Best defence against e4

Scandi is out of fashion nowadays

But the Najdorf can't get too complex?

BWUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA - biggest laugher of a post I have seen thus far this year!

The French Winawer is probably the most complex of all openings, but Black, if he wants to, can totally avoid it by playing 3...Nf6 or 3...dxe4.

The Najdorf lines with 6.Bg5, 6.Bc4, and 6.Be3, would literally be next in line in complexity, and you cannot play the Najdorf and at the same time avoid those lines!

No najdorf is the most complex opening but i liked in first glance on the other hand French is a very good opening still used at elite level but i didnt like it

If I would to suggest a opening for black for begginer I would consider najdorf as though it is complex but you can master it if you play it day after day match after match

If you are trying to become elite, its more important to learn as much as you can about chess.. good way to do this is to play a lot of different openings since you get a wider variety of positions to play that way. If you have time, maybe prepare to play a different set of openings for each tournament you play in. Your results might not be as consistent using this approach but you will learn more in the long run.

Ya that's why I have 8 openings in my repetoire 

As white I play catalan, queens gambit and trompowsky

As black I play petroff, sicilian najdorf, sicilian Schveniggan, grunfeld, symetrical english

Magnus has a lot more than that in his though.

No caro and French are good openings I have a respect for them but the problem with them is they are little too passive in the center which I don't like I like to challenge white in the center from very first move therefore e5 and c5 are my top choice and recommendation, this was the main reason why I switched to grunfeld from kids

Yes that is true and if you don't believes us check out latest Daniel naroditsky video where he taught how to destroy the scandi but anyway that is personally your choice but scandi is not an opening which you can stick with for very long  

Fighting for scandi in forum is same as promoting bdg in the forum

I would say that, unless you are a Super GM yourself, learning the "trendy" lines at the top level is not a productive use of your time.

Choose a main defense that you like, then strive to master it, yes. But don't chase trends at the top level - as those trends will continually change.

And those top-level lines are usually too work-heavy to maintain, for non-professional players.

Is this a question or a statement?

Are you questioning whether the above statement is correct (you disagree with him)
OR are you stating that the Scandinavian is no good (you agree with him)?

Check out my this amazing recent game in my second favourite sicilian after najdorf the modern schevengian, where both players had small chances many time like +3 -3 but in the end I converted into checkmate

There is reason why e5 and c5 are the most popular defense at elite level and at any database

And there is a reason why it is not played by elite player

The Scandi isn't completely extinct at the top level, Carlsen himself sometimes plays it, as well as some others. But it also isn't the most common or even close to it.

• The point is he played it only few times and now we almost never see scandi

Sicilian Defense is best!

Of course

Im not so sure about that. If you follow Magnus career from the beginning he has always played a wide variety of openings. The other thing is refuting an opening is not how Magnus typically wins. He goes for a tiny advantage with white and slowly increases that advantage through the middle game and end game ....the sort of positions players normally just agree to a draw to.