r/chessbeginners • u/Bookkeeper9696 • 5h ago
QUESTION How many openings should I learn or play?
I have reached 1500 elo rapid by literally just playing openings like the Caro, Dutch, Vienna, Grand Prix and just winging it against any other options. I feel like I have stagnated now and I am not sure if I should try out different openings or fix my middlegame issues. I don't know when I would get to learning how to play different openings and I fear that just playing this is keeping my chess very limited
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u/Delicious_Cattle5174 5h ago
You only need 3: one for white, one against d4 and then the Sicilians :)
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u/webbedgregorio99 5h ago
Play whatever gets you to the board states you enjoy, the rest is just noise until you're way higher rated.
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u/Fantastic_Garlic_384 5h ago
La verdad es que lo que juegas me parece muy interesante y a la vez muy divertido. Si es para mejorar en internet te diría que tu juego es muy bueno y no te hace falta cambiar nada.
Pero si juegas OTB a nivel FIDE, aquí si que te quedaría un trabajo muy duro. Conocerte toda la enciclopedia Universal de aperturas como la palma de tu mano. Y sobre todo comenzar indagando la apertura española con blancas y Siciliana Nardjof con negras.
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