e4 response

What is the response to 1.e4 that gives Black the most play immediately?

Can Somebody Please answerthis?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

h5

please explain h5

e5 is what I play now following into petroff's defense but i am trying to improve this

If one player attacks in the center, the best way to counter that is to attack the flanks. h5 starts a deadly king side pawn storm followed by g5, f5 etc. Then you put all your pieces into this quick kingside attack and you have yourself an easy win.

Disclaimer: I am just joking about h5 being the best response as well as the kingside pawn storm. I believe e5 is the best move after e4.

I suggest you look at one of the other 80000000 threads that have popped up in the last week concerning this topic.

What do you mean by the most play? Do you mean attacking chances? If so, it is almost certainly the Sicilian. The issue with this question is that 1.e4 is just a single move. Even if you play the Sicilian there is always the chance that White will respond with the Closed Sicilian and then attacking chances are generally delayed. What I would suggest is that you look at a number of responses to 1.e4 and find the one that you like the best in most lines. There will always be some line you do not enjoy playing or consider dull in any opening. If you want to play the Petroff, which is not an opening known for its "play" early on, I highly suggest you learn a good amount of theory or you may find yourself in a quite passive position, quite quickly.

I think e5 and c5 are best, but I stopped using those due to the hundreds of different openings white can play. I am too lazy to read dozens of books on all the possible variations of these openings. That's why I use Owen's Defense, but I'm trying to get something bettter than it. Owen's has few variations, so black can easily survive till the midgame, but tends to get a positional disadvantage. I'm going to start trying out Petroff, Scandinavian, and some weird things, but I doubt I'll get good results.

I suggest e5 or c5 overall (if your not as lazy as I am). You might also want to check out Caro-Kann. I've never used it, but I hear it's good.

e5 guarantees the most play immediately. Equal share of center, release of both bishop and queen, same logic as White's opening e4. Often leads to sharp tactical games with lots of early action for both sides. If you are not a sharp tactician, then you might prefer an opening that will slow the game down and act more like a wet sponge for White's efforts to bog down in.

Thanks for your help.

I have tried the caro-kann but I really don't know how to play it well, nor have I read the books.

By "play" I mean the opening that will give me the best attacking chances, as opposed to maintaining equality.  Petroff's defence was just the first thing I learned.  I used it because I am a positional player and I like to play openly.

Any suggestions would be appriciated.

 If this is the case I suggest the Scheveningen or Najdorf variations of the Sicilian as your main weapons.

play the sicilian dragon, you get no weaknesses (apart from maybe a white knight jumping on d5) and easy development. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nf6 Nc3 5.g6, follwed by ...Bg7, ...0-0, ...Nc6, ...Bd7 (or...Nxd4, Be6), ...Rc8

 No weaknesses? "Pry open the king rook's file and sac, sac mate." The Dragon can be one of the most dynamic and tactical Sicilians. You do not get that without incurring risk and in chess that means some sort of weakness.

 I recommend the Scandinavian,  1. e4 d5, which I play, but I can't guarentee you play immediately. This is a good opening, no matter what anyone else has to say of it (I mean, Anand used it against Kasparov in a World Championship Match!) As for quite a few recommendations of 1... c5, I can only condemn this idea. White usually gets a strong Kingside attack, but if you beleive you can defend (while holding ample counterplay on the Queenside.), then by all means play it. BTW, here is a common Scandinavian line.

 As in my post, DO NOT PLAY THE SICILIAN!!! UNLESS YOU ARE SOME REALLY STRONG PLAYER YOU WILL HAND WHITE THE INITIATIVE ON A SILVER PLATTER

lol, I would have put money on "the French"

After some more analysis on Scandinavian, I'm beggining to like it (sorry about criticizing it in other topics).

MN94XD: I think that in the Scandinavian you showed, white has a better position. Here's a game I played against myself (that's what I do to analyze an opening) using the Scandinavian. I play the main line according to the book Modern Chess Openings by Nick De Firmian until black's 8th move. That's when I change things up a bit and I think black ends up well.

e5 the best move