How to choose an opening?

I've seen some grandmasters saying you should begin with the endgame and then choose an opening relevant to that endgame. I mean how to do that, for an example if I want some drawish endgame like Rook endgames, which opening should I choose?

tpr

Some openings lead quickly to an endgame
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Bxc6 dxc6 5 d4 exd4 6 Qxd4 Qxd4 7 Nxd4
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 Nf6 4 d4 Nxe4 5 O-O Nd6 6 Bxc6 dxc6 7 dxe5 Nf5 8 Qxd8+ Kxd8
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Nxe5 d6 4 Nf3 Nxe4 5 Qe2 Qe7 6 d3 Nf6
1 e4 c5 2 f4 d5 3 Bb5+ Bd7 4 Bxd7+ Qxd7 5 d3 dxe4 6 dxe4 Qxd1+ 7 Kxd1
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 exd5 exd5 4 Nf3 Nf6 5 Qe2+ Qe7
1 e4 c6 2 Nf3 d5 3 d3 dxe4 4 dxe4 Qxd1+ 5 Kxd1

Some openings lead quickly to an endgame 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Bxc6 dxc6 5 d4 exd4 6 Qxd4 Qxd4 7 Nxd4 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 Nf6 4 d4 Nxe4 5 O-O Nd6 6 Bxc6 dxc6 7 dxe5 Nf5 8 Qxd8+ Kxd8 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Nxe5 d6 4 Nf3 Nxe4 5 Qe2 Qe7 6 d3 Nf6 1 e4 c5 2 f4 d5 3 Bb5+ Bd7 4 Bxd7+ Qxd7 5 d3 dxe4 6 dxe4 Qxd1+ 7 Kxd1 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 exd5 exd5 4 Nf3 Nf6 5 Qe2+ Qe7 1 e4 c6 2 Nf3 d5 3 d3 dxe4 4 dxe4 Qxd1+ 5 Kxd1

lizani

There are no openings that lead to a specific type of endgame because chess is a game of two players and you'll need your opponent's cooperation.
There is a good two volume book 'Mastering the Endgame' by M. I. Shereshevsky and L. M. Slutsky that describes typical pawn structures and queenless middlegames from various openings e.g. Sicilian minority attack, King's Indian exchange variation.

There are no openings that lead to a specific type of endgame because chess is a game of two players and you'll need your opponent's cooperation. There is a good two volume book 'Mastering the Endgame' by M. I. Shereshevsky and L. M. Slutsky that describes typical pawn structures and queenless middlegames from various openings e.g. Sicilian minority attack, King's Indian exchange variation.

kindaspongey edited

From the Opening into the Endgame by GM Edmar Mednis

N00801

just be creative and dont play e4 every single time, theres nothing more boring than facing the endless e4s

Capuccino_Assassino

@N00801 said in #5:

just be creative and dont play e4 every single time, theres nothing more boring than facing the endless e4s

Other than e4, what should I go for. I mean i tried d4, c4 and b3 already.

@N00801 said in #5: > just be creative and dont play e4 every single time, theres nothing more boring than facing the endless e4s Other than e4, what should I go for. I mean i tried d4, c4 and b3 already.

tpr

1 e4 best by test - Fischer.
Still true: most played at top level 1 e4

1 e4 best by test - Fischer. Still true: most played at top level 1 e4

aminson123

try various opening, chose the ones you are comfortable with ,

Capuccino_Assassino

@aminson123 said in #8:

try various opening, chose the ones you are comfortable with ,

I tried almost everything. except dubvious moves. None of them makes sense really, sometimes e4 succeed and sometimes b3 succeed.

@aminson123 said in #8: > try various opening, chose the ones you are comfortable with , I tried almost everything. except dubvious moves. None of them makes sense really, sometimes e4 succeed and sometimes b3 succeed.

aminson123

@Capuccino_Assassino said in #9:

try various opening, chose the ones you are comfortable with ,

I tried almost everything. except dubvious moves. None of them makes sense really, sometimes e4 succeed and sometimes b3 succeed.

it's not about succeding, it is about what you are comfortable to play with,

@Capuccino_Assassino said in #9: > > try various opening, chose the ones you are comfortable with , > > I tried almost everything. except dubvious moves. None of them makes sense really, sometimes e4 succeed and sometimes b3 succeed. it's not about succeding, it is about what you are comfortable to play with,

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