Which are the best e4 openings?
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Chachan_chess
14 hrs ago
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#1
Out of all e4 openings which are ya'll favorite?
13 hrs ago
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#4
White: Ponziani (3. c3) or Scotch (3. d4). The Ponziani is arguably kinda bad, but it does throw people off, and I've done fairly well with it.
Black: French-Sicilian (1... c5 [...] 2...e6). The light-squared bishop does get blocked in, but it's not impossible to sneak it in and make it a big problem for your opponent.
13 hrs ago
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#5
Fr3nchToastCrunch wrote:
White: Ponziani (3. c3) or Scotch (3. d4). The Ponziani is arguably kinda bad, but it does throw people off, and I've done fairly well with it.
Black: French-Sicilian (1... c5 [...] 2...e6). The light-squared bishop does get blocked in, but it's not impossible to sneak it in and make it a big problem for your opponent.
The reasons the Ponziani is "kinda bad" are so counterintuitive that you can safely ignore them. The ponziani is probably the most underrated sub-master opening. I play it at ~2000 level and win more than half my games in it.
Recent stats, for example:
Scotch or Vienna for White, Sicilian or French for Black
10 hrs ago
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#9
Personally I play the hippo from either side, badly.
So it's probably that.
10 hrs ago
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#10
DoYouLikeCurry wrote:
Fr3nchToastCrunch wrote:
White: Ponziani (3. c3) or Scotch (3. d4). The Ponziani is arguably kinda bad, but it does throw people off, and I've done fairly well with it.
Black: French-Sicilian (1... c5 [...] 2...e6). The light-squared bishop does get blocked in, but it's not impossible to sneak it in and make it a big problem for your opponent.
The reasons the Ponziani is "kinda bad" are so counterintuitive that you can safely ignore them. The ponziani is probably the most underrated sub-master opening. I play it at ~2000 level and win more than half my games in it.
Recent stats, for example:
Hmm. I didn't realize you could look at your own stats with various openings until now.
As expected, I do pretty well with the Ponziani (so far), and to my surprise I have a somewhat positive score with the Sicilian (both with it and against it) as well.
This is all very interesting to me. I'm probably going to spend an unhealthy amount of time looking at it now! 
10 hrs ago
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#11
Fr3nchToastCrunch wrote:
DoYouLikeCurry wrote:
Fr3nchToastCrunch wrote:
White: Ponziani (3. c3) or Scotch (3. d4). The Ponziani is arguably kinda bad, but it does throw people off, and I've done fairly well with it.
Black: French-Sicilian (1... c5 [...] 2...e6). The light-squared bishop does get blocked in, but it's not impossible to sneak it in and make it a big problem for your opponent.
The reasons the Ponziani is "kinda bad" are so counterintuitive that you can safely ignore them. The ponziani is probably the most underrated sub-master opening. I play it at ~2000 level and win more than half my games in it.
Recent stats, for example:
Hmm. I didn't realize you could look at your own stats with various openings until now.
As expected, I do pretty well with the Ponziani (so far), and to my surprise I have a somewhat positive score with the Sicilian (both with it and against it) as well.
This is all very interesting to me. I'm probably going to spend an unhealthy amount of time looking at it now!
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