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    Which chess opening should I play?

    Five questions. You get one opening for White, a defence to 1.e4 and to 1.d4, and the order to learn them in.

    1What is your online rapid rating?
    2With White, which sounds more like you?
    3What happens in your games now?
    4Which colour needs work first?
    5How long can you spend on openings each week?

    0 of 5 answered.

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    Your taste decides the opening for White: open, attacking games point to the Italian, and one set-up against everything points to the London. The order comes from data: what Black really plays against 1.e4 at your rating, and which lines of each opening are played most.

    Because they are the 11 this site teaches line by line. Every recommendation opens in the Opening Trainer, where each move has a reason and you can play on against the computer.

    No quiz can know that. This gives you a sound first repertoire and an order to learn it in. Any of these openings is playable to a high level; what matters more is knowing the ideas.

    About ten moves. Below about 1500, games leave the known moves early, so understanding the plan matters more than a long memorised line.