Hurt/Heal Top 10 Openings vs. 1.e4

In this hurt/heal game, you can hurt and heal the top ten openings vs. 1.e4. I have chosen these openings by popularity, according to chess.com's Game Explorer. In this game, each opening starts out with 30 points. Each hurt vote is -3 points, and each heal vote is +2 points. I am implemtenting this unusual system because I feel hurt votes are overpowered against heal votes. This shold restore the balance,while still ensuring the game doesn't go on forever.

Rules: Each Opening gets 30 points, hurt vote is -3 points, heal vote is 2 points.

You may vote once every four hours. (I want this to be a fast-paced game).

YOU MUST REPOST ALL THE STANDINGS WHEN YOU VOTE. IF YOU DO NOT, YOUR VOTE SHALL NOT BE  COUNTED.

LET THE VOTING BEGIN!!!

OPENINGS (FROM A-to-H)

1...b6; Owen Defense : 30

1...c6; Caro-Kann Defense : 30

1...c5; Sicilian Defense : 30

1...Nc6; Nimzowitch Defense : 30

1...d6; Pirc Defense : 30

1...d5; Scandinavian Defense : 30

1...e6; French Defense : 30

1...e5; King's Pawn Game : 30

1...Nf6; Alekhine's Defense : 30

*VERY IMPORTANT EDIT: DEPENDING ON WHICH OPENING WINS, I WILL THEN HAVE A SUBSEQUENT HURT/HEAL GAME, FOCUSING ON THAT OPENING. WHAT I MEAN IS THIS -- IF THE SICILIAN WINS, I WILL HAVE A FOLLOW-UP HURT/HEAL GAME CONCERNING THE VARIATIONS OF THE SICILIAN (E.G. DRAGON, NAJDORF,TAIMANOV, ETC.) WE WILL THEN VOTE ON WHICH VARIATION IS BEST, AND WHICHEVER ONE WHENS WILL BE DECLARED THE SUPREME WINNER!*

Heal 1...e6; French Defense

Hurt 1...c5; Sicilian Defense

Standings:

1...b6; Owen Defense : 30

1...c6; Caro-Kann Defense : 30

1...c5; Sicilian Defense : 27

1...Nc6; Nimzowitch Defense : 30

1...d6; Pirc Defense : 30

1...d5; Scandinavian Defense : 30

1...e6; French Defense : 32

1...e5; King's Pawn Game : 30

1...Nf6; Alekhine's Defense : 30

Heal 1...c6; Caro-Kann Defense

Hurt 1...e6; French Defense

Standings:

1...b6; Owen Defense : 30

1...c6; Caro-Kann Defense : 32

1...c5; Sicilian Defense : 27

1...Nc6; Nimzowitch Defense : 30

1...d6; Pirc Defense : 30

1...d5; Scandinavian Defense : 30

1...e6; French Defense : 29

1...e5; King's Pawn Game : 30

1...Nf6; Alekhine's Defense : 30

Heal 1...e5; King's Pawn Game

Hurt 1...c5; Sicilian Defense

Standings:

1...b6; Owen Defense : 30

1...c6; Caro-Kann Defense : 32

1...c5; Sicilian Defense : 24

1...Nc6; Nimzowitch Defense : 30

1...d6; Pirc Defense : 30

1...d5; Scandinavian Defense : 30

1...e6; French Defense : 29

1...e5; King's Pawn Game : 32

1...Nf6; Alekhine's Defense : 30

Heal Pirc, hurt Owen

heal 1. ...e5  hurt  1. ... c6

Hurt 1...Nc6; Nimzowitch Defense

Heal 1...Nf6; Alekhine's Defense

Standings:

1...b6; Owen Defense : 27

1...c6; Caro-Kann Defense : 29

1...c5; Sicilian Defense : 30

1...Nc6; Nimzowitch Defense : 27

1...d6; Pirc Defense : 32

1...d5; Scandinavian Defense : 27

1...e6; French Defense : 29

1...e5; King's Pawn Game : 28

1...Nf6; Alekhine's Defense : 32

heal 1...c5 hurt 1...c6

Wow, I don't see the point in those heal/hurt games. Is it to convince the audience that some opening is better than others? Becuase it seems to me like every opening listed above seem playable.

Please don't spam the forums with pointless polls.

Hurt 1...d5 Scandinavian Defence

Heal 1...c5 Sicilian Defense

Standings:

1...b6; Owen Defense : 27

1...c6; Caro-Kann Defense : 29

1...c5; Sicilian Defense : 36

1...Nc6; Nimzowitch Defense : 27

1...d6; Pirc Defense : 32

1...d5; Scandinavian Defense : 24

1...e6; French Defense : 29

1...e5; King's Pawn Game : 22

1...Nf6; Alekhine's Defense : 32

Hurt 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense

Heal 1...c5 Sicilian Defense

Standings:

1...b6; Owen Defense : 27

1...c6; Caro-Kann Defense : 26

1...c5; Sicilian Defense : 38

1...Nc6; Nimzowitch Defense : 27

1...d6; Pirc Defense : 32

1...d5; Scandinavian Defense : 24

1...e6; French Defense : 29

1...e5; King's Pawn Game : 22

1...Nf6; Alekhine's Defense : 32

Najdorf_convert wrote:

Wow, I don't see the point in those heal/hurt games. Is it to convince the audience that some opening is better than others? Becuase it seems to me like every opening listed above seem playable.

Please don't spam the forums with pointless polls.

The idea is just to have fun, and fight for your fav opening. If you don't want to participate you don't have to - but I'd consider this much more productive, actually, then many other chess-related threads. More than half the posts nowadays aren't related to chess - this one is!! So I don't really think I'm spamming the forums - just a fun game where you get to fight for your fav

opening!

And yes I agree it is a matter of opinion as to which opening is "best". It's always interesting to see which comes out on top though - you can have the exact same game happen twice with different results!

Have a nice day sir. :-)

Heal 1.e5 hurt 1.Nc6 

Standings:

1...b6; Owen Defense : 27

1...c6; Caro-Kann Defense : 26

1...c5; Sicilian Defense : 40

1...Nc6; Nimzowitch Defense : 24

1...d6; Pirc Defense : 32

1...d5; Scandinavian Defense : 24

1...e6; French Defense : 29

1...e5; King's Pawn Game : 21

1...Nf6; Alekhine's Defense : 32 

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Heal King's pawn, hurt Nimzowitch

1...b6; Owen Defense : 27

1...c6; Caro-Kann Defense : 26

1...c5; Sicilian Defense : 40

1...Nc6; Nimzowitch Defense : 21

1...d6; Pirc Defense : 32

1...d5; Scandinavian Defense : 24

1...e6; French Defense : 29

1...e5; King's Pawn Game : 23

1...Nf6; Alekhine's Defense : 32 

Thanks JQuChess, you the best.