What's the best chess opening??

In case you haven't figured it out yet, asking "Which is the best chess opening" in a chess forum is like walking into a comic book convention and asking which superhero would win in a fight.

Basically, you start a geek fight.

Don't worry too much about which opening is best, just find a system you like and track your own results. Don't play anything unsound because when you get to higher levels all your experience on it is wasted since people will play properly against it.

d4 is probably easier to learn a system for than e4 as white.  But if you like e4 than playing it is perfectly fine, in fact if you exclude sicilians e4 does better than d4 as an opening for white.

The sicilian scores well for black, and is diverse enough that almost everyone can find a system in it they like.

If DC then Superman, but he was just too powerful. Of the normal superhero types in Marvel then you need someone who can 1/Fly, 2/Very strong 3/Tough and 4/Intelligent and 5/Probably doesn't live with his aunt. Probably Thor or the Submariner or the Silver Surfer...although you know I never could see how Spiderman could defeat the Sandman - so the Sandman as a wildcard..I never saw the point of Captain America who even with his shield is pretty useless....

This is one of those questions you'll have to find your own answer for. First you should determine your likes & dislikes and your strengths & weaknesses, then look around for openings that cater to your style of play. For instance, if you like to attack as White you could check out the Evans Gambit or Kings Gambit. If you prefer positional play you'd probably want to consider 1.d4 instead of 1.e4. 

As Black do you prefer to try & obtain equality or do you want to take some risks in order to avoid static equality and get counterplay right away? For static equality vs. 1.e4 try Petroff's Defense or the Caro-Kann. For a fighting game, try the Pelikan Sicilian or just about any Sicilian line. 

You should also learn which openings to avoid in serious games unless you know them very well, such as the Latvian Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5?!  Learning offbeat openings can be very useful in OTB games, less useful in postal chess.

Whatever you do, try to limit your opening repertoire as much as possible while you're learning a few openings; ie if you want to play the Kings Gambit play it whenever you can; if you decide to play the Queens Gambit Accepted vs. 1.d4 likewise play it at every opportunity. 

some good openings are the Vienna and the French Defense

there is not a best opening. they are good in different ways. what is best?  blue or red shoes?

Zukertort.

Nf3

Buckaroo Banzai

I am surprised!

So many people ready to give their heart to just one person in the whole world, and almost nobody declaring her/his love for an opening!

If the full correctness is not involved, I love gambits: the King's Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4!?) of course, the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.e4?! dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3), the Morra Gambit.

Even if I don't really know the theory, and this for at least 1 reason:

my opponents don't play it and i don't feel like studying it before, i.e. I don't have an opportunity to learn. And it's not always bad to play a rare move! I recently played a Morra Gambit (1.e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3) where my opponent answered 3. ... Qa5 (never seen it before); my reaction was really bad: I blundered and lost 2 central pawns in the next few moves without any compensation!

Chess wisdom says that a player should start by playing open games (1.e4) and especially gambits to learn the importance of tempi and material. Looks like I am still stuck there <:O)

With black, it's more difficult to follow the same logic. Maybe you should try to find openings which you like and which are not too difficult to learn. E.g. against 1.e4, I would suggest the (hyper-)accelerated dragon: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bg7 5.Nc3 (you have to have an answer on 5.c4, but the strategy is clear) Nc6 [check my move order, maybe it's not the most accurate].

Ah! and one more thing: don't give up an opening after just one disastrous game. Give them and yourself a chance! Sometimes, most of the time for me, you have to be able to take it before you hit back.

If you want to learn the difference between Classical and hypermodern aswell as tempo importance then try the Alekhine against say a 1500 because at 1250 or less you almost have to transpose into the vienna

The best opening is the one that....

a) Gives you a sound position without  greater flaws in it or has compensation for 

    these flaws.

    What are you willing to give to get what you want?

b) Plays with your personal strenghts and appeals to your personality and style.

c) Results in positions you like to play.

Try out a bunch of them, and start learning the ones you feel you like more in depth. =)

the reti opening best one 

The opening you understand is the best opening in the world.

And if you understand why it's bad?

To quote Julius Ceasar: "the unexpected one". 

well, I dont think that there is a best opening, but lately i've been using and liking the King's indian attack and defense. hope that helps.

Try out the Torre Attack.  It's easy to play and has a decent win percentage.

At your level the Scotch Opening is fun to get into, and most of your opponents will not know the main lines so you can punish them. 

It is sound all the way up to GM play!

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