Originally posted by exigentsky
Xanthos, you are no beginner. The fact that you even have a style shows that.
I've taught a few people to play chess and showed them both d4 and e4. I let them experiment, explained the opening ideas etc. and they all settled on e4. The positional ideas in the Queen's Gambit and other d4 openings were too much for them to handle. What they needed was a ...[text shortened]... tactical foundation, went to d4 later. Honestly, I think d4 is a mistake for 75% of beginners.
But I was a beginner once. And when I was I found d4 much easier to play without horrible mistake than e4. Yes, the themes of d4 take a little more understanding but neither e4 or d4 gives real trouble for a committed beginner.
