most hated chess openings

as Black 

London

Ruy Lopez

any Sicilian except for Open Franco-Sicilian

any Caro-Kann except for Masi and 2.e5

any Italian except for 3.d5

London system or Scandinavian

Definitely Benko. 

The French, 

Queen Pawn Opening

Openings I Like:

Bongcloud (My favorite)

Hippopatomus Defence

So basically any e4 opening

I think the most annoying opening is the hippopotamus opening.

Not only is it hard to spell, but black also makes an annoyingly hard to penetrate defense and basicly just tries to tie the game. very boring to play against.

It is probably the Petroff as the only time I received death threats during a chess game was a time I played the Petroff, I didn't take the threat seriously but I think my opponent must have been pretty upset by my opening choice not just because of the comment but also because he blundered his queen a few moves later.

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During my time playing the Petroff, I have also noticed most players.(.at least up to a certain rating level) avoid theory as if it were the plague. Many games have featured either a dubious Bc4 or a variety of unsound gambits. Strong players, however, just play the main line without batting an eye. I have actually found it pretty hard to equalize with the Petroff against strong players. I have played in a few Petroff thematic tournaments on the ICCF and haven't managed even half a point against the mostly 2000+ elo opponents who populate these tournaments....with black I mean. With White have managed a few draws by transposing into the exchange french. I also have a game going at the moment against a 2300+ opponent that looks to be headed towards a draw. In that game I transposed to the 4 knights. It is interesting to note that all these openings I'm mentioning are on this "most hated" list.

Probably e4 Nf3. I’ve gotten to the point in my chess career where I’m putting forth A LOT of effort towards my d4/c4 and anti d4/c4 repertoires, so I changed my e4 repertoire to be the lowest effort possible (Berlin, Giuoco Pianissimo, Malaniuk, et cetera) and while they are certainly low maintenance and easy to play, they do tend to lead to some rather long, dry, simple, and repetitive games. I wouldn’t take issue with this were it not for the fact that essentially 1 in 3 games I play I face 1. e4 as Black.

Out of openings that are actually playable, I'd say the Exchange French gets the most hate.

The two contenders were the London and the Petroff, but even those openings have some supporters. I have seen close to no one say anything positive about the Exchange French.

In general, people very commonly talk about all of these openings being very boring and sometimes passive. I have to disagree, though, at the very least for the London and the Petroff. The London is only made boring by the people playing boring lines, and it's a similar case for the Petroff. If you think you're commonly getting boring and drawish positions against these openings, try to find a different way to play against them that's more exciting.

Well, I guess the Exchange French is technically a variation... in that case, I'd say the London.

I thik potty

Here is something positive.....I kind of like the old games of Paul Morphy in the exchange french. Here is one of my favorites,

Any opening that you ruins your plans. Like I want to play Scotch game, but many of my opponents ruin all my plans with their C5. So I hate it a bit

I really just hate it when someone plays the Italian Game and tries to Fried Liver me...

I hate PLAYING the toothless pawn pushing stonewall, but the staunton does make it even worse.

Add another vote for gambit coward poodles... I mean frenchies, then add pirc, modern and Owen's. COME OUT AND FIGHT YA COWARDS!

I hate the french much LESS now that i've discovered the alapin diemer having ALWAYS done poorly against it, but am satisfied that my results are up a % now at 45:48 with the alapin diemer which ACCIDENTALLY led me to destroying caros with the mieses gambit. Caros aren't used to Bxf7+ pin breaks and are lambs to the slaughter. I was TRYING and failing with the maroczy fantasy.

As a current kings gambiteer who can't wait to up his attacking game with the double danish & 2x Goering, I'm very happy getting BDG semi-open f files and trashing fellow scandinavians with the gedult BDG making for a full BDG system against french, caro and scandinavians. The alapin is the ONLY gambit i have a losing record with. You can't exploit that GM approved +1 pawn if your opponent mates you before move 20, and 14% of my wins are that fast.

Glad to see too that my King's gambits are annoying. Try the falkbeer counter or 2.Be7 to trade for the Nf3 knight and box whites rook in with a ...Qh4+ followup. I hate that.

As much as people like to trash talk gambits, it's nice to FINALLY hear people hate them the same way i despise pawn pushing wussy POSITIONAL hypermoderns and closed games.

I have no fear of the alekhine myself and find it easy to beat. I have a winning record with I forgot what I used to play, but am punishing it again with the castle snatching krejcik "gambit". The 4 pawns never interested me. I like piece based solutions, not pawn based. I hate pawns!

don't forget the "everybody's gotta lose" english! The best line I've found is the c6 caro variation, but it's so rare, it's not even worth studying when I have to learn an entire repertoire to ditch the skankanavian