What is your favorite opening after 1.e4 for black?

I often use french defense 1.e4 e6 or scandinavian defense 1.e4 d5 how about you?

c5 and c6

I answer 1.e4 with 1...e5. Depending on my mood I will then either invite white to play his favorite line and hit me with his hardest punch ;or I'll play the Petroff and wait to see how white will tackle it.

Sicilian Najdorf! 🔥🔥🔥

Sicilian 2.d6 variation is amazing, i dont understand 2.e6 players other than for Scheveningen. people really play into the taimanov or other boring variations,which  i don't really understand

I wouldn't call the Taimanov boring. Adjective I would use is stressful. 

I play Elephant Gambit if they dare try King's Knight.

maybe, but black can easily make it a slow game and punish white if he tries to be over agressive and start a dubious attack

also, many people just play the tiamanov because it looks natural and has no idea all the little things they need to know to play it and how to win with it, they get steamrolled with a kingside attack or they lose in the opening

I really want to make pirc work..

i use the carokann defense

French is super great. It forces white to play French-type positions and doesn't let him do any kingside attacks

E5. I am really trying Sicillian, I really am trying, but if I see one more Bowdler attack I am gonna snap! I haven't gotten a single Alapin in last ten games, let alone Open Sicillian.

alekhine defense, somehow these idíots at 1650 blunder their  e pawn 2nd move

A lot of players can't be bothered to learn chess properly. LOL.

Oh well, you can't necessarily expect opponent to play certain moves. I think you just have to get good at playing against the Bowdler Attack and constantly crush them for playing it. Maybe they will learn their lesson eventually.

If they don't know how to play the Sicilian with white then they simply aren't that calibre of player. We just have to improve by winning against this stuff so there will be no reason for them to play it.

If they win or if you stop playing an opening because of some garbage response then that justifies their play.

The reason they keep playing garbage openings is because their opponents aren't strong enough to punish them for it.

If they do punish them for it and they keep on losing, then they should have a reason to change their play. Alternatively, they can remain ignorant to the fact that their opening play is poor and never improve.

Well said. I will keep playing. Bc4 is incredibly toothless from what I see anyways. e6, and a well timed d5 is all there is to it. At least that is enough for this calibre of a player.

I often reply with e5,but sometimes with Kc6

I can tell you it's NOT the scandinavian, ESPECIALLY lines that transpose to french, carokann and sicilian! i'm so tired of that positional crap so big no to those defenses as well.

I'm hoping learning more aggressive ...f5 based lines like rousseau, calabrese & schliemann jaenisch etc. will make my day a lot more like playing similar themed king's gambit does on the white side of the board.

it's tough starting from scratch with an entirely new repertoire

I'm a beginner, so I like the Caro-Kann or the French. I know theres much better responses backed by professionals and engines, but a lot of the have an annoying amount of theory or are hard to play. 

Caro-Kann is relatively easy to learn and is solid enough at the beginner level, same with the French.

I dislike the Alekhine and Scandinavian, not neccesarily because theyre bad openings but I'm just really bad at playing them.