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rubentoni
I've been playing chess for a few years now, and find that I like the King pawn opening 1. e4. This move to have a varity of great defenses. So, my question is what 1. e4 opening is your favorite and why?
shane97
It is also my favorite because it opens up one of the bishops and the queen.
shovingwood
1.b3 is my favourite, but if I had to choose a line involving 1.e4 I'd go with the Bishop's Gambit (1...e5 2.f4 ef4 3.Bc4).
farbror
King's Gambit
fleiman
There are many interesting variants in Two Knights Defense.
uritbon
i like and dislike the french by the same mesures... depends on how strong my opponent is... :)
ADK
1. Sicilian Defence: Najdorf, English Attack.
2. Sicilian Defence: Sozin's Attack.
3. Alekhine's Defence.
4. King's Gambit.
5. Reti Opening.
Chuckychess
I don't usually play 1 e4, but when I do these are the openings that I use most often:
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 ed 4 Bc4
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4
1 e4 c5 2 c3
1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 de 4 Bc4
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 c4 de 4 Nc3
1 e4 d6 2 d4 Nf6 3 Nc3 g6 4 f4
brandonQDSH
The Ruy Lopez is always great when I play White.
The ones I see people play the most here are the Scandinavian Defense, French Defense, Sicilian Defense, and Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense.
sableWhist
Scotch Game and French Defense
homosapien15
Catalan, but I rarely get the chance to use it with the way people play the same like 3 systems....
Black_Magix
As white, I open with 1.d4, but as black, I LOVE the sicilian accelerated dragon. I seem to have great success with it.
Eniamar
As white d4 all the way, I love playing against the KID.
As black typically I experiment with the Sicilian.
fokkertriplane
Well lately I've been playing the Konstantinopolsky Opening to some success, but no on hardly ever plays it.
Eli
These are my favorite double king pawn openings.
1. Max-Lang Attack
2. Evan's Gambit
3. King's Gambit (Although I wish I knew more about it.)
pusaandfink
Max Lange Attack,KID, French
Ep1c_pha1l
4 knights spanish varation, Ruy lopez, Silician defense calasical varation.
Dutch defense, and ware crab varation and GLOBAL opening, but the later 2 are on a bad day.
rsty
yes 1e4 is my fav opening too.
reason being it activates both queen and bishop. and controls the centre.
Percyval
Scotch Game!!
Arv123
Scotch gambit for white
Scillian dragon for white
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