Opening name For White For Black

Catalyn Yes
Caro-Kann Defense Yes
Grob opening Yes
Vienna opening Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
London system Yes

Yes

Yes
Yes
Popularity / When to use
Carlsen opening, control center and diagonal with white bishop
Best win rate for black, 3 variations
For Blitz matches
Opening trap for winning queen in 8 moves
Opening trap for winning queen
Opening trap
Opening trap
Opening trap for winning queen
Opening trap with Caro-Kann
Opening trap
Halloween Gambit, 4 knights game
Counter the Fried liver attack
Stafford gambit
Win queen early
Bishop's opening explained in 15 mins
Play london like stockfish
10 chess traps for winning fast (<10 moves)
Universal chess opening system
Another chess opening system
English opening
Hunt with Queen as Knight
Never blunder a Knight fork
Grunfield defense
Openings for black and white
The BEST beginner chess openings (Ponziani Trap)
Prag's new opening
Attack against castling with Queen, knight and Bishop

Study and practice chess openings

Evaluate the lost games on chess.com

Learn tournament openings - first 5 moves

Tactics for middle game
End game strategy and tactics
Learn coordinates
Master the calculation / evaluating the possibilities
Learn tricks and gambits to play and avoid
Analyze won and lost games on chess.com
Learn tactical motifs
Identify the weakness, hanging pieces and exploit them

See the conclusion of 1000 rated ELO games

Want to get 1500 ELO rating:

- Beat the most solid opening that exists - playing against london
system
- Think about what opponent wants to do
- Solid pawn structure
- Launch attack with 2 more attacking pieces than the defending
pieces
2000 ELO rating:
Every single trade has winner and loser, even the pawn captures
Closed center benefits the attacking side
Minimize the chaos and controlling the game
Positional understanding, Consolidate the position, play with
tempo, Simplify the game by trading pieces when you are ahead
Tactical vs positional play
goal is to have a good thought process before every move.
Before doing anything, you must evaluate the board, which
means noticing all checks, captures, threats, tactics (pins, forks,
skewers, remove the guard, etc) from both players. If you can't
do that consistently, you just won't be able to improve, no matter
how much tactics and strategy you study

Play a lot of long games. Analyse a lot of those games.

Analyse master games / talk to stronger players / read books

If you feel frustrated about not feeling in control of the game I'd
pick up a strategy book. Winning Chess Strategy or
Pachman's Modern Chess Strategy.
Get the book "The Mammoth Book of the world's greatest chess
games" by Emms, Burgess and Nunn.

Coach Bill: free video program on YouTube set up on my website,

linked here in my profile

Try chesstempo.com...or tactics trainer for apple and android

systems on your phone, ipad, etc. I do atleast 5 tactical
problems a day
Chess. com tactics trainer
Play simulation to play out different scenarios

ago. Things I did at your level to improve:

-Save every game you play, and then play through it later, trying
to find improvements--and especially trying to find your
mistakes, to correct them.

-Get a book that teaches positional concepts (understanding

these will help you figure out what the best move is, based on
the arrangement of your pieces), such as "My Sytem" by
Nizmowitsch, or the more modern version, "Reassess my Chess"
by Silman. (THIS STEP, LOOKING AT YOUR GAMES, SEEMS LIKE IT
WILL HELP YOU)

- Choose certain openings to focus on, and stick with them.

"Everyman Chess" books have good books dedicated to specific
openings.

-Play play play. Don't worry about losing. Losses are good,
because it means there is something in each lost game that you
can LEARN from to IMPROVE. :D :D

- Don't forget to review each game after you play it!

- I was coached by a National Master for a short time, and he

recommended playing 5/0 (five minute) games. He stressed
these because you are forced to think quicker and, as a result,
you will improve. Long, slow timer games are good every now
and then, but it was blitz games that gave me the most
improvement (as long as you study each game after to find
better moves)
Ask yourself questions before each and every move!

Questions like:

A.) If I move this piece here, am I in any danger whatsoever? Can

anything capture me without me being able to capture it back?

B.)If I move here, am I ignoring something else that is already in

danger?

C.)Can I be put in check on the next move? If so, how can I

prevent it? Do I need to prevent it?

And a fourth, very, very ,very incredibly important question to

ask every single move, no doubt about it:

D.) If I move here, can I be checkmated on the next move? If so, I

need to avoid it by doing anything I can.

Watch out for check threats at all times. When you first start
playing chess, they will be very tough to spot. Give it time, you
will learn.

You also need a game plan for improving and access to resources
(books, coaches, study materials). To establish a game plan, you
need to evaluate your strengths and weaknesses. The best way
to do that is to have a coach or a stronger player (at least 400-
500 points higher rating) to review several of your games to see
where your mistakes are. Are there particular types of tactics
you are missing? Do you not understand endgame theory? Do
you not understand pawn structure or other positional concepts?
Are you just being careless and moving too quickly?

In any event, once you have identified your areas of weakness,

you should establish a study plan to focus on improving in those
areas through a combination of exercises/problems, studying
books on the topic, and review of your own games.
By the way, it also helps if you can find a partner who is
approximately the same playing strength as you (and has the
same motivation level for improving). You can play games with
this partner, study together and discuss what you have learned,
review games together and provide moral support to each other.
It is important that you be well matched in terms of temperament
and motivation level. It won't work if one of you wants to play
every day and the other only wants to play once a week, for
example. It is also motivating to try to keep up with each other.
As your partner improves, you will want to match his/her
progress.

Possibly of interest:

Simple Attacking Plans by Fred Wilson (2012)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090402/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review874.pdf

http://dev.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Simple-Attacking-Plans-77p3731.htm

Logical Chess: Move by Move by Irving Chernev (1957)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104437/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/logichess.pdf

The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Irving Chernev (1965)

https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/most-instructive-games-of-chess-ever-played/

Winning Chess by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld (1949)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093415/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review919.pdf

Back to Basics: Tactics by Dan Heisman (2007)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233537/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review585.pdf

Discovering Chess Openings by GM John Emms (2006)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf

Openings for Amateurs by Pete Tamburro (2014)

http://kenilworthian.blogspot.com/2014/05/review-of-pete-tamburros-openings-for.html

https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/openings-for-amateurs/

https://www.mongoosepress.com/catalog/excerpts/openings_amateurs.pdf

Chess Endgames for Kids by Karsten Müller (2015)

https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/chess-endgames-for-kids/

http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/Chess_Endgames_for_Kids.pdf

A Guide to Chess Improvement by Dan Heisman (2010)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708105628/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review781.pdf

Seirawan stuff:

http://seagaard.dk/review/eng/bo_beginner/ev_winning_chess.asp?KATID=BO&ID=BO-Beginner

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708092617/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review560.pdf

https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-winning-chess-endings

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627132508/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen173.pdf

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https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-principles-of-the-opening
taking the time to make an evaluation as to whether
or not you followed the "rules" of the opening after
move 10—will be required to reach the 1400 level;
however, a player should continue this practice until
1400 is reached, no matter how many games it
takes.

Use the Game Explorer to review 5 games and

memorize the first 5 moves in these openings:

The Ruy Lopez or Spanish Game

The Giuoco Piano or Italian Game
The Four Knights Opening
The Two Knights or "Fried Liver"
The Queen's Gambit Accepted
The Queen's Gambit Declined
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Slav and/or Semi-Slav
Checks, Captures, threats - Then positive movement

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Control downtown (center) and attack on king side, queen and rooks can join the attack

Play 5+3 or 10+5 time control

Chessmood
Opening principles
1. Develop your pieces effectively
2. Control the center
3. Keep king safe (castle as required)
join the attack Opening mistake - sacrifice the knight
ifice the knight
Pieces trading