Found you from the Chessfactor channel and love to see that you've started your own channel! Can't wait to see it grow!

Thank you very much for this

Tnx for your work Alex 👍🙂

Great video and introduction to the most challenging and easiest defenses to 1.e4!

how precise and easy to lisren and understand, subbed

Now that you are on your own, much success to you and your channel. Thanks for the chess lessons. The lessons are well planned, and you explained all the variations well.

Thanks for the interesting and insightful video! Would have been nice to hear something about the Philidor Defense as well.

I was waiting for your video Alex. Awesome work as always.

Great vid!

Very well summarized

Hi. Just discovered your channel today. I hope you cover some unpopular openings like Bird's opening. Just subscribed to your channel by the way hehe

Great Video. What about Nimz defense

Great video Alex! Would you mind doing one for 1.d4? I'm having some trouble choosing what to play against it as a beginner.

What type of strategies are behind the Italian gambit? can you find some good moves? I had following this opening as an important one on chess as well as the London system. But I feel there's some good variations on the Italian gambit. Thank you.

what about Nimsowitch and Owen's?

I Like the French

I don't think the Pirc is difficult including the Austrian attack and the 150 which is the hardest IMO. The Alekhine and Scillian are difficult. The Scandinavian is easy especially for beginners. Every time I play it, 90% decline and push their pawn. I'm a 65 year old newbie. I took a 45 year break from playing chess. Perhaps that might explain my thoughts.

'The BEST MOVE AGAINST'....etc really depends upon a number of important factors, e.g. your MOOD at the time of the game, the TYPE of game e.g. corres, rapid, blitz etc, your STYLE of play, your past EXPERIENCES with particular openings etc, and whether you need to WIN or merely be happy with a DRAW! Also, have you any KNOWLEDGE of your opponent's style etc!? I have had to consider ALL these factors in my games: and now, I play correspondence games...but have to face up to the fact that ALL my opponents resort to MASSIVE databases [5 -10 million games no less!!!]...plus some very good computer programmes such as STOCKFISH, HOUDINI and the like...so it's a real battle!! My current rating is 2141 [my highest was 2179] but at this level, you meet some tough opponents...and often a DRAW is on the cards! The slightest error is fatal in corres games 'cos your opponent's computer will grind you down slowly but inexorably! ! Probably best to study the games of the Grand masters like Kasparov, Karpov, Anand, Fischer, and Tal; notice that they DO NOT indulge in showy, flashy openings...but stick to more reliable, solid openings.

e5 and Sicilian always gives blacks the Best Chances.

For intermediate players, I recommend the move "1.a6". If white continues with 2.d4, then we play 2.b5. The next few moves that we wanna make are Bb7, e6 and c5. Eventually d6 and Nf6, putting pressure on the e4 pawn. This defense was played in the game Karpov (white) vs. Miles (black), in which Miles won! If white plays 2.Bc4, then we have to play 2.e6, then we can continue with the b5, Bb7 moves. If we play b5 right away after 2.Bc4, then white can sacrifice the bishop on f7 and we end up losing the rook on a8. This opening also prevents the 4-move scholar checkmate and undermines the light-square bishop of white. Black equalizes quickly with this opening. Even gains some quick advantage against weaker opponents that never faced this opening. One of the best responses for white against 1.a6 is 2.a4, preventing 2.b5.

So what is THE best defense against 1.e4? If you want to know the answer then, bad luck, the video doesn't answer this question. You have been clickbaited!