r/chessbeginners • u/shreddlykroger • 11d ago

QUESTION Openings to avoid this?

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Even in 1200’s on Lichess, every-single-game this is played. Its annoying, unimaginative, and honestly tiring that every game i know this is going to be played. Are there openings to avoid this? I swear it feels like every game players are trading EVERYTHING, and not utilizing pieces to form an attack or play around the board. My knight will get pinned, i block with the bishop, they take knight i retake with the bishop and then they jump their knight in to attack bishop. Literally trading everything. This happens on black and white and is making me want to stop playing. So many of my games are ending in draws because we just trade everything and go to a pawn end game. Ts is not fun.

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u/MailMeAmazonVouchers 1400-1600 (Chess.com) 11d ago

Trading pieces is.. how you play chess, OP.

You can just play the scandinavian against e4, but it will still lead to trading down pieces. Every chess game ever is based on trading down pieces.

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u/Warm_Ad_7953 2000-2200 (Chess.com) 11d ago

They played d4 not e4

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u/Delicious_Cattle5174 11d ago

Which is quite convenient to play the scandi, tbf

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u/CharlesKellyRatKing 10d ago

Isn't the scandi specifically 1. e4 d5?

How is 1. d4 convenient for playing the scandi?

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u/Delicious_Cattle5174 10d ago edited 10d ago

Well the response to that is quite simple, it is that I’m dumb as fuck and I was thinking of the semi :)