Hey I want to see How many people like 1.d4 or 1.e4 best ,so I am going to tally. Also tell me why you like this better than that. also tell me the advantages and disadvantages between them. So which will win I guess were going to find out.   

Never-ending thread

 what does that mean

It means that this topic gets created every two or three days, and the same points go round over and over again, and it gets rather tiresome.

The word that fits here is "exactly"

Well this chess site offers the opportunity to play both 1e4 and 1d4 !

I can't help think that the best chess education will involve exposure to both at some point.

On another point perhaps one super match could take place. 1e4 players against 1d4 players. 2 Simultaneous games where if you play 1e4 you have to face 1d4 in the other game etc Perhaps a 100 per side or even a 1000 ? There would have to be some way of making sure there was comparable individual matches based on ratings...Would be an interesting experiment.

Could this be organised ?

1. e4 wins by a slight margin.

End of thread.

Except that 1.d4 is better because the pawn is not hanging.

Took me 30 years to accept this simple fact.

 I agree.

I have only been playing chess for 5.

This is talked about all the time.  It's one move... lots of good ways to win a chess game. 

For those interested I've left 1. d4 and gone back to my first true love :).

1.c4

Anything else is uncivilized

Well that's not quite fair ... wasn't one of the options :P... Besides, c4 isn't really taking full advantage of having the first move.

Statistically the best opening is actually 1.Na3  

There are three types of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics.

You're not taking advantage of the first move. 

If c5 is meant to be blacks best response to e4, and e4 is meant to be the best opening, they I fail to see how c4, which is c5 a move ahead, can be that bad.

Actually its the best move.

Tell no one.

Go Sodium Opening!!!!!

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