Spanish, Italian, or Scotch?

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JimUrban2718
When playing as white, what is your preferred continuation after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6, and why?

3. Bb5 (Spanish opening)
3. Bc4 (Italian opening)
3. d4 (Scotch opening)
Rodgy

I play Spanish, it really depends on style.

llama

I like the Spanish, and almost always play it, but sometimes I play the Italian or Scotch to mix it up a little, all good openings.

llama

Oh, and why?

The Spanish is really rich in its middlegame ideas. Sometimes I'm attacking, sometimes I'm defending. Sometimes I play on the queenside or center, sometimes it's my opponent who plays on the queenside or center. It's just a lot of variety.

The Scotch is a little more... it's less about structure and more about dynamics.

The Italian is more like the Spanish i.e. pawn structure stuff, but it's just a different flavor, so it's nice sometimes.

ukrainiandude

i usually play italian or scotch

ukrainiandude

i dont play the ruy lopez that much

ukrainiandude

i also like the ponziani opening

sndeww

Italian! 

sndeww

Can become an Evans gambit or I can play c3 Italian. They’ve been part of my repertoire for years, although recently I’ve been playing Birds and 1.Nc3.

FizzyBand

Ruy for me but might switch to Italian if I don't improve my play on the White side of the Wall and Chigorin soon

Steven-ODonoghue

I like both the Italian and the scotch, and I would probably play e4 every game if it was guaranteed my opponent would play into those openings. But there is so many options for black that sadly I can't play either opening in serious games

tictactoeprodigy

I actually played all three of these openings at one point in my life. When i first started, I played the scotch (didn’t know any theory tho so I had no clue what I was doing), then I switched to the Lopez after watching some chess YouTube videos, then I played the Italian (Evans gambit + fried liver attack), and now i don’t play 1.e4 xD

rakka2000

PLAY D4 INSTEAD. DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT MANY OPENING TRICKS IF YOU PLAY D4. E4 HAS TOO MANY TRICKS.

Rodgy

Stop typing in all caps. Chill

sndeww
johndoelol123 wrote:

PLAY D4 INSTEAD. DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT MANY OPENING TRICKS IF YOU PLAY D4. E4 HAS TOO MANY TRICKS.

If you play d4 and don't play c4 8 can respect your post, but if you play c4 after d4 then... 

Play e4, d4 c4 has loads of theory

Steven-ODonoghue
SNUDOO wrote:
johndoelol123 wrote:

PLAY D4 INSTEAD. DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT MANY OPENING TRICKS IF YOU PLAY D4. E4 HAS TOO MANY TRICKS.

If you play d4 and don't play c4 8 can respect your post, but if you play c4 after d4 then... 

Play e4, d4 c4 has loads of theory

+1

52yrral

I like the Chivas.

bong711

Play Scotch. Among e4 e5 Openings, I consider it as the Fundamental. It requires less study than the Ruy Lopez but more dynamic than the Italian. Kasparov played the Scotch against Super GMs so.you can trust it's completely Sound. 

elibus2020

I like the Scotch game because it surprises my opponents. Ruy Lopez and Italian games are too popular for my taste. I also like to play the three knights game (3. Nc3).