"aggressive opening for black?"
++ Who were aggressive players? Tal, Fischer, Kasparov.
What did they play as black against 1 e4? Sicilian Defense 1 e4 c5.
"how to avoid a close Sicilian"
++ You cannot avoid it. There is no reason to avoid it.
"I’m trying the Portuguese and islandic gambits" ++ Unsound
rousseau/luccini/calbrese/jaenish schliemann "reversed king's gambits"
There’s really no way to “guarantee” an aggressive game against e4. For example, I play the French, possibly the single most aggressive Black e4 defense, but the games in them aren’t aggressive games because people play the Exchange and Advance variations, which are more positional and passive. The Sicilian runs into the Alapin and the Closed. The Caro-Kann runs into the Breyer, Mainline, and Exchange. The Open Game runs into the Italian, Bishop’s Opening, and Four Knights Game. No matter what you do, Black will always have options to slow the game down and play passive but solid, so I would recommend just working on your weakness, exclusively playing passive, slow, positional, and endgame lines and variations until you’re fully comfortable in them.
good read
but...
black isnt making the problems, white is
the italian can be aggro if white choses, and Nf6 can lead to aggressive/unbalanced games basically by force
advance french isnt PASSIVE, positional doesnt mean passive...
The Alekhine's defense is pretty aggressive
Sveshnikov Sicilian would maybe work out for you
Though, there is a problem. The Rossolimo really takes away the sting from Nc6 Sicilians
Try to play 1.-Nc6 against all white´s opening moves ( except 1.b4).
The hyper accelerated dragon.
Caro is aggro!
French is strong and aggressive, but the Advance variation forces one of the knights to develop on the side of the board...
French is strong and aggressive, but the Advance variation forces one of the knights to develop on the side of the board...
I have deduced you know nothing of the Advance French. Black is almost losing in this position because you didn’t play c5 before Nc6. And that knight you mentioned? It specifically doesn’t develop to the edge of the board. Almost 100% of the time it goes Nb8-d7-f5
I FINALLY found my 1.d4 countergambit I think! I'm loving the LOOKS of the englund > hartlaub charlick gambit and won my first one in under 20 moves DESPITE being sidelined early.
WHY I love it:
1. semi-open e & d files (I've fantasized about JUST THAT a long time!)
2. NO fianchettos! king's indian, benoni & benko gambit etc. all look HIDEOUS to me as I despise either side of a fianchetto
3. bishop PAIR aimed at 0-0!!! I played an INCORRECT scandinavian game where I lined my bishops up similarly and won quickly using one of them as a "can opener" on the castle I could finish a mating net with and almost started playing that "unsound" line because I loved the active bishops, and here THIS opening goes for just that! oooooh I love it!
4. the HUGE lead in development
5. the SIMPLICITY of most of the theory
6. the POSITIONAL & TRAPPY benefits with rooks on 2 open files with discovery threats against white's queen
7. it ISN'T the wonkier main line
it's a -2 point "unsound gambit", but it's explosive and dangerous and the exact OPPOSITE of the stonewall straightjacket I've searched for THIS line to get out of 2 decades!
I FINALLY found my 1.d4 countergambit I think! I'm loving the LOOKS of the englund > hartlaub charlick gambit and won my first one in under 20 moves DESPITE being sidelined early.
WHY I love it:
1. semi-open e & d files (I've fantasized about JUST THAT a long time!)
2. NO fianchettos! king's indian, benoni & benko gambit etc. all look HIDEOUS to me as I despise either side of a fianchetto
3. bishop PAIR aimed at 0-0!!! I played an INCORRECT scandinavian game where I lined my bishops up similarly and won quickly using one of them as a "can opener" on the castle I could finish a mating net with and almost started playing that "unsound" line because I loved the active bishops, and here THIS opening goes for just that! oooooh I love it!
4. the HUGE lead in development
5. the SIMPLICITY of most of the theory
6. the POSITIONAL & TRAPPY benefits with rooks on 2 open files with discovery threats against white's queen
7. it ISN'T the wonkier main line
it's a -2 point "unsound gambit", but it's explosive and dangerous and the exact OPPOSITE of the stonewall straightjacket I've searched for THIS line to get out of 2 decades!
What would you do if your opponent declined the second pawn gambit?
I am a relatively new player, I’ve played for about a month and an half now (excluding Breaks I took from the game for some time) and I’ve reached 1500 on my main in the first two weeks ( I got Covid so I had a lot of time to play), but got stuck there and I can’t manage go any higher. After some time I understood that the reason of my struggle were my performances with black, in particular my openings. I am a very aggressive player, and I just get lost in closed games. So I switched from the pirc and tried the black lion, but g5 was rarely a good move and the regular hanham (I think it’s called that way) philodor is just too boring and positional for me. So I tried a sucilian variation, but at my level I was unable to obtain it regularly, since it required some moves to happen and I don’t know how to avoid a close Sicilian, or if it is even possible. Now I’m trying the Portuguese and islandic gambits, but I don’t know if they are any sound. So I am asking you: is there any not too unsound opening, able to guarantee a sharp position most of the time at 1400/1500 elo? I’m not too scared of theory since no one knows it here, opening principles are good enough, but I want to go a bit further.
I’m writing on here because I need the activity point on this secondary account.
Thanks to everyone who will answer and sorry for possible English mistakes