Ranking The Best To The Worst Chess Opening Moves To Play Against e4

Your opponent just played their FIRST move against you and it's 1.e4. What is the best way to counter it? James Canty is back and he's put together a tier list of the BEST to WORST opening chess moves to play vs. e4 so that you never get caught unprepared again! For more on what opening is best: https://www.chess.com/article/view/ev... 0:00 - Intro 0:27 - O'Neill Gambit 0:39 - Duras Gambit 1:16 - Barnes Defense 2:07 - Ware Defense 3:02 - Goldsmith Defense 4:07 - Carr Defense 4:48 - Adams Defense 6:08 - Lemming Defense 6:41 - Borg Defense 7:44 - St. George Defense 8:54 - Owen's Defense 10:39 - Nimzowitsch Defense 11:59 - Alekhine's Defense 13:24 - Scandinavian Defense 13:39 - Modern Defense 14:59 - Pirc Defense 16:34 - French Defense 17:59 - Caro-Kann Defense 19:44 - King's Gambit 20:39 - Sicilian Defense 23:14 - Full List 23:19 - Outro Follow us here 😀: ✅ Join the world's largest chess community: http://www.Chess.com 💜 Check us out on Twitch:   / chess   📸 Follow us on Instagram:   / wwwchesscom   📱 Like us on Facebook:   / chess   🎶 Follow us on TikTok:   / chess   💙 Follow us on Twitter:   / chesscom   #chess #chesscom #chessvideos