Basic Opening Repertoire for young players
You want a standard opening to learn? Here is my suggestion:
System for White Scotch Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exe4 4.Bc4
When Black avoids your main system IQP systems 1.e4 c5 2.c3 & d4
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4
System for Black against 1.e4 French Defence 1.e4 e6
System for Black against 1.d4 Tarrasch Defence 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
The ideas and some of the variations are given with example games are given in a free booklet:
>> http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/chessx/pdf/JuniorRepertoire.pdf
>> http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/chessx/pgn/juniorep.pgn
Now, you might not like all those choices, depending on your style. Do you like to attack, or win slowly and carefully?
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Beginners |
Stodgy players |
Attacking players |
Gambit players |
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System for White |
Scotch Gambit (as above) |
Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4) Queen's Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4) |
Scotch Gambit (as above) Colle System (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 with Bd3, O-O, Nbd2 and e3-e4) |
Evans' Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4) Koltanowski Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d4) |
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When Black avoids your main system |
IQP systems (as above) |
King's Indian Attack: e4/d3/Nd2/g3/Bg2 |
IQP systems (as above) |
Morra Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3) Korchnoi Gambit (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 Qb6 8.O-O) |
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System for Black against 1.e4 |
French Defence (as above) |
French Defence (as above) Petroff Defence (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 with 6...Be7) |
Two Knights' Defence (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 b5) Petroff Defence (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 with 6...Bd6) |
Two Knights' Defence (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 b5) Schliemann Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5) |
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System for Black against 1.d4 |
Tarrasch Defence (as above) |
Swiss Defence (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 a6) |
Tarrasch Defence (as above) Dutch Stonewall (1.d4 f5 with ...d5) |
Albin Counter-Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5) |
You can find advice about these other systems if you search around on this site.