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Agressive & Tactical Openings for Black After 1.d4
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Do you have a link for that ? Thank you.
The problem with the budapest is after 1.d4 nf6 2.nf3 black has no good way to maintain the possibility of entering it really. Also there are no similar piece setups you can use against d4 deviations.
The Gruenfeld is quite aggressive and very tactical, so that would be an interesting option.
Have you considered using the semi-slav as your main and playing the botvinnik lines? they're probably the most aggressive and tactical in all of chess.
Benko Gambit? I don't know, at the moment I'm playing the KID in an attempt to become familiar with the structure. There are some CRAZY lines in there (for instance this blitz game I recently played), but there are also some very quiet, positional lines too, and it isn't inherently aggressive.
Feb 20, 2014
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Two books that might have what you're looking for:
Attack With Black
Play The Benko Gambit
Attack with Black is about the Benko, Blumenfeld Gambit, and Vaganian Gambit (not to be confused with the Vaganian Gambit in the Trompowsky).
Play the Benko Gambit is about the Benko, Kasparov Gambit, and Topalov Variation.
The Vaganian Gambit and The Kasparov Gambit are the same thing, the authors just not using the same opening name.
So the books are both about the Benko and Vaganian (Kasparov) Gambits. Where they differ is one chooses the Topalov Variation and the other chooses the Blumenfeld Gambit. You could choose which you like better between the Topalov and Blumenfeld or play both if you want to.
Both books offer up a black repertoire against the white move orders
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 c5 3 d5 b5 (both books Benko Gambit)
1d4 Nf6 2 c4 c5 3 Nf3 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e5 5 Nb5 d5 6 cxd5 Bc5 (both books Vaganian Gambit, also called the Kasparov Gambit)
1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 c5 3 d5 e6 4 c4 b5 (Blumenfeld Gambit in one book)
1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 c5 3 d5 b5 (Topalov Variation in the other book)
Doesn't What it Takes to become a Chess Master and 100 Chess Master Trade Secrets by Soltis cover most of those KID tabiyas? There at least has to be a few good books on it (and not the reams of theory with cheap copouts like, "and black equalized with best play after white's attempt at an offbeat line" or, "and white is slightly better" crap) that explain concepts, ideas, and strategies for both sides. I'm not a KID player though I think as white the Averbakh Variation or Fianchetto Variations look alright.
Modern Benoni?
Feb 20, 2014
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Try 1. g6. This can be either the Sniper, the Dzindi Indian Defense, and the Sniper can transpose into an Accelerated Dragon.
You should try the dutch.
Too bad it was out of print back in 2001.
The complexity is part of its big appeal (and the fact that Fischer and Kasparov used it) presumably.
The Nimzo-Indian can get complex at times especially when black builds an e5-d6-c5 wall but again that has appeal. I like Nimzo and Bogo Indian systems as black since good moves suggests themselves, although like any opening you could find yourself out of your element if the opponent steers things in a direction where it doesn't completely feel like you're in your opening. Like anything vaguely unfamiliar just look at the pawn center, strengths, and weaknesses, possible plans for both sides, stopping theirs if you don't know what to do otherwise, etc. As white I take black KID players out of their elements by delaying c4 and going for either the Fianchetto Variation or this setup:
Soltis is well known over here for his good books on pawn structure and his books on making master are about knowing certain tabiyas. I can stand by his Turning Advantage into Victory in Chess, don't have his other works though.
I hear his book on defense is great as well though after working through How to Defend in Chess by Crouch I think Aagard's Practical Chess Defense is a good next step, but that's for another forum topic.
A little while ago I switched from playing the caro-kann to playing the dragon. I currently play the mainline slav with 4.cxd4 or after e3 then I will play the semi-slav. I am looking for a more fighting response for black against d4. I am considering the Budapest Gambit, Chigorin and to a lesser extent, the Benoni, the Gruenfeld, and the dutch. thoughts?