A French beat-down with 2.Qe2!?

I rarely ever go out to play chess. My rating is mostly based on my games from 5-3 years ago when I was starting out.  

Now that's more like it.

More like a stereotype for every chess player out there.

Aww, is someone upset?

I never said it's not playable. I said it's not good.

Any opening that gives up the center or piece development is a bad opening. 

There is no reason why anyone should move the queen to e2 of they want the best game possible.

Nakamura plays a lot of strange opening against weaker competition. He avoids it against the likes of Carlsen or Kramnik, since he knows he will get crushed.

The center-counter defense is playable, but it's a waste of tempo, since black spends most of his time moving the queen back and forth while white develops.

Black wasn't aggresive enough. 

Problem solved.

Why would you want to play a move that wastes time and space when there are better alternatives?

Why would you want to play a move that wastes time and space when there are better alternatives?

Your argument is with Mr. Kasparov and all the hundreds of other strong masters, who have also played 2. Qe2.

White scores well in master games after 2. Qe2, check out some databases.

2. Qe2 is not to my taste, but the evidence is that it gets the job done.

I have no "understanding problem."

The e5 pawn push is a simple solution.

The irony of talking about a move wasting tempo and then playing e7-e6-e5 within 4 moves.

Kasparov very rarely plays it, and hasn't played any time recently.

And this was against much weaker competition.

Missed 34. Bf8!+

It's the fourth most chosen move by masters, after 1. e4 e6.

There's nearly 4000 master games in the database I'm viewing, in which 2. Qe2 was chosen.

2. d4 scores 39.6% wins and 2. Qe2 scores 44.2% wins.

So all those masters, who devoted their lives to the game, are wrong?

Open your mind.

All the masters haven't devoted their life to that line.

Weak.

No, your replies are weak. Almost any opening is playable. You can turn some of the weakest opening sout there into a fine game.

This is just one of those things. 

ok yereslov let's turn it to you "teach" us your opening principles and name us the "best" openings according to you and those that you play most frequently

This is my favorite part, where people try to reason with Yereslov and deduce that he is either a nitwit or knows nothing about chess. Yet, despite the wide array of evidence logically presented, he will resist all efforts to talk sense to him and make ever more nutty pronouncements.

OK, let 'er rip!

The point is that it's just a novelty. There is nothing beneficial about it.

Hmm, what has this opening done? Let's see:

1. Gives up the center.

2. Wastes tempo.

3. Blocks the white bishop. 

4. Allows black an open game.