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Question

i just began to play chess a few months ago, however I have learned rather quickly. But I was taught that my opponent usually moves his/her king's pawn first. But when my opponent moves his/her queen pawn first, that throws me off and gets me confused and off my normal game. How do I play it where it doesn't throw me off?

Answer 1

I'd love to give you a complete answer, but your question is so general I'd need to cite an opening book of a few hundred pages to come close to giving an answer.

I understand, as black, you have a problem with the moves 1.d4 d5. This opening is known as a Queen pawn opening. The best response will completely rely on white's second move... He can continue very calmly playing out his knights, bishops, castle and play the kings pawn. If you develop your pieces normally or even copy the white setup you should be equal.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 poses a much bigger problem. It's known as the Queen's gambit. You can accept this pawn (Queen's gambit accepted) or defend it with e6 (Queens gambit declined/ or c6 Slav) I can't tell you here how to handle all the positions from these openings..I wouldn't know them all myself. In the Queen's gambit it's often a good idea to play d7-d5 and e7-e6 and Nbd7, freeing the position later with the pawn c7-c5. For many examples, see:

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessopening?eco=D06

These openings are not easy and very positional. If you're discouraged by all this, use the Kings Indian setup. You can always use this, no matter what white does. (You can look up the Kings Indian yourself too.)

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessopening?eco=E60

The idea is: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 or 6...Nbd7 first. As you can see, it doesn't matter too much how many pawns white playes, the black setup still applies. Black has now made a modest attempt to regain the centre. If white doesn't exchange, but advances the pawn with 7.d5 or a later d5, black might try an attack on the kingside. (In some games this may look like a suicide plan as black moves all his pawns on the kings wing!) This opening is not subtle, but will improve your tactical play.

Back to the beginning for a bit. If white tries to win a pawn 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Nxe5 Nxe4 it gives black equality.

Now that you know some of the names I suggest you browse through some websites to learn more or even buy a book. John Nunn's opening encyclopedia is good. (The NCO) Batsford's modern chess openings (BMCO) is good too. If you need to know something very specific you should ask a stronger player or buy a book like ''Playing the Kings Idian.'' Of course..you can always use Yahoo answers again later.

Good luck!

Answer 2

You still have a lot to learn, and the queen pawn opening is a much more powerful move than the king pawn opening.

Answer 3

Let's keep it simple. You can play 1...d6 followed by Nf6, g6 Bg7, 0-0. This allows you to develop your pieces in a logical way and is easy to learn. You can actually adopt this system against other openings - 1. e4, 1. Nf3, 1. c4 etc. The reason for this is that the white and black pieces are not likely to be "connected" for the first few moves so white can't stop you setting up this system.

Note that 1 ...d6 releases the queen's bishop, but the other importance of it is that it allows the knight to have its natural post on f6 because it prevents white from playing e5.

Answer 4

Bring out your king's side knight on the first move, not the queenside pawn. This gives you more freedom to determine the flow of the game. Despite what others may say, the difference between kingside pawn openings and queenside pawn openings affect the rest of the game.

Answer 5

Play YOUR game. find ways to seduce the opponent into thinking wrong. You must be capable to adapt. Personally, I never cared for who they moved first, I always played MY game. I look at every situation and made my move according to that. I find that as long as I don't mind about the future, my opponent can't predict the future. It is an odd way of playing but it works. I finished third in a local chess tournament two years ago.

Answer 6

You need to look at some openings for the Queen's pawn. Take a look at these sites.

Answer 7

There are queen pawn defenses. I recommend returning the favor and avoiding any line with you playing d5. I recommend the Dutch (1.f5) for now but you'll eventually grow out of it.

Just watch that h5-e8 diagonal and don't move your knight off of f6 until your castled

Answer 8

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Answer 9

just so long as you make sure that they aren't trying to trick you into a fool's-mate, don't pay so much attention to the first 3 moves. the pawn they move shouldn't make any difference if the games last very long anyway.