E5 and C5

Submitted by VLC on Mon, 05/12/2008 at 4:04am.

Why do a lot of weak players play E5 against E4 while a lot of strong players play C4 against E4? Is it better to play C4 than E5 against E4 or is it just random?

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by j3rry168 - 3 months ago
Sydney Australia

Member Since: Jun 2008
Member Points: 12

Sup Vincent... It really depends, some ppl like e4 , some ppl d4, some ppl Nf3 :) (thats Brendan) and also some people Nc3 (I dont think thats very good... I'm not sure...)

Catch you around..

j3rry

p.s. Your 3 days older than me... thats not fair roflmao

by FM Brett-T - 4 months ago
Strathfield Australia

Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 1383

Vincent, It actually doesnt matter which opening you choose just as long as

1) You enjoy playing the opening

2) You understand the formations /plans and tactics in the opening

3) The opening is sound

by BrendanNorman - 4 months ago
Sydney Australia

Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 39

Weaker players play 1...e5 first because its the first opening (open games) people learn as a beginner. Once they improve ,they learn different openings and sometimes change over...Like as you say, to the Sicilian (1...c5) or maybe to something else.

When I was learning I went from 1...e5 to 1...e6 1...c6 to 1...c5 to 1...e5 and 2...d6 and back and forth between them all.

Its just a matter of what/who is influencing your chess as a given time.