Against a decent player, h6 looks to be not the best approach:
| 3...Nf6 | 8,159 |
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| 3...Bc5 | 7,488 |
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| 3...Be7 | 832 |
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| 3...d6 | 404 |
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| 3...g6 | 40 |
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| 3...f5 | 29 |
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| 3...h6 | 29 |
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| 3...Nd4 | 9 |
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| 3...Bd6 | 3 |
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| 3...a6 | 2 |
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| 3...f6 | 1 |  Mascelloni - Lo Celso (1976.??.??) |
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| 3...Qe7 | 1 | Steinitz Wilhelm (CZE) - Timmer (1896.??.??) |
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| 3...Qf6 | 1 |  Thorhallsson Throstur (ISL) - Benedictsson Benony (ISL) (1984.??.??) |
anti fried liver sucks
play 1.. c5 if you don't want to learn this stuff or 1.. e6
And d4 is white's best continuation. Maybe you just have to learn Fried Liver theory.
d4! Open up the center since you have an advantage in development.
3...h6 is a terrible move.
It is a terrible move becuase it doesn't develop a piece or contribute in any way. Except to defend 1 square.
It will be punished with 4.d4. Which opens up more lines.
After 4.d4 what you should do is resign with the back pieces. This isn't even playable.
If you want to stop the Fried Liver you should play.
3...Bc5 Guico Piano (this stops the Fried Liver but allows the Evans Gambit)
3...Be7 Hungarian Defense
Another 3rd moves allows the Fried Liver; however, you should get a decent position.
3...Nf6 Two knights Defense. (You have to know the theory for this line.)
The 3 lines I mentioned at move 3 are all better and playable for black.
3...h6 is a piece of crap.
3...Be7 and black is okay. If you want to play the best moves, look at 3...Bc5 or 3...Nf6, but be warned that they involve more theory.
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h6 is not losing but it's not a good move. It doesn't develop and prevents a bad move. And you shouldn't exchange knights on d4, it allows white to bring his queen to the center for free.
The best anti liver is sicilian. 
So what should black play here? I almost always get into trouble after taking and exchanging off knights with white's queen on d4 and bishop on c4
If black is going to throw away a move and play ...h6?
Just develop...you have numerous choices:
...Nf6
...Bc5
...Be7
I agree!
Play the traxler: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5!? A full coverage can be found on the video 'dirty chess tricks to win fast 10' and has three parts. It is good for blitz games and may even work for standard games.
By the way, 3...h6 is a pathetic move.
Got it, h6 is the problem. I knew it wasn't great but I didn't realize that it is a really poor move. Thanks all.
It's a poor move and I don't know what I'm doing so I will stick with moving the knights before the bishops.
Don't capture nxd4. You stop fighting for the center that way. If white wants to play nxc6 let them. You can either build a strong center or get good development for your doubled pawns.
Nxd4 is a common mistake by players learning to play against the Scotch or early Nc6 Sicilians.
Just get your pieces out.
3...h6 is better known as the Blatny defence (after GM Pavel Blatny, who was fond of unorthodox openings). Not a good move, but certainly not "terrible" or "losing" as indicated here.
Blatny even found some titled followers... the man in Black is an Austrian IM, and his oppnent a FM. Contrary to what most peple believe, a poor opening move is not the end of the world if you do know what you're doing.
What a wonderful game example Pfren.
I really enjoyed seeing how the move 3...h6 was so crushing. What a wonderful twist of events during that game. I really enjoyed the part where white decided to throw his king side pawns up while his king was in the center. White than decided to castle at move 22 on the king side. Which was all forced. Black sure showed him.
What a wonderful game showing us how we can prosper with the might 3...h6 line. It will soon replace Modern Ruy Lopez theory as we know it.
So what should black play here? I almost always get into trouble after taking and exchanging off knights with white's queen on d4 and bishop on c4