lol Carlsen like "just" played e4 and won pretty handily, so it is definitely still being played at top levels! In fact e4 e5 has been getting played quite a bit lately. Openings just go in and out of style. e4 has a reputation for being more tactical and requiring more calculation, but I have plenty of tactical and exciting attacking games as a d4 player.
should I E4 people too ???
I think d4 is more dynamic and leads to different situations. E4 is kind of played out because of the sicilian so you don't see master playing it at the highest levels anymore.
No.
And that's as a thought out comment your stupid post deserves.
I switched from e4 to d4 at a recent tournament just a week ago because everyone plays Sicilian! It's so annoying to study all the lines, etc. Plus, I'm more of a positional player (it's true, d4 is more positional than e4) so I switched to e4. I'm still strengthening my chess repertoire, and I still have trouble against some defenses (in particular the Benoni and the Dutch StoneWall). However, in response to the first post, keep playing d4. Try varying your repertoire, but don't change drastically.
Tactics can come out of any position. The important thing for your particular repetoire is to play what you feel comfortable in. Personally, I like the open games, but many are not tactical at all: e.g. the main line Ruy Lopez.
lol Carlsen like "just" played e4 and won pretty handily, so it is definitely still being played at top levels! In fact e4 e5 has been getting played quite a bit lately. Openings just go in and out of style. e4 has a reputation for being more tactical and requiring more calculation, but I have plenty of tactical and exciting attacking games as a d4 player.
can you post a game of yours.
I think d4 is more dynamic and leads to different situations. E4 is kind of played out because of the sicilian so you don't see master playing it at the highest levels anymore.
No.
And that's as a thought out comment your stupid post deserves.
Well, it's not totally stupid. The whole "e4 or d4" thing has been driven into the dirt lately, but it's still interesting enough that people will take time to respond...
I'm finding that both are good, and you should be prepared for the replies to both of them. So you should have at least a couple opening repertoires picked out for each. For example, e4 can lead to either a Sicilian or an Italian, so you should try to get a plan for at least the first 10 or so moves in each, or at least until you finish your piece development. A little studying will go a long way towards how to best position your pieces in each opening.
it realy doesnt matter if you play e or d 4 as white as you don't really get to choose what happens next. Black always gets to choose the opening by his first or second move in my opinion the way to get better at openings is to learn it from blacks point of view, this will enable you to handle anything that is thrown at you.
i always do e4 if i see a sicilian i just play 2. c3, most blitz players i've played don't know alapin variation main line

Hello I'm a big d4 opening player and never play 1.e4 but as the opponents im facing are getting stronger it's suggested by many I play 1.e4 a while to better my calculation skills. But it came to my head that is it a good idea to add 1.e4 to my opening repritore so that I can always keep my calculation skill's up. I've picked out some pretty aggressive openings that will force me to calculate or I'll lose (wild gambits) for my training are there any 1.d4 openings like this I should play instead. Even if I add 1.e4 to my opening arsenal I thought of only playing it for casuel games (not tournaments) and even then only against players weaker or about my strength I loave 1.d4 so I'll use it when it comes to stronger players. But because I'm around such a vast number of diffrent types of players on this website I'm asking the community What do you think is best? Please post