Any aggressive way to respond to Nf6 after d4?
More searching for move one analysis. Beginning to wonder if people's games in this forum, ever make it to move two.
Adding a tip for you, focus on e4 games. It leads to games where you are more free to move pieces around without mistaking too much for not thinking too deeply.
Stop embracing chess orthodoxy. Down with e4 and "beginners should play OPEN games", down with d4 and its own mountains of theory. Are you a fan of chess as a game, or as a memory exercise. Some of you people would be just as happy with a children's puzzle book instead of trying to be creative and actually play your own moves, lol smh!
You play 2.c4 and enter the main lines. The game will most likely become a Nimzo,KID,Grunfeld or Benoni and each one has agressive options for white.
I like 2.g3 against nf6 when I don't want to play c4. The veresov is also a good choice that usually leads to a pretty tense position.
Not g4 it's g3 with the aim to fianchetto your bishop. It would certainly be agressive to go g4 though.
Play h4
Daniel, just search it on the internet!
do not listen to these, how say... patzer? if opponent play nf6 move two... best reply is nf3, develop horse yes? 2c4 is mistake, if opponent not play d5 yes?
Stop playing 1.d4. If you dont like 1.e4 try the Reti
is reti, is English, is hungarian... player not have to do e4 my friend... is game, is different, different people yes? player not want e4, he want different yes?
Just take the center and play the sharpest line of whatever they give you. KID, Gruenfeld, and Benoni are sharp on their own, so no problem - play some main line and you're already there. The Nimzo Indian (which you should allow) has more than one sharp continuation; a3 and f3 both lead to complications. Otherwise, you're looking at transpositions and side-lines. Transpositions you should already have a system for (Tarrasch, QGD, Slav and friends). Anything else (hippo, double fianchetto), just grab the center, avoid trades, and improve your pieces until the tactics start to flow.
A message to the OP!
Beware the advice you are getting!
Trompowsky (2.Bg5) - This move is fine, but does not guarantee aggression. White has some aggressive lines available against 2...c5 and 2...e6, but you will have to grind out a positional battle after 2...d5 or 2...Ne4.
Torre (2.Nf3 and 3.Bg5) - I play this myself, but it only works if Black does not play 2...d5. After 2...e6, 2...g6, 2...d6, or 2...b6, 3.Bg5 is fine, but 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bg5?! Ne4 4.Bh4 (4.Bf4 is worse) Qd6! (Threat of Qb4) 5.Nbd2 Qh6! 6.Qc1 (only move - 6.e3? g5 7.Bg3 Nxg3 8.fxg3 g4 and the e-pawn falls) and now 6...Nxd2 or 6...Nc6 give white equality at best with many other traps to avoid similar to the 6.e3 trap. Against 2...d5, you can play 3.c4, or if you try 3.e3, then after 3...e6, you can play the Colle, but after 3...Bg4 or 3...Bf5 (Bishop in front of the pawn chain), then 4.c4 is necessary, leading to the slow Slav typically.
Veresov (2.Nc3) - Some refer to this as a left-handed Ruy Lopez. After 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5, there are some lines where Black gets all the fun and you have to defend, particularly 3...c5. Also, you have to be willing to transpose to certain KP openings. After 2...d6, nothing better than 3.e4 (Pirc). After 2...d5 3.Bg5 e6, nothing better than 4.e4 (French).
2.g4 (Bronstein Gambit) - Garbage! Don't even bother!
2.c4 - This is the main response. Against the King's Indian, you have the Saemisch. Same against the Benoni. Nimzo-Indian, QGD (2...e6 and 3...d5), Grunfeld all tend to be more restrained defenses and white has to grind out his slight advantage. Aggression equals suicide in most cases there!