What Do You Think Is Best After 1.e4 For Black? Vote!

1... e5: 9 votes

1... d5: 2 votes

1...e6 2 votes

1...c5: 14 votes

1...f5: 1 vote

1...Nf6: 2 votes

1...c6: 3 votes

1...d6: 1 vote

1...f6: 2 votes

I will add more when people suggest them.  You don't just have to pick 1... e5 or 1... d5, you can pick anything.

Voting ends on Christmas! (i know, long time)

i vote 1... d5: the Scandinavian

If white can play 1.e5, I say just go ahead and castle.

I vote 1... e6

so u vote 1... e5?

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Na, that drops a knight and bishop.

What about 1...dxe4 e.p.?

I've never seen that before but the fact that c6 has to be played I would say means you don't have enough tempo for the pawn. I would bet it fares very badly for black.

i always play it, not much harm, but a very open game

Black has the position white would start with if white started with 7 pawns. Any decent gambit is AFAIK a tempo up on that one.

i like it, but i dont play it in real-life tourneys because it is too risky. I use it in bullet games

OT but worth study, due to the suddenly discovered possibility in this thread of 1.e5:

If you want some really cool replies to 1.d4 , play this one through (posted today in this thread).

White however manages to find equally creative replies; I particularly admire his moves 7, 13 and 14. Black even refuses to move for 3 moves or so, but comes bouncing back. His 6th move is particularly resourceful.Play it through slowly and enjoy! (and no, it wasn´t my game unfortunately)

Black's e-pawn would be pissed if White could just play 1. e5

oops! the title is supposed to say 1.e4! sorry! because of this, does anyone want to change their vote?

1...c5

You can edit your thread title if you want to correct it by going to your settings, choosing "my content" and then edit. (or something like that).

1...e5 gives me a solid position.

c5

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