Opening's are the fingerprint of your game. They are very personal and every player has a different opening repertoire. It would therefore be folly to try and impose a style or opening upon someone. You must read and learn A LOT of openings before you get to know the moves and positions you are most comfortable with.
I like sharp play and open games, but when I get into positions I do not know I shut-up shop and go for a safer closed game (safer in the less traps [usually!] sense of the word). I have friends my club who play the English, the Italian, the Scotch Game, the King's Gambit, the Queens Gambit, the Reti, the Ruy Lopez, Bird's and many more as white. For black there's an even wider range of openings, countering d4 and e4 and c4 and f4, amongst others! This page is here to help discuss a number of openings - their advantage and disadvantages - as well as link to my games where the openings have been used. They will be split between by ECO code: It is very important to learn openings, especially as a beginner. Whilst, against a stronger opponent you cannot win a game in the opening, you can lose one! It is open to debate how long to spend on learning an opening repertoire, but I think 25% (maximum) is the time I spend on mine. It really is personal choice: some people choose not to larn openings and work it out over the board, which is great if you can do this accuratley, but not something I would like to do.
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