Alternative to e4 e5 opening

What do you guys think is the best opening against e4. A lot of the time i play e5, but i was thinking about doing something else to mix it up

1. najdorf,accelerated dragon pirc, alekhines defense,  etc. 

Of course, there is no best opening, or everyone would be playing it. You could also try ...c5, ...e6, ...c6, ...d6, ...g6, ...Nf6, ...d5, ...Nc6, or ...b6. You want something that aims directly or indirectly at the center. Eg, ...a6 and ...h6 aren't quite as good.

c5!

c5 of course

I always play c6 (caro-kann).

e4

I'll take Dr. Laskers axiom brother that goes, two equally matched players would most likely end the game in a draw.So, if you played e5 against e4 and you are familiar with all the intricacies of the line you chose, then stand by it.I hope you have Rueben Fines "Ideas Behind the Chess openings" and Lasker's "Laskers Chess Manual".The authors share their ideas in and opinions on some openings.

Our brother, Likeforest is right there are no best openings. It just depends who is playing it and how he understood it and what he knows about the game as a whole.The Caro-Kann is very different from the Sicilian for example. For many years the Evans Gambit was considered refuted but Kasparov employed it against Anand and won. He even resurrected the Scotch at top level against Karpov. Another one is Kramnik's use of the Grob Attack against Anand.

So, in my opinion...the best to do is to study the in and outs of the system you chose e5 or whatever system you are interested that you feel suits your playing style and spend time to it.Good luck bro.

There are many alternatives to playing 1...e5 in response to 1.e4. Most of them have already been mentioned. I would rather play just about anything besides 1..e5 so I've tried lots of different responses. My advise is to experiment, but give each one a good chance. When I'm using a new defence, I'll play 15 or 20 games to get a good feel for it before I move on to another. The things you will learn are cumulative and will make you more versital. Each defence you try will help you understand the others better and then you'll start to put it all together.

try c5 for a while at least, as there are many different tactics... jst look at basic sicilian defence strategies and away you go... thats all i did

i play akelhine and french

Play the French Defense.  It is a counterattacking opening that is very flexible.  Very tactical as well as positional players love to play the French.

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it depends on ur style n inclination...all brothers are right in their place but one thing is ignored and that is age, i think whatever defence or defences u play keep in mind the important factor of 'energy' (age)... young or energentic players like counter attacking systems like Sicilian.....aged players like closed or semi-closed systems like French.....if u want to play something else just for experiment...try Petroffs if opponent appears to play Ruy Lopez....good day

What difference an opening? Or middle game? Or endgame? Or tactics? Or strategy? Or rating? Or experience? What do any of these things have to do with chess?

According to some good players, 1...c5 is not a bad move.

One advantage is when you grow older, you can play 1...c6 which requires less stamina to push the pawn