What are the best first moves for classical chess?

@ak_saha said in #10:
> And open up the King I have bad experiences with f4
I have very good experiences with f4, the bird, king's gambit, vienna gambit and the grand prix are my favourite.

Depends on what theory you know and how well you know it

@Ikethe6th said in #1:
> I think kpe2 (king pawn e2) to kpe4 (king pawn e4) is the best because you can easily get your white squared bishop out if your white and black squared bishop out if you're black, of course your queen and you can make an easy pawn chain. Moving your knights is also good in my opinion but that is what is on my mind right now.
A4

@Wattaguy_Study said in #12:
> Depends on what theory you know and how well you know it
I dont know f4 theory it seems

Actually, The best is to play e4 then Ke2

@m011235 said in #6:
> The opening explorer in the tools menu is pretty cool, it allows you to query the most played opening moves. Be sure to select the masters database, the lichess database includes bullet games hence unsound openings.

I use the player database - there's an easy option to exclude bullet games. It's a much larger pool, for one thing, and shows lines I'm more likely to face at my level. (I look at the master database too, but have found the player database more useful.)

@Ikethe6th said in #1:
> I think kpe2 (king pawn e2) to kpe4 (king pawn e4) is the best because you can easily get your white squared bishop out if your white and black squared bishop out if you're black, of course your queen and you can make an easy pawn chain. Moving your knights is also good in my opinion but that is what is on my mind right now.
Daf*** notation is this

I personally enjoy 1e4 e5, 2 Nf3 Nc6, 3 Bb5 (Ruy Lopez) and find that it makes for a great game for me.

I usually play h3 or a3 and then pretend I have Tourette's. It completely confuses my opponents.

@ak_saha said in #8:
> They would have been better without f4 unsupported.The Vienna is good but not the gambit
You better not appear in front of me or all your teeth will end up in your stomach. How can you call the Vienna Gambit bad?????