What’s you favorite opening?

Tell us #1 as White, your #1 as Black against 1. e4, your #1 as Black against 1. d4, and your #1 as Black against 1. c4.

MDaswani

My own is

As white: 1. c4
As black against 1. e4: e6
As black against 1. d4: Nf6
As black against 1. c4: e5

My own is 1. As white: 1. c4 2. As black against 1. e4: e6 3. As black against 1. d4: Nf6 4. As black against 1. c4: e5

lizani

Damiano Defence

ColossusChess

d3

1...d6 premove against everything

1. d3 1...d6 premove against everything

derkleineJo

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Elias_Schach_TTV1

English

lz42

https://lichess.org/W1C3DPJC

https://lichess.org/JjhSfV7d

The Frankenstein Dracula

https://lichess.org/W1C3DPJC https://lichess.org/JjhSfV7d The Frankenstein Dracula

shadow1414

French, Van't Kruijs, Horwitz, Queen's Indian Defense, Nimzo-Indian Defense, Queen's Gambit Declined, Zukertort, Queen's Gambit, Caro-Kann.

santimd

With blacks pieces i like the french defense in games with -1500. With white pieces i play italian game, but is not the best overture, is better the colle system. Thats my opinion, I hear your comments

Toscani

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I don't really have a favorite. After pressing the link below, you will see families of favorite popular common openings and a blue more on the right that you can press too. If you pressed more you will see your own openings in orange. The top ones that are not in orange are the ones you now should learn to use.
https://lichess.org/training/themes#:~:text=rooks%20and%20pawns.-,By%20openings,-More%20%C2%BB
https://lichess.org/training/openings

So type those opening names in blue in this link: https://lichess.org/opening

The better openings are probably the one's that fight for the center squares.

To answer the OP's post one request:

As White, the Italian Game: Super popular, and teaches central control and quick development. Fun bishop "pin" attacks feel like winning a race.

As Black vs. 1.e4, Italian (symmetrical response) or Scandinavian Defense: Responds simply without theory overload. Scandinavian is aggressive and "surprising" and equalizes fast.

As Black vs. 1.d4, Queen's Gambit Declined (QGD) or Indian Defenses: Solid and teaches pawn structure. Try the "Stonewall" variation. It's easy to remember. I like building walls.

As Black vs. 1.c4, English Opening (Symmetrical English) or Reversed Sicilian: I like to mirror White's initial setup and that's an easy way to learn. it keeps things balanced, but it's less common than asymmetrical moves.

Ponder on chess principles: “When you don’t know what to do, do what others do,”
"If the move is not good, don't copy it."

I don't really have a favorite. After pressing the link below, you will see families of favorite popular common openings and a blue more on the right that you can press too. If you pressed more you will see your own openings in orange. The top ones that are not in orange are the ones you now should learn to use. https://lichess.org/training/themes#:~:text=rooks%20and%20pawns.-,By%20openings,-More%20%C2%BB https://lichess.org/training/openings So type those opening names in blue in this link: https://lichess.org/opening The better openings are probably the one's that fight for the center squares. To answer the OP's post one request: As White, the Italian Game: Super popular, and teaches central control and quick development. Fun bishop "pin" attacks feel like winning a race. As Black vs. 1.e4, Italian (symmetrical response) or Scandinavian Defense: Responds simply without theory overload. Scandinavian is aggressive and "surprising" and equalizes fast. As Black vs. 1.d4, Queen's Gambit Declined (QGD) or Indian Defenses: Solid and teaches pawn structure. Try the "Stonewall" variation. It's easy to remember. I like building walls. As Black vs. 1.c4, English Opening (Symmetrical English) or Reversed Sicilian: I like to mirror White's initial setup and that's an easy way to learn. it keeps things balanced, but it's less common than asymmetrical moves. Ponder on chess principles: “When you don’t know what to do, do what others do,” "If the move is not good, don't copy it."

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