What is YOUR most common chess opening?

Thanks for the suggestion...

I play Ruy Lopez, Italian, Slav and most of all English Opening. I love to play the English, its so complex and exciting. As Black my favorite respond to e4 are the Sicilian, against d4 its Kings Indian Defense and against The English I usually play English Symmetrical.

sicilian and queens gambit

Well that is easy!

A strong player can analyze the situation. Now they may not find the best plan but they can not be strong if they do not understand the situation.

Now the next most common one has to be the ability to use your pieces together. I have played many openings here for the first time and was almost clueless on the goals/ main line and won first 3-4 games with it.

Patience! Patience! Patience!  Many players see the wrong move and do it anyway. Take your time and not make mindless moves.

A strong player will hold onto pawns whenever possible. A pawn advantage in the End Game can be more than enought to win it.

When the situation is even on the board and there are no targets to attack. A stronger player will look to create a weakness to attack!

Are you one?

Well i used to play in several bowling leagues. And was asked that questiion many times.

I learned how to respond to it with.....

Well ask my peers what they say about me if they say i am strong then i am strong but i have to believe i am always good even if they do not say it. If you do not believe you are good then who will believe it!

I have to say do not get caught up in this phrase "strong player" as any player can lose to anybody under the right situation. Yes i said lose to anybody. For example the better can have a horrible cold that day and his opponent has been practing like crazy, improving and everything has been peachy in there lives the last week.

There was a movie based on this. The 2 Boxers were good but one was the champ. The champ found himself in prison for a couple months. Now in prison they did not have the league rules but rules of their own but it was organized and fair for both sides going into fights. The champs opponent moves were studied up and down so his opponent was famaliar with him. Plus most of the prison inmates wanted to see the champ go down. So no home field advantage. Bla bla bla the champ hot a whuppin.

I can go almost all day with examples .

I'm lazy, so i just start off with King's Pawn.

I play over 80% King Pawn openings everywhere but chess.com.

Why? It is boring when face the Sicilian over and over again. This will happen when faced against 1800+. It is pretty obvios what the moves will be. I do not play blind chess fold but i could play that blindfold up to move 10 easy. Almost all of it from the book.

London opening as white and Sicilian/KID as black... used to play Bird's opening but switched to something more orthodox

probably the trompowsky. i get it in like 50% of my blitz games as white id say. London would come a close second (i play it v 1..d5) with 40%.

d4 and anything follows

I like to open up with some Iron Fist

 and play Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon with my opponent.

Sorry had a flashback to training!

Have not heard of that!!

I sometimes like to open with 1.d4 if I am playing white or 1....Nc6 if I am playing black.

As white, I always play e4. This will usually lead to a Scotch or Sicilian. As black, I play the Sicilian and the Grunfeld.

Because a lot of people are more comfortable playing Black due to the fact that Black needs to know 1 opening against e4 and 1 against d4 inside and out.  White has to know a number of variations against each opening, so it's more of a hodgepodge.

For example, Let's say you were a French player, along with the King's Indian, and 1.e4.  With the French, you need to know that.  The French.  Inside, outside, up, down, all around.  Same with the King's Indian.  As White, you may not need to know every line of the French, but you need to know some of them, like let's say you play 3.Nc3, so you don't need to know the Tarrasch, but then not only do you need to know the Winawer, Classical, Steintiz, MacCutcheon, etc, but you also need to know a line against 1...e5, and another against 1...c5, etc.  It would be like needing to know every technique possible in pool when you are Black (i.e. jump shot, masse, cut shot, English, breaking the rack, etc), and having to be able to master small parts of Pool, Basketball, Baseball, Football, Golf, Cycling, and Boxing when you are White, if that gives you some idea.

Most amateurs go thru this phase.  For me it was 2007-2008, where I dominated with Black, and stunk with White.  Then, when you get over that hurdle is specifically when you are competitent enough to play chess, not just competitent enough to play the King's Indian Defense.  At this point for me, give me White, all day, any day!

Oh, and as for myself.  1.d4!!  Best by Test!  Black, basically 1...d6 against anything, though I also throw in the modern occasionally (1...g6), or the Dutch against d4 (1...f5) and 1...e5 against 1.e4, but those are rare.

Thanks! Please, if you do not mind , tell me your defense in black 

(I do not know any)

I know the question wasnt directed towards me, but I answer it anyway. 90 per cent or so at this site opens with e4. It is 2 well known defenses against it. The French defense and the Sicilian defense. Of course there are numerous of ways to defend against e4 but these two are considered to be the best and most common defenses. I myself love to play the Sicilian and dont care to much about the french. This is most of all becouse the french is a bit to defensive for my taste. I recommend to try them out and decide who you prefer. Against the d4 its mainly the KID thats strong and I'll recommend this opening. I struggled a lot when facing the d4 until I learned the KID. I hope this helps you i bit:) best of luck KRTG

WRONG!  The best defense from a theoretical standpoint is actually 1...e5.  Because of it's complications, 1...c5 tends to lead to better results overall, but it, and 1...e6, are not the best 2 theoretically.

In response to 23elena09, I already answered that question.  Last paragraph.  Black I play 1...d6 against anything.  After that, depends on what White does.