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Hello, do you have any recommended openings (W or B) for a 1300ish elo player? (lemm.ee)

submitted 9 months ago by Hyperi0n@lemm.ee to c/chess@lemmy.ml

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I'm a little over 1300 elo, and I feel it's time to start really getting down and dirty and learning openings. I know a little bit about Scandinavian, very little about French and I've recently got interested in Ruy Lopez but I wanted to get the opinion of you guys to see where the next step in my chess journey should be?

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[–] joelthelion@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Hi! I would say it doesn't matter much, as long as you pick one and stick to it. At your level, there are more important things to focus on than openings, so it pays to learn one and stick to it. Personally I chose Ruy Lopez as white (super successful, it's easy, and I win a lot), and the Sicilian Najdorf as black (less successful, it's hard to play well). Against d4, I play the king's Indian or the Nimzo, but I don't get to practice a lot.

[–] Hyperi0n@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

Thank you for the advice! I've very much have been getting into the Ruy Lopez openings. It's been fun learning to counter the Morphy defense with the Columbus variation. I haven't encountered any Schlieman Variation players yet. I look forward to that! :)