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The Opening Compass
As a 800 rated player who does not really know that well on openings, I know what I should do in the openings like pawns in the center, connect roockhs. but I don't know what the best move is to play against the Queen's Gambit, Semi Slav Variation. But how is Italian Game aggressive and tactical? Most beginner players play the Gucci Piano, and then do some dumb trades and then pawn structure is messed around, like this is a typical opening for me in this opening.
As a 800 rated player who does not really know that well on openings, I know what I should do in the openings like pawns in the center, connect roockhs. but I don't know what the best move is to play against the Queen's Gambit, Semi Slav Variation. But how is Italian Game aggressive and tactical? Most beginner players play the Gucci Piano, and then do some dumb trades and then pawn structure is messed around, like this is a typical opening for me in this opening.
Because that's the four knights Italian, which is really boring. There are more fun variations in the Italian though.
But how is Italian Game aggressive and tactical? Most beginner players play the Gucci Piano, and then do some dumb trades and then pawn structure is messed around, like this is a typical opening for me in this opening.
Hmmm, you're right, although there are more aggressive ways to play the Italian with stuff like an early c3. I think I'll shift it over to the Tactical/Solid Quadrant.
this looks goofy
Goody is an understatement.
The Dutch is both more aggressive and more tactical than the Grunfeld? PA-LEEZ!
1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nf3 d5 5.c4 Bd6 6.O-O c6 7.b3 Qe7. How is this more tactical than the Grunfeld?
I took the above four comments and (hopefully) improved the compass. I finally added the Sicilians on there. Since I don't know the first thing about the Sicilian, I had to pull all my data from this blog post. I also added a bunch of new openings to it, like the Petroff, Ragozin, Danish, Traxler, etc. Here's version two:
If anyone wants to try making their own version of this, here's a blank compass:
Anyways, please let me know your thoughts on it now
ALL MY OPINION
italian should be inbetween purple and red given that there are lines of both types which are as common as each other
and its weird that scotch gambit is less tactical than scotch so slightly tweak those two up and down
given vienna gambit isnt separate, vienna should go a bit right
nimzo a bit up, maybe
petroff isnt the corner of green, move it a bit up
and the english should go righter, atleast below the slav
catalan belongs in orange
qg DEFINITELY belongs in orange
alekhine the lower left of red
thoughts? (from all)
then op can update again
The Grob is both more aggressive and more tactical than the Danish Gambit...ok. The subway map is great.
ALL MY OPINION
and the english should go righter, atleast below the slav
catalan belongs in orange
qg DEFINITELY belongs in orange
alekhine the lower left of red
Is the English really that aggressive? I always thought of it as a slow quiet opening. The same about the QG, I always thought it was a very solid opening. I will move it right so that it's horizontally between the Catalan and Nimzo. And mainline Alekhines are mostly positionally aggressive rather than tactical. Everything else I agree with, I'll make some changes to the compass, thanks for the help
aggressive as in it tries to make black uncomfortable
that is a form of aggression
aggression isnt just attacking the king (thats why orange has any openings at all)
true slow quietness is a mainline london
and for alekhines, ask puffer
I was very bored, and the below post is what I made in my free time. Taking inspiration from a political compass, I made this compass which maps chess openings by their style. I'm trying to improve it, and I'm hoping knowledgeable opening players could share their feedback about it. Also, please let me know if I missed any openings, I probably did
Below is the Opening Compass, I hope I can start a discussion about it:
Edit: Above is version 2 of the compass