What is your favourite opening

@BoggyD
Is there any way to open the position

@BOBDANIEL09

Just wanted to say, "What an awesome thread!" So many great openings to study and learn from. Which I will be doing in the future!
Thanks!

@joc44
Thank you
I hope this thread can keep going and we can further discuss openings

@bobdaniel09 said
@joc44
Thank you
I hope this thread can keep going and we can further discuss openings

One old adage regarding openings was "Knights before Bishops".
I don't really know why this was suggested as best practice although I suppose it's to do with Knights being more flexible in closed positions.
In General play,I consider Knights to be more valuable because their moves can't be replicated by any other piece.
People also talk about having the "bishop pair" as an advantage
If you only have one bishop the queen can always take over the duties of the missing one.
Seems I have moved off the topic somewhat, but I'm sure better players than me will have some comments to offer

@venda
In many openings like kings pawn knight variation the knight moves out first because
bishops cannot attack the pawns at the start of the game

@bobdaniel09 said
I hate closed positions and always respond to 1.d4 with the englund gambit. With every opening there is always a trap I have.
I hate playing against any opening where black moves a pawn 1 square

I hate closed positions


Hmmmm. I'll have to file that one away for the future.... 😏

@mchill
Yes because you could use that against me

I'm 14 so go easy on me

The Knights before Bishops rule of thumb came about because you usually know
where the Knights are going in the opening. f3, c3, c6 or f6. Get one Bishop out
along with the Knights, because you can never be too sure where the second Bishop
is best suited.

It is a rule of thumb which has a good pedigree, though of course chess is not that rigid.

One thing to do is not play the damiano defense.

To keep this alive.

I normally open d4, so no way you can play the Rousseau against me 😉

As black I play g6 against e5 and c5 against e4.

For me the point is not to lose already in the opening. I try to castle earyl as a rule of thumb and be open to attack on both sides.

And yes at my level openings are secondary I should think more before moving and exploit tactical mistales of my opponents (if there are any)

For me any solid opening

@bobdaniel09 said
There are many openings in chess
My favourite is the lesser known Rosseau Gambit because of the many traps and tricks inside it.
What is yours and why?

I tried the Rosseau gambit, but never caught anybody with it.

Do you know all the about 25 trappy lines by heart?

How many people did you catch with it?

@mlb62 said
1. Nf3 ... (after many years of 1.e4) ..., as Black Petroff's & the Dutch (any variation is fine).

Do you ever go after the Petrov for the Stafford gambit?

@bobdaniel09 said
One thing to do is not play the damiano defense.

If you know what you're doing the Damiano is playable, but it is not an opening to recommend to your mother.

Any opening is good, as long as it is a trappy gambit.