user5726: I am very new to forum and formal chess play.  Please bear with me.
I would like to be able to search for an opening that is being used.  How would I search for that on Google or another search engine?  I do not know many opening names, only a few.  Would I use E3 white...etc.?  Any guidance on this will be appreciated.  

user5854: You can Google something like "1. e3 e5 2. d4" etc. Or, Chess.com has a pretty good Game explorer: This link. It lets you make the moves, shows how often people reply with other moves, etc.

user6947: If you're using a chess program such as ChessDB you can see something with the phrase "ECO:  B00a [King's Pawn]" and you can go to Google and search for 'eco B00a' or something along those lines until you come across an answer that works for you.

user4543: If you can find out the name of the opening via ECO at a list of ECO codes eg http://www.365chess.com/eco.php you can then search eg '"French Defense" + chess' for 1.e4 e6 on google, youtube etc to find articles, videos on the opening.

user6966: My advice to you would be to start off by learning 2 openings in chess. Italian Game (white)and French Defense(black), those will help you learn chess in many types of positions, both closed and open games.
http://chesstempo.com/game-database.html
This will provide you with many more openings, and their statistics. Although don't focus too much on the statistics, as those won't win you a game.

5726: <p>I am very new to forum and formal chess play.  Please bear with me.</p>

<p>I would like to be able to search for an opening that is being used.  How would I search for that on Google or another search engine?  I do not know many opening names, only a few.  Would I use E3 white...etc.?  Any guidance on this will be appreciated.  </p>
 5854: <p>You can Google something like "1. e3 e5 2. d4" etc. Or, Chess.com has a pretty good Game explorer: <a href="http://www.chess.com/explorer/" rel="nofollow">This link</a>. It lets you make the moves, shows how often people reply with other moves, etc.</p>
 6947: <p>If you're using a chess program such as <a href="http://www.chessdb.sourceforge.net" rel="nofollow" title="The program I particularly like">ChessDB</a> you can see something with the phrase "ECO:  B00a [King's Pawn]" and you can go to <a href="http://www.google.com" rel="nofollow">Google</a> and search for 'eco B00a' or something along those lines until you come across an answer that works for you.</p>
 4543: <p>If you can find out the name of the opening via ECO at a list of ECO codes eg <a href="http://www.365chess.com/eco.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.365chess.com/eco.php</a> you can then search eg '"French Defense" + chess' for 1.e4 e6 on google, youtube etc to find articles, videos on the opening.</p>
 6966: <p>My advice to you would be to start off by learning 2 openings in chess. Italian Game (white)and French Defense(black), those will help you learn chess in many types of positions, both closed and open games.</p>

<p><a href="http://chesstempo.com/game-database.html" rel="nofollow">http://chesstempo.com/game-database.html</a></p>

<p>This will provide you with many more openings, and their statistics. Although don't focus too much on the statistics, as those won't win you a game.</p>
