Not bad, you have the right reason for liking e5, Petroff's Defense, instead of following up with Nc6.
Modern is the main thing I disagree on, black has an equal percentage of wins as white at the master level with it, so it should not be at 10.
If you are judging based on win percentages (at the master level) then the Sicilian has better win percentages than e5, e6 and c6.
yeah
that one comment also contains another idiocy, detailed in #655
Yes, also black doesn't have an equal percentage of wins with the Modern at master level. Black has a higher winrate but white also has a higher winrate.
It's 37W/30B
if you were to play e4 you should play the spanish game, its the most you can get out of e4
aah yes i will play the spanish game vs 1...e6 or 1...c6 or 1...c5 or literally anything else
jk though the ruy lopez is legendary but this thread is about blacks choices
oh sorry
as black playing very solidly with e5 is very good, its only drawback is having to know how to deal with the bs tricks and traps white can go for. With e5 you play solidly in the opening and relay on a counterattack in the middlegame
but if you are more of an agressive,unbalanced player the sicilian should do well but you also gotta know the many setups white can play with
the french a believe is not very good, you weaken you kingside immensely and the second white starts to step on the gas with a kingside attack you have nothing to protect your king
Yes, also black doesn't have an equal percentage of wins with the Modern at master level. Black has a higher winrate but white also has a higher winrate.
It's 37W/30B
https://www.chess.com/explorer?moveList=e4&ply=1 No they each have 37% wins.
https://www.chess.com/explorer?moveList=e4&ply=1 No they each have 37% wins.
On the list you gave, the Sicilian still has a higher win ratio than the French, Caro-Kann and e5, so that means it's better than these openings, right?
Not true.
And it's black with the early initiative. And can still castle safely.
the frencch seems not very great because of how exposed blacks king is when he castles kingside, you often see blacks kingside tore apart in the middlegames just because of how little protection black has
black just relies on a quick queenside attack and expansion
@Yerachmeal
Why did you make white play 6. g3? Like no-one plays that here. The line you played doesn't make sense for white.
https://www.chess.com/explorer?moveList=e4&ply=1 No they each have 37% wins.
On the list you gave, the Sicilian still has a higher win ratio than the French, Caro-Kann and e5, so that means it's better than these openings, right?
No, because it's not just statistics. That's just one thing in the mix, and the modern is an extreme case where even with white always doing the most common move each time black still has an advantage statistically with white winning 33% and black winning 45%.
@Yerachmeal
Why did you make white play 6. g3? Like no-one plays that here. The line you played doesn't make sense for white.
That's because it's the engines recommended move, but most other moves for white substituted for g6 would have black doing the same thing.
Not true.
And it's black with the early initiative. And can still castle safely.
play me as black i will play you in a advace french lets see what you are talking about
Modern is the main thing I disagree on, black has an equal percentage of wins as white at the master level with it, so it should not be at 10.
But puts Sicilian at number 8.
Then what about the fact that the Sicilian has a higher winratio than basically all the other responses?
"It's not about statistics"
I like the French, only because it lets me do my username, but even I wouldn't put the French first. Top 10 out of 20, definitely, but first is a bit of a stretch.
LMAOOO
very true
i have seen them spamming everywhere