![]() ![]() Here are the best chess openings for beginners in 2021: I believe these are the best chess openings for both white and black at the beginner stage all the way to the elite level. Keeping this in mind, I have chosen some of the most important chess openings and explain them in this article. Hence it is important that you are aware about the different openings in chess not only to use them against your opponent but also to know what to expect when your opponent plays a certain one. Sometimes all you need is a challenging opening to catch your opponent off guard and drive the game in your favor. You might wonder, “What good an opening can do”? Let me state here at this point that many games have been finished in a matter of minutes due to powerful openings. Your opening can give away your style to your opponent and vice versa, thus, it gives you ample opportunity to play according to your opponent’s style. The Scandinavian Defense can actually be considered the oldest opening in chess! This is because it is the opening used in the first known recorded game of chess.Having an effective opening can help you set the pace and tone for the game. In master play, White wins 44% of master games in the Scandinavian, compared to 40% against the French or 37% against the Sicilian. But it's that same reputation that gives White hope. That ability to play several second and third moves, while White is somewhat limited, is one reason Black plays the opening despite its reputation as inferior. Otherwise, it's pretty much up to Black how the game will go from there. No matter what, however, natural development will give White a fine position. In fact, 3.Nf3 scores 47% for White compared to 44% with 3.Nc3. Even if Black captures on d5 with the queen, it is not necessary to play 3.Nc3 3.Nf3 and 3.d4 are also good. However, White has much more flexibility on move three. Other moves like 2.Nc3 or 2.e5 are playable but only give Black an immediately equal position and are rather easy to meet naturally. The first key to playing against the Scandinavian as White is to always play 2.exd5. The tradeoff for Black is that while the queen does not come out early, the knight will have to move at least twice to regain the pawn. White can try to keep the pawn with 3.c4 or continue developing with either 3.Bb5+ or 3.d4. If Black does not want to bring the queen out, this is the move to play. A typical position in the 3.Qd8 Scandinavian. Black also has the alternative of fianchettoing the dark-squared bishop with. Black is just looking to return the queen to safety before setting up the same solid structure, with pawns on c6 and e6, as comes in the 3.Qa5 variations. The oldest move, which is considered passive but playable. The fact that White can play Nb5 to attack the queen again is not a big deal for Black because it wastes time for White as well. It is generally more flexible than the other options and Black often obtains an imbalanced position including, if possible, queenside castling. ![]() This move only becomes more popular over time. However this is not the only way to play the position see below how GM Viswanathan Anand treated the opening at the 1995 World Championship. The pawns on c6 and e6 create a solid structure for Black. ![]() c6 to drop the queen back to c7 at some point, develops the light-squared bishop to f5 or g4 before playing a pawn to e6. The temptation as Black on move three may be to check the white king down the e-file, but this is considered inferior to three main alternatives. White actually has several reasonable options here, but by far the most common is 3.Nc3, immediately asking Black why the queen exposed herself so soon. The arrows represent Black's best options on move three. The former of these options breaks the rule, often taught to players just starting out, of not developing the queen too early. Because Black loses some time, he is in danger of a quick knockoutīlack has two main second moves: recapturing with 2.Qxd5, or playing 2.Nf6 planning to recapture with the knight.After the capture 2.exd5, Black loses time recapturing.Usually both black bishops have freedom. ![]()
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