A little help Please!!!

I have been trying to study chess for a few days now and I am having a little trouble completely understanding openings and middle game but mainly openings. I win more games when I am black than when I am white. I use the Pirc Defence most of the time. When I am white I try to use Ruy Lopez. When I research openings I do not understand how you can do what the description of the openings says to do. For example, Ruy Lopez says 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5.. That is all it says and I try to do that and it seems like move 3 is a wasted move because when they either move a6 or they move their Knight I either have to move my Bishop or sacrafice it by taking the Knight on c6(if it was not moved). What if black did not move what the description says like 1. ..e5? What are the best openings for white? And where can I find out how to do them? Can somebody tell me about middle game also? Any help, info, or websites leading to the answers will be greatly appreciated. Thanks ahead of time. Thanks for taking the time to read this.

This is a very broad question. You can only play the Ruy when someone plays 1...e5 and 2...Nc6. If he doesn't than you have to conform. Buy NCO and use it to research opening lines. Or just search for openings on the internet if you don't want to pay. Chessopolis.com has a ton of articles on almost anything you can think of. As for the middlegame, follow this link and read my second post.

http://www.redhotpawn.com/board/showthread.php?id=6042

T-Dog 😀

Ok so how do u know if they are going to move 1. ..e5 if you go first? So if they don't then you have to change openings? What are the best openings for white and black?

Yes, if he opens something other than ...e5 then of course you have to switch. You see it yourself as you play the Pirc! You don't play ...e5, you play ..d6, so then does white still play Nf3 and Bb5? No. He plays d4, Nc3, and then it splits from there! Check out chessopolis for openings. There really are no best openings for either side, it all depends on how you like to play! Differents styles of players play different openings that suit to their style. Got me? 😀

Thanks for your help. I really appreciate it. I will study and hopefully start winning some games. I like the concepts of gambits. I do not mind sacraficing to get an advantage. Are there any openings that will help me increase my chances of forking or pinning my opponents pieces? Thanks again. 🙂

As far as gambits go, make sure you really research them and also, that "advantage" won't help you unless you can recognize what it is and keep the initiative going, so unless you have a strong middlegame to keep that initiative going, gambits suck. I would actually stay away from those until you feel your middlegame is up to par. As for the forking and pinning, there are alot of openings with pins, Queens gambit has some, The Ruy Lopez has some, The French Defense, the Pirc has some, although don't count on getting pins every time, or even worry about it. As for forking, since it's a tactic that normally wins a piece or more, obviously no openings will just have this built in, you will have to capitalize on your opponents mistakes to even think about getting a fork. That's where TACTICS come in to play! 😀

If you're already playing the Pirc and like it, maybe try the King's Indian Reversed as White. Then you don't have to worry about what Black does (much).

What is the King's Indian Reversed?

naidni sgnik 😀

Seriously, white more or less ignores what Black does and starts off with Nf3, g3, Bg2, and O-O (and probably a central pawn move too, like c4 or d4). This develops two pieces, gets the king castled, and leaves lots of flexibility for the setup of your remaining forces. Black can't do much to prevent this.

You get a setup you're familiar with (since you play the Pirc) and there aren't many traps to worry about. The downside is you probably won't get the lasting advantage White obtains in some of the sharper, more aggressive openings.

Originally posted by lloydk
naidni sgnik 😀

Seriously, white more or less ignores what Black does and starts off with Nf3, g3, Bg2, and O-O (and probably a central pawn move too, like c4 or d4). This develops two pieces, gets the king castled, and leaves lots of flexibility for the setup of your remaining forces. Black can't do much to prevent this.

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