best e4 openings?

im personally a itailan opening enjoyer, but is there a more effective e4 opening i should use? (560+ elo)

I suppose Spanish would be the thing you are looking for. What kind of a setup do you use in Italian though?

The Italian is great and you can keep that repertoire for a long period of time, don’t hop around openings every day. Settle for a repertoire and master it.

I don’t fear a man who has practiced 1000 openings once- I fear a man who has practiced 1 opening 1000 times.

Problem is, you can't always rely on getting an Italian.

Against me, you'd wind up in a French, and against others you'll get Sicilians, Caro-Kanns, Petroffs, etc.

That's gonna happen with every e4 opening. I like the Trompowsky because you play the same move basically no matter what.

Hehe - Dare you to do it against me! I play 1.d4 e6. If 2.e4, you are in a French. If 2.c4 or 2.Nf3, I play 2...f5 and avoid the 2.Bg5 Dutch and Gambit lines. 2.Bg5 Qxg5!

You can't play Trompowsky without Indian Game though?

if d5 i play QG

Try the Scotch Game

once you get much higher rated you will realize that the italian is a bit slow and not as challenging as the ruy lopez, the ruy lopez is more agressive and fighting, and often you get c3-d4 without worrying about a knight taking on e4 as you do in the italian

compare the main lines

i love ruy lopez but it depends on your style