponent’s half of the board – that piece will be vulnerable and your opponent can use threats against that piece to help him speed up his own development. Try to achieve as many goals as you can with one move. A move which develops a pieces, attacks an opponents pawn, prepares your king to castle and increases your control in the center is a great opening move that achieves a number of goals at once. How important is it to study chess openings? Quite simply – the stronger player you are, the more important your knowledge of opening theory becomes. Grandmasters rely heavily on their opening knowledge to obtain some advantage from the opening. However, for beginner, amateur and most other players it is far more important to understand the opening principles and learn to apply them in their games. The purpose of the opening moves If you are trying to find a opening that ensures a winning position right from the start – you are on the wrong track. If such an opening existed everyone will use it. Be aware that there are 3 main tasks to fulfill in the opening stage of the game. These 3 tasks are: Develop your pieces to good squares Attack the central squares (control the center or at least your share of the centre) Get your king to safety (usually by castling) From http://www.chess-strategies-tactics.com/chess-opening-principles ChessKnights

You can learn a lot of chess openings at the website below that shows you chess strategies for beginners. Just replay an chess opening you like and memorize some variations. As White play 1. d4 and learn the systems that Black can answer.. As Black answer 1.e4 with 1.e5 and learn systems for Black like the Italian Opening. answer 1. d4 with 1....d5 and learn resulting systems like Queens Indian Defense or Cambridge Springs Defense.

You can learn a lot of chess openings at the website below that shows you chess strategies for beginners. Just replay an chess opening you like and memorize some variations. As White play 1. d4 and learn the systems that Black can answer.. As Black answer 1.e4 with 1.e5 and learn systems for Black like the Italian Opening. answer 1. d4 with 1....d5 and learn resulting systems like Queens Indian Defense or Cambridge Springs Defense.