Is there a d4 opening that is sharp and aggressive.

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WeatherMatt2

I lately have not been enjoying playing white as much as I used to. I used to play e4 when I was younger and loved it until I started encountering better defenses against e4 like the Sicilian which were annoying to play against. It was because of this that I switched to d4. I currently play the queens gambit, but I have not been enjoying playing it that much because many of the positions I get into are passive. I enjoy playing black much more, and the openings I use are the Sicilian dragon and najdorf. I love to play sharp positions and I have no problem with memorizing theory. Does anyone have any ideas as to a d4 opening as aggressive as the dragon or najdorf?

Thanks  

CoolBreezeG

Maybe you will like the....

 

  • Benoni
  • Leningrad Dutch
  • King's Indian Defense
Strangemover

Trompowsky attack, Torre attack

1st_Degree

Sometimes it can be more passive and sometimes in can be more effective on development

skrrt-skrrt
London System
NikolaiSpongnikov
Halosaur Trap
IMKeto
WeatherMatt2 wrote:

I lately have not been enjoying playing white as much as I used to. I used to play e4 when I was younger and loved it until I started encountering better defenses against e4 like the Sicilian which were annoying to play against. It was because of this that I switched to d4. I currently play the queens gambit, but I have not been enjoying playing it that much because many of the positions I get into are passive. I enjoy playing black much more, and the openings I use are the Sicilian dragon and najdorf. I love to play sharp positions and I have no problem with memorizing theory. Does anyone have any ideas as to a d4 opening as aggressive as the dragon or najdorf?

Thanks  

 

Any opening can be aggressive.  

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Blackmar-Diemer-Gambit

Heather_Stephens

Occasionally switch back to White and play the Sicilian Wing Defense against the Sicilian Gambit. 1 e4 c4 2 b4. It may perhaps be unsound (no-one really knows) but it's fun.

 

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swaped that around but its playable

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deirde skip it QG is my favourite opening family.

the blackmar-diemer is soo cool, if they wouldnt transpos it all the time to the caro or french it would be played much more often

Shakaali

 Maybe you should study how agressive attacking players (for example Kasparov, Alekhine, Ivan Sokolov, Aronian) treat d4-openings. However let me stress that it's not a question of memorising the theory but rather understaning the typical positions and how to play them. Certainly Alekhine's games are bound to contain theory that's outdated by now but you can still learn a lot about the way he conducts an attack.

GMRayyanViking

London Opening

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if you play it the ginger way delaying castling etc otherwise e3, c3 not so aggressive

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still nothing wrong with the statement that the BDG is very aggressive, its then up to black if he wants to chicken out and play caro/french

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the best BDG-players are these sick correspondence players, if you can play it in these conditions with best engines and explorers its definitely not refuted 

ThrillerFan
pfren wrote:

"I currently play the queens gambit"

 

I'm sorry, but since you are white and play 1.d4, the choice of opening is not yours, but rather your opponents.

 

"Does anyone have any ideas as to a d4 opening as aggressive as the dragon or najdorf?"

 

Sorry to say again that an opening's aggresivometer does not exist. It is the PLAYER who can play aggressively, or passively, or whatever.

 

 

That's not true either.  No one side has the choice.  It's a combination of both players that decides.

 

1.d4

 

Black can't just say now "This will be a King's Indian Defense" just as much as White can't say "This will be a Queen's Gambit".

 

After 1...Nf6 2.Bg5, we have no King's Indian.  We have a Trompowsky (THUS FAR).  After 2...e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6, Black can't even say "Ok, show me what you got with that Trompowsky", White can say "Sorry kid, No Tromp.  We're playing a Torre Attack!"  5.Nf3

 

Just like how White can't say we have a Queen's Gambit.  After 1...Nf6 2.c4 g6, you can kiss the Queen's Gambit goodbye.  We are now looking at a King's Indian or Grunfeld or some unusual defense featuring the Kingside Fianchetto.

torrubirubi

Although I don't have experience with it,  you could informs yourself about the Queens Indian Attack or alternatively the Cole -Zukertort System.  Both openings going for the black king.  Good luck!  

darkunorthodox88

play the veserov's. especially lines with early f3.  speedy development queenside castle, and early e4 thrusts to try to liquidate black's center.

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torrubirubi wrote:

Although I don't have experience with it,  you could informs yourself about the Queens Indian Attack or alternatively the Cole -Zukertort System.  Both openings going for the black king.  Good luck!  

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