was that first move a mistake
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Jan 20, 2017
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#3
do you want comments on this game?
1. e4 e5 is a perfectly good way to start for both black and white.
Jan 21, 2017
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#5
You may prefer to start d4 or to play c6. But I don't think you can say that e4 is not a reasonable way to start the game. Unless you have taken some sort of drug.
In the Game Explorer on chess.com about 800,000 games start as e4 (whereas only about 600,000 start as d4). In response to e4 I personally prefer e6 to e5 (and probably I prefer c6 to e5) but e5 is a perfectly reasonable way to start.
[Site "Chess.com iPhone"]
[Date "01/20/2017 08:50AM"]
[White "coolderp11 (932)"]
[Black "simul8 (859)"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bd3 Nc6 4.Nf3 d6 5.Qe2 h5 6.g3 Rh6 7.Rg1 Bg4 8.b3 b6 9.a4 a5 10.Bb2 g6 11.Nb5 d5 12.exd5 Qxd5 13.Rf1 Bxf3 14.Qe3 Bc5 15.Qg5 Ng4 16.Nxc7 Kd7 17.Nxd5 Bxf2 18.Rxf2 Nxf2 19.Kxf2 Rhh8 20.Qf6 Bxd5 21.Qg5 Rag8 22.Ba6 e4 23.d3 Nd4 24.Bxd4 Kd6 25.Bxh8 Rxh8 26.Qf6 Be6 27.Qxh8 Bg4 28.dxe4 g5 29.Qh6 f6 30.Rd1 Ke5 31.Rd3 Kxe4 32.Qg6 Ke5 33.Qe8 Kf5 34.Rd5# {coolderp11 won by checkmate}