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What Chess Openings are the Strongest?

I would say a "stonewall for white" is not aggressive, but rather passiv in a way. Black should not have any problems finding active squeres for his pieces.

Logically enought whites extra tempi in the opening does not mean to much in a closed position.
Agressive opening for white usually starts with 1. e4, and open up the position and tries to gain the initiative.
Agreed NorwegianHobbyplayer. Stonewall attack/defense are by their very nature positional, not aggressively tactical.
As have been mentioned by numerous players here, studying openings at this level might as well be a waste of time.

The thing that many players don't see, is that many openings are truly complicated, they took years of development until they reached their modern form and the analysis is to deep for us to comprehend, so i wouldn't suggest learning something like the Sicilian , but more along the lines of caro kann , or even e5.
the question isn't "what i should do to get better," it's what openings are strongest... besides studying openings will always be beneficial at any level.

i remember learning one winning line (the one from a previous post) when i was 1300, and after using it repeatedly i got to 1600 very easily. granted this was on chess.com [currently ~1900 there].

those who say its a waste of time are very very wrong.
@Waffle:

While I wouldn't ever say it's a waste of time, I certainly don't think it's a particular efficient use of time.

Sure, there'll be the occasional story like yours where study of an opening correlated with a big jump in rating, but that's pretty unusual.

At the level those questions about openings are usually asked, tactics should be everything. Knowing some opening lines well won't help if the player drops some material every few moves.

Now, having said that, as has already been pointed out in this thread, for a lot of players studying openings is more enjoyable than studying other facets of chess.

So, while it might not be the most efficient way to get better, that may not matter so much, if you find it a lot of fun [after all, having friends and drinking some good beer are terribly inefficient ways to get better at chess, but I'll do those anyway :)]

@IonParticles:

The best openings for you are the ones you enjoy. Sure, people can do some deep analysis of lines and conclude White has more of a pull in one line than another, or that Black's closer to equality in one variation than another, but that's not so important unless you're playing at an incredibly high level (think world elite, top engines, or correspondence).

Using online resources or books, survey a bunch of openings and find ones that you like playing.

Provided that the position you enjoy playing isn't just awful, you'll do better that way than trying to force yourself to play something you don't really enjoy.

I've used the analogy before, and I'll use it again. Openings and training regimes are like diets. Within reason they all work, and what matters the most is sticking with it.

The most efficient training program in the world won't do you much good if you quit after a week, while an inefficient one you enjoy could go a long way if you enjoy it and stick with it for years.

Find what you enjoy, and play that. 'Nuff said :)
The thing is that You cant study one opening,
You have to study a series of openings
so if You play e4 for example
You must have at least
a sicilian opening
a french opening
a caro kann opening
a ruy opening
a petrov opening
+ fianchettos and so on
and the subopenings
so You original chosen opening It becomes a thousand ones,
because You dont choose an opponent, You choose it in collaboration with an opponent,
so Its not as simple as saying I want to study this line,
a scandinavian opening...
etc.
But I do study openings cause its fun
Learn this one for example
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_Gambit
You dont choose an opening, You choose it in collaboration with an opponent.
sorry, I mispelled.
At your level, you must study tactics, stratrategy and endings before opennings
The best opening against e4 is the Sicilian Defense. The best opening against d4 is Nf6 which can turn into many openings. The best move for white is d4 with the Catalan Opening which has a win rate of 66% for white. The greatest move for black is against the e4, The Sicilian Defense which has a win rate of 64%. his test win rate. The best opening technically is the Sicilian Defense.

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