I'm ready to take you on. You won't be able to play anything you mention!
White vs Me - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6! - No Evans for you!
Black vs Me - 1.d4 d5 (1...e6 2.e4, 1...c6 2.e4, 1...Nf6 2.Bg5) 2.Bg5! - No Slav or Semi-Slav for you!
changing openings repertoire to something more fun
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I concur with ThrillerFan!
I don’t blame you for giving up your openings.
They are pretty trash.
You can’t have fun when you’re being stomped into the ground due to bad opening start.
The Jobava London is inferior to regular London in my humble opinion. The C pawn is clearly blocked in the Jobava London.
The Scandy has been on life support for decades. People keep trying to find new ways to bring it back to life. Sad little line it is.
Players should have put it out of its misery years ago, but they refuse to let a dying line die.
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It’s great to hear you have finally came to your chess senses and have finally decided to play a line of real value.
The Evan’s Gambit is a great choice!
You need to pair Evan’s Gambit with another line.
I recommend the Birds Attack as they complement each other very well!
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As Black against 1.e4, I recommend going French!
We We My Friend!
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As Black against 1.d4, Don’t even make me laugh.
You can’t play the Semi-Slav.
Who are you trying to fool here?
Your chess rating is 1k.
You can’t play the Semi-Slav
It’s to strong for you.
The Semi-Slav is a power opening!
Only for Intermediate or Higher Players
What you need is something simple, fun, and aggressive.
I got it!
The Dutch!
Not just any Dutch, but the Stone Wall Dutch!
- Simple
- Easy
- Not to Complicated
- Beginner Friendly
Chiefs Kiss - right there
Yeah, The Stone Wall Dutch in the hands of a beginner vs. another beginner is perfect.
It has the right level of complexity with simple plans with a sprinkle of aggression.
I wouldn’t use Stone Wall Dutch Long term, but Short term with your rating range. It can do some work.
Yeah, What can do is use Stone Wall Dutch to beat down other beginners to steal their rating points + Lunch money.
Than when you hit Intermediate Level.
You can do the change up and switch to Power Opening like the Semi-Slav.
You will be very well rounded player at that point sense you will have knowledge of at least 2 different openings under your belt.
Oh my! The tangled web of deception! Learn the the Semi-Slav, because you will have to change out your Stonewall Dutch due to some borderline positions you have to play. The Scandinavian Defence is at least as good or bad as the French, the problem is Scandinavian books, or opening books in general, don't always deliver the best lines of play to study.
The Evans Gambit is a hard equal if played correctly and probably even more so with the Bird's as White
Best of luck with what you end up playing
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Jobava is a fine line, but changing your opening is a good idea - as a beginner your goal shouldn't be to win, it should be to experiment and have fun. You have to experiment or you stop growing as a player. Branching out will expose you to different types of patterns, tactics and ideas. And it doesn't take too long to watch a video on an opening and figure out just the first few moves / get started playing it. Also... you shouldn't be going too deep into theory at this point anyway, just understand the ideas and the first 5-6 moves. For this reason I would not advise you to save time and play another London-like semi-slav position (are you describing the Slav schallop or what?). Do something completely new and exciting... My recommendation would be that you play the QGD Tartakower as black. You need to learn the classical chess principles anyway. Your pieces are developed... and you play chess. No chess player is complete until they've played the QGD at least a little bit.
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The only way I want to learn openings is by studying my own games. I don't really want to be an opening prepper. I'm fine with trying to learn lines that I encounter in my own play, or from studying famous games kind of ad hoc, but something about studying games just for the openings, or openings for their own sake, doesn't really appeal to my preferred style of learning. I really prefer to learn more from direct experience than a fixed program. I'm currently in a process of trying to learn more openings from my opponents and from games in the books that I have.
RivertonKnight wrote:
Oh my! The tangled web of deception! Learn the the Semi-Slav, because you will have to change out your Stonewall Dutch due to some borderline positions you have to play. The Scandinavian Defence is at least as good or bad as the French, the problem is Scandinavian books, or opening books in general, don't always deliver the best lines of play to study.
The Evans Gambit is a hard equal if played correctly and probably even more so with the Bird's as White
Best of luck with what you end up playing
No, you are incorrect.
The Scandy isn’t even in the same League as French.
The French is top tier opening.
Also, I never said Bird’s.
I said Bird’s Attack.
Completely different positions.
The OP really needs to learn Birds Attack especially if he plans to continue playing Evan’s Gambit.
shadowtanuki wrote:
The only way I want to learn openings is by studying my own games. I don't really want to be an opening prepper. I'm fine with trying to learn lines that I encounter in my own play, or from studying famous games kind of ad hoc, but something about studying games just for the openings, or openings for their own sake, doesn't really appeal to my preferred style of learning. I really prefer to learn more from direct experience than a fixed program. I'm currently in a process of trying to learn more openings from my opponents and from games in the books that I have.
Everyone learns & plays differently.
Some people find it helpful to be pointed into right direction.
Nothing wrong with that.
RivertonKnight wrote:
The Scandinavian Defense is at least as good or bad as the French, the problem is Scandinavian books, or opening books in general, don't always deliver the best lines of play to study.
I've played both...
Certainly the French Defense offers more scope in playability than the the Center Counter Defense. And if.... To some the "larger scope" translates into being better, then I don't have an argument.
That said... on taking up the task of defending the Black side against 1.e4, the Scandinavian ( I'm American and we call it Center-Counter Defense ) has a lot in common with the French. Both are counter attacking defenses. The French player must learn how to navigate the opening phase around a hemmed in bishop & the Center Counter Defense, Black must learn how to navigate the opening phase being down a tempo. Both have strong defensive pawn formations to combat the previous.
I don't need to advocate for the French defense, it's a main line defense and held in high regard. That said... I remember in the 1980s, people where saying the French was subpar to the Caro-Kann because it hemmed in the LSB.
One effectual truth... A person who plays the French must admit... they see the Exchange variation probably 3 times to there favored variation (i.e. The Classical, The Advance, The Winawer etc... )
What has more scope and playability? The Center Counter Defense or.... Lines in the French Exchange var... I cite this... only to note: One will be seeing a ton of Exchange Var if you play the French.
Play the Scandinavian by Chrstian Bauer (highest elo achieved 2685elo ... current 2557elo) cites in the intro : The main drawback of the Scandinavian, these lost in tempos by the Queen which lead to Black being behind in development, is the reason why some claim this opening is dubious. It is true that Black disobeys two major chess principles: he commits his Queen early (2...Qxd5) and then he moves the same piece again (3...Qa5)
Despite these sins, the Scandinavian should not be dismissed, as Black acquires numerous advantages from the main line introduced by 3...Qa5. In essence, Black hankers after an improved Classical Caro-Kann, while having avoided various White divergences on move three, notably the critical Advance Variation and the Panov-Botvinik Attack.
He ends the intro saying the Scandinavian has served him well for many years.
TheCenter-Counter Defense at the higher levels is played with more regularity in France and Germany than in the USA. (which probably also adds to it's dubious moniker ) It's a solid defense ... that like most decent defenses, if you invest in it, will serve you well... It has me (on Lichess 1900 elo Rapid I have 60% win ratio with it
My net white opening will be Evans Gambit and play with all the traps that come from the bishop knight and castled king.
Black against e.4 Scandinavian and same semi Slav reversed London against d4 to save study time. Let me know what you think.