'Chess Tips For Beginners; Building An Opening Repertoire

[Alex Therrien]

I just wanted to publicise a recent article I wrote for beginner players looking to improve their range of openings; http://chesstutor.co.uk/chess-tips-2/ch ... epertoire/

Thanks,

Alex

[Paolo Casaschi]

I think there is a mistake when suggesting repertoire options for Black:

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Against 1 d4
Hyper aggressive/risky: Blackmar-Diemar Gambit, Budapest Gambit

The Blackmar-Diemer gambit is indeed aggressive/risky but it's played by White. You should switch that to Benoni Defence / Benko gambit.

[Stewart Reuben]

Alex you haven't made it clear what you mean by 'publicise'. Do you want your article to remain copright? Have you written it for the good of humanity or to publicise yourself? There is nothing wrong with the latter.
Have you ever looked at my book 'Chess Openings - Your Choice!' It explores the theme in your article extensively.
A player deciding whether to play the Benko or QGD Orthodox is no longer a beginner. He may be very inexperienced.

Stewart Reuben