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What is the best openings for black?

I always lose when I use the Sicilian Defence...
There is no best opening. Every opening has weaknesses and opportunities. You have to find out, which one suits to you.
Do not worry about openings. If you always lose, then it is not because of the opening, it is because of bad play. Find out what mistakes you make and avoid them in the future and you will lose less. You must take responsibility for your losses instead of blaming them on the opening. So many World Champions have played the Sicilian Defence. It may well be the best opening for black.
Here is a game of yours to illustrate the point

You got a huge advantage and 17...exf5 would have won you the game. Nothing to blame on the opening.

One thing you do wrong is play too fast.
This was a 15+15 time control and at the end you had 12 minutes left. So you played as if it were a 10+10 time control.
@tpr this is unrelated to the topic but I started not to care about openings and started to try new openings because of you. thanks :)
i would have played 16...d5 followed by Qc7. Then a) your Ne7 is not pinned any more and b) if he then plays f5 you can take with e6, Ne7 and Bc8.
@tpr

Thanks, I looked into it, analyzed my games and now I have been winning using the Sicilian!


Maybe a more theoretically sound variation might suit you better in the Sicilian. From my experience the Hyper-accelerated Dragon is far from one of blacks best options. If you like the Sicilian you might want to try the Najdorf or Scheveningen variation, maybe even just the dragon variation

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