Originally posted by grit
Greenpawn, I think you are the logical person for me to ask this question. I am sick of the Ruy Lopez opening and sending my bishop up to b5 only to get chased back a bit. And Guoco piano is a bit closed up for me, so what do you (Greenpawn or any of you mates) think about learning the scotch opening? I saw a video on it and it spoke to me.
I don't know if I am allowed to post this here since I am still in the bates motel....
Grit
Sometimes it's better to just do something and ask for forgiveness later. 🙂
My uninformed opinion - Try different openings, mix them up. Try the Ruy one time, the Giuocco another, the Scotch another, then the Petroff, then the French, etc. However, I only know the first few moves of any of these openings. 🙂
Grit, at our level, which opening we use isn't really that important. But if trying a variety of openings keeps you from getting bored and stale, then by all means, do it.
Edit - I might add, please don't get obsessed with openings. Learn just enough moves to get you into the opening, and then "wing it" the rest of the way. You want to improve your tactical ability, not your memorization of opening lines.