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Any good Dynamic/Tactical Openings from 1.e4?

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RadiantDirt
Jul 22, 2019
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Hi, I would like to know some reccomendations for dynamic openings because I like playing tactical positions!

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RadiantDirt
Jul 22, 2019
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ThrillerFan
Jul 22, 2019
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One side cannot force the issue.  People stereotype openings as Tactical (Najdorf or Dragon Sicilian, Kings Indian, etc) or Positional (Caro-Kann, Slav, etc).  Problem is, there are positional lines in the Najdorf (6.Be2), Dragon (Classical or 6.g3 instead of the Yugoslav), and Kings Indian (Fianchetto), and there are wild tactical lines in the Caro-Kann (Fantasy) and Slav (5.e4 gambit line).

 

You need to understand both tactics and positional play to be worth anything at all in chess, so forget about trying to find lines that force tactical play and instead play whatever opening leads to a pawn structure where you understand what it is you have to do.

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Zugerzwang
Jul 22, 2019
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Morra Gambit against 1 ... c5, King's Gambit against 1 ... e5, Caro-Kann Fantasy Variation, play 3 Nc3 in the French and hope for the Winawer, etc.
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Zugerzwang
Jul 22, 2019
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Or in the French, you can try the Diemer-Duhm Gambit, Raser-Studier Gambit, Alapin-Diemer Gambit, Wing Gambit, Milner-Barry, or Winckelmann-Reiner. As pointed out above, there are no sure things.