Aggressive d4/c4?

I really love playing d4, I just like white a lot in almost all the variations... but I really need to practice attacking, tactical and aggressive chess. I'm aware that Kasparov played it very aggressively and successfully but I'm not rated 2800+ so my question is can you (the chess.com public) recommend aggressive lines for club-level players or should I bite the bullet and switch to e4 (which I have nothing against, btw)?

Should I perhaps change from the Nimzo (usually with ...d5 asap) and the usually classical) French too, or just the lines I use?

I am playing the king's gambit quite frequently and I love it! It's very agressive too!

If you didn't know king's gambit is

Some of the Queens Gambit Semi-Slav & Slav lines is very sharp and aggresive.

To be honest at the level you're at I don't think changing your opening repertoire a little would change a lot to the style of play. Unless you went for say, the King's Gambit. The Queens Gambit can get pretty aggressive quickly when you line up the bishops and the queen towards the kingside.

Thank you ajedrecito! Thats just the sort of stuff I'm looking for!

If its not pushing my luck could you reccommend some aggressive lines against the indian defences?

I think the most attacking variation against the KID is probably the Samisch variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d5 5.f3).  And against 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6, Kasparov for a long time favored the Queen's Indian Petrosian variation (3.Nf3 b6 4.a3).  So those are some other options as well.

It's probably worth pointing out the distinction between attacking and open games, though.  Take the KID Samisch, for instance.  It's usually played by White as a kingside pawn-storm attack, at least at the club level.  With a closed center, though, no one would confuse that with the kind of open game you get in many 1.e4 e5 variations.

So while you can choose more-or-less attacking variations in any d4 opening, you still won't really get the same kind of tactical practice that you get after e4.  Long ago I switched from d4 to e4, and that was by far the biggest adjustment I found -- d4 openings tend to be more forgiving and sluggish, while many e4 variations balance on the knife's edge of a single tempo. 

That's not to say one is better or worse overall, it's just the character of the games, since the e-pawns are unprotected.  Worth considering if your goal is practice at active chess.

I agree with Ajedricito except I suggest the KID Classical: Bayonet Attack 9.b4. Quite fun.

BTW, you might wana look into buying Starting Out:1.d4, which has quite an aggressive repertoire that you're looking for. *Stuff like 5.Bg5 Semi Slav, Rb1 Exchange Grunfeld (the pawn sac line) , Bayonet Attack, Exchange QGD, 6.Ne5 Slav, cxd5 vs. Cambridge Springs (another positional pawn sac line)...*

Thank you all for your comments! Certainly, there is a wealth of stuff I have not considered and a lot to think about here!

I already play the b6 benoni actually, I find it amusing to watch my opponents attempt to 'refute' it when its actually alright. It usually leads to a substantial advantage on the clock and Black doesn't get both his open files, so his play is easier to stifle!

I also used to play the Bayonet attack and found it quite theory laden and difficult to get to move 9 worth of theory at my level... I could certainly take a look at it again though, but the Saemisch certainly seems worth exploring.

Perhaps the Saemisch Nimzo, too thereby avoiding the QID, but I'll certainly take a look at it.

Thats true, for sure! I haven't got anything against theory, I just rarely get to play any of it as most folks at my level haven't really looked at any

White to move - Draw

Black to move - Win

I love the endgame!

back to school :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_and_pawn_versus_king_endgame

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_square

How does white Win if he has the move here? He draws. Black just stays on the same rank as White and follows him about (while staying in the Square of the pawn, of course) eg Ke6 is met with Ke8 and if f6 then Kf8... draw

And if its black to move, he has only 2 legal squares: e8 and g8. If ...ke8 then kg7, and the pawn Queens if ...kg8 then Ke7 and the pawn Queens, no?

On the other hand, very aggressive players seldom have K+P vs K endings IMO.

They either checkmate the opponent, or they go down:

Opposition is not all you need to know, read the wiki for "key squares" as well. And there is an extra pawn tempo that can give you opposition, etc...

Your sequence:

Touche! I see.... time to dig out the endgame books, methinks

A good rule is: if you can push your pawn to the 7th without check, you win. If you can only advance with check, you draw.