good beginner openings? ideas?

Originally posted by cmsMaster
Playing the Queens Gambit successfully has more to do with IQP (Isolated Queen's Pawn) positions more than "closed positions", because in the accepted variations play seems to be pretty open.

I said playing 1.d4 helped me understand closed positions. Playing the queens gambit helped me understand why gambits work... I didn't say that playing the queens gambit involved closed positions.

Originally posted by ChessJester
I said playing 1.d4 helped me understand closed positions. Playing the queens gambit helped me understand why gambits work... I didn't say that playing the queens gambit involved closed positions.

Ok.