The first chess move you ever played.

After you learned how the pieces moved and the way chess works, what is the first opening you tried as white? 

I learned chess in preschool and I don't know what I played. However, I am fairly sure that when I came back to chess for the 4th grade chess club, the first move of my "career" was 1: Nc3. I am fairly sure that this is the first chess move I ever played.

I am very certain that it wasn't a pawn move. For some reason I liked the idea that my knights could jump over my pawns so I liked to go Nc3 and Nf3 for the first 2 moves and probably move them around like 12 times too.

I'm also very interesting in what you have seen other people who just started chess play as their opening move.

I have heard that 1: a4 and 1: h4 are very common moves that beginners make if you tell them how the pieces move and how to play but given them no opening theory.

Also, I think my move Nc3 is probably very common. Also Nf3 and e3.I remember I didn't like e4 because it "opened up my king". However after a while d4 was okay because "the pawn is protected by the queen."

However, after Nc3, the second opening I tried in 4th grade was e3, intending to put queen on f3 targeting g7 and b7. Amazing opening, right?

Wow, that was 60 years ago....no chance I could remember. 

Same answer as bobbymac - That's ancient history. You might as well ask me what my first meal was in elementary school.