What is the best opening if all time

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ItsBenjaminTheChessMan

I know there are many openings in chess. I have my favorites but I was curious what you think is the best opening for white and or black using any metric you want to. I love the Dutch defense and the Vienna. I'm sure engines can help us figure it out.

KevinOSh

Engines like openings like the Berlin Defense. Grandmasters tend to try to emulate the top engines, but for amateurs like the more exciting and entertaining openings, even if they are a few centipawns worse off with them.

The Evans Gambit is a not played much at the top level but is a lot of fun because both sides have good attacking chances.

Circumlocutions
Queens pawn opening
tygxc

Ruy Lopez for white, Sicilian and Grünfeld for black.
According to results of the last Yekaterinburg Candidates' Tournament.

pfren

There is no such thing as "best opening", and engines can only help us to raise the electricity bill.

Chilling_on_Wednesday

I think openings in chess are like magical spells every one is special and can be useful in diffrent special points.

but my favorite openenigs are Ruy lopez/folkbeer counter gambit/gueens gambit and Dutch defense.

ongoingprocess

As white I play e4 and as black if my opponent plays e4 I play c5.

ponz111

There is no best opening. There are quite a few bad openings.