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While my openings selection as Black held up to the test of tournament play during my first year, I wasn't nearly as satisfied with my results with 1. e4) since I could just transpose to a Caro-Kann with 2.c6. As a small bonus, however, the openings selection did mean that I never had to fear the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (1.

Although the b7-c6-d5 pawn chain is a shared feature with the Caro-Kann, the positions arising from the two openings really aren't very similar, so the pairing doesn't save you much study time, unlike what you can achieve by playing the Modern (1.g6) or other very flexible openings that can be used against both 1. d4 went, although I dabbled some with the King's Indian, I settled on the Slav as another solid choice. It seemed to be similarly solid but without the drawbacks of the shut-in light-squared bishop and occasionally bare kingside. After some time, however, I gravitated towards the Caro-Kann, after having a serious go at the French. Informally, I played the Sicilian Najdorf, Alekhine, Closed Ruy Lopez, and French a great deal. (So that you have a frame of reference for my chess ability at the time, my first rating obtained in tournament play was in the low Class C range.)ДЄs Black, I looked at a range of possibilities, especially for defenses to 1. Nf3) was neat to try, but at the time I didn't really understand what White was supposed to do in it. d4 suite of openings and was never really attracted to them as White. I recall being somewhat puzzled by the 1. Before that I had informally tried out the main Ruy Lopez lines and the Open Sicilian, but the complexity was at that point beyond my capabilities and inclinations. e4 and after some experimentation chose suitable variations against the major Black defenses, playing the Exchange Ruy Lopez and Closed Sicilian in tournament play. However, I think there's still something to be said for owning a comprehensive reference such as Modern Chess Openings (MCO)В in order to be able to know what is out there and see the basic descriptions for all of the different openings, along with suggested variations.ДЄs White, I initially opened with 1. With the internet, it's also easy to find basic surveys of the various openings, to know what to try out.

#CHESSMASTER 10 CANNOT ENABLE 3D ENGINE SOFTWARE#

Now that good chess software is easily found, it is easy to test drive different openings with a willing silicon opponent, although I think the feedback you can get from a human opponent is very worthwhile, as long as you take their own biases into account. In general, this is a great way to gain practical experience with the different systems' ideas and key positions, while also developing a gut feeling about which openings best suit you as a player. When first learning chess in a systematic way, I tried out a number of different openings in informal games. For me, this initial process lasted around a year. The above definition I think is generally a practical one, since it covers the essential decisions and challenges that every tournament-level player must face on a regular basis in the opening phase of the game. d4, that they will have in their permanent career repertoire.

Here I'd like to focus on the first steps faced by all of us as players, partly to provide a background on my own choices and also to help set the scene for how this affects opening system choices later on in our chess careers.ДЄlthough it's somewhat arbitrary, I'll define the initial process of openings selection as lasting until a player settles on the major system(s) as White for the first move, along with Black defenses to 1. I discuss the evolution of an openings repertoire for experienced players in a companion post, which I think is a rather different animal than the process faced in choosing one's initial opening weapons, so it deserves its own discussion.

Having recently started studying a new opening, I think it's worth spending some time looking at what factors go into selecting and then learning openings.

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