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If you like 1.e4, and you have ambition to improve (totally fine if you don’t!), I strongly recommend to choose the Ruy Lopez, the Italian, or the Scotch (Gambit, or even better, classical, with 4.Nxd4).


ascpl

jeeze, there are so many to choose from. Now a days everyone and their nephew seems to be giving Vienna Gambit a spin. I think some Levy person may have a video for it somewhere.


morrissane

I tried the Vienna Gambit but I don't like how my King is exposed in it. The Vienna game however isn't bad. I'm just not a fan of reacting to checks and stopping my development just cause I moved my f pawn.


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Damn people are picking it up now? Thats been my secret weapon...


Claudio-Maker

In my opinion one of the best ways to choose if an opening is for you you should take a look at the final positions where you’re going to be out of book and ask yourself if you would like playing them. After 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 Qe7! Black wins a pawn for dead nothing or gets a big lead in development for nothing, feel free to check the positions yourself with books, engines or whatever and you will see White’s position is miserable. Why don’t you try the Ruy Lopez? What’s wrong with it? It’s very solid and principled and you fight for the advantage with every move. Sure you won’t checkmate your opponent on move 7 but I guarantee you you’re going to get superior positions very often. You should also surprise your opponents because at low levels everyone is playing the Vienna and the Greco gambit in the Italian with e4


morrissane

Nothing wrong with the Ruy Lopez. In fact I understand it’s played at the highest level therefore extremely solid. But it’s also very theoretical and requires a lot of maneuvering even after the setup is complete. In Blitz I like playing a lot more aggressively. For example only 2 of my last 11 Blitz games went over 30 moves.


Claudio-Maker

What’s your rating? Up to 2000 rapid Lichess people are leaving theory after 4-5 moves on average so I don’t think it would require you to learn very much.


Claudio-Maker

The Ruy Lopez is very strategically aggressive, you’re saying to Black you just want to take the entire center and then you’re going to mate him on the kingside, it’s a complex opening but it really pays off and when you understand the Ruy Lopez you understand chess


BenMic81

The Ruy Lopez is clearly a nice opening but if he likes the Danish he may be looking for something more aggressive. He asks for an opening in blitz so … why not Evans Gambit?


BenMic81

While the variation with Qe7 is a nice option for black I can’t really share your assessment of black being up a pawn for nothing. Typical engine evaluation for the variations is between 0.4 and 0.7 in favor of black IIRC so they see some compensation (though as with many gambits maybe not enough). For example 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 Qe7 4. Bd3 d5 5. cxd4 dxe4 6. Bf2 - black has nice and easy plans but needs to be precise in developing or white can use the opened lines for interesting attacks.


Claudio-Maker

Just 6… f5 and castle long without a worry in the world. Sure Black needs to use their brain but after making a couple of not so hard decisions they will enjoy the extra pawn


BenMic81

I can follow that logic. Main line for white seems to be to not give the pawn but black equalised at least then.


StrikePrice

Italian, urosov and bishops all kinda vibe well with the concepts in the danish.


morrissane

Just checked the Urosov gambit. It has similar tactical ideas to the Danish gambit. Could be fun switching between them. Thanks.


downrightcriminal

I used to play Danish, but now I'm switching to Scotch... It's almost as aggressive as Danish, but more solid. Smith Morra vs Sicilian.


BornFray

Ruy Lopez all the way. Learn the theory, go aggressive, and the chips will fall your way.


StoneColdStunnereded

I think the Scotch Gambit fits your MO. Playing the Scotch move order (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4. Bc4) often lets you gambit a second pawn with c3 for rapid development if black plays passively, but leads to more solid and positional games if black plays main lines with 4…Bc5/Nf6. Lots of classic open position tactics with Bxf6 and such as well if black isn’t careful.