Attacking Chess Opening for black against 1. e4

Take with a grain of salt. This guy is rated 506.

I believe the Modern is what you're looking for.

It can be difficult for White to play, if he isn't prepared to face it.

Though, it can also be difficult for Black to play, too.

Usually, Black delays the natural ...Nf6 and starts some queenside play with ...a6 and ...b5 (or ...b6).

The queen knight usually goes to d7. The c-pawn goes to either c6 or c5.

The e-pawn goes to either e6 or e5.

And the king knight eventually goes to either f6 or e7 (or to h6, on rare occasions).

There's no definitive plan or structure, as the nature of the defense is somewhat "fluid" - Black can play differently, depending on how White attacks.

This makes it flexible, but also more difficult to handle. Usually this is a defense that is adopted by more experienced players.

Thrillerfan stop being ratist

I’m this case it’s warranted, as OP is almost FOUR TIMES YOUR RATING.

Open, Caro, Scandi, and Modern are all rather positional and fluid, while the Sicilian, French, Pirc, and Alekhine’s are all more tactical and rigid. Of course, exceptions apply to all, but in general you’re probably best picking between the French and Sicilian if you want the most solid attacking chess.

thats why i am going to get to 2000 and beat him.

Is the Alekhine suitable for 2000-rated rapid or OTB tournaments? The Alekhine has been suggested a lot, and is definitely intriguing but I just want to see if it is suitable at the higher levels. Also, the french is also coming up a lot so I will seriously consider it. I guess the alekhine, the pirc, and the french are my final considerations.

Yes. But so are a lot of things. I've seen a player reach expert playing primarily 1. h4.

1. e4 Nf6 is definitely playable up to at least master level. I know some masters who do it from time to time.

A caveat is that if you play it every game, and your opponents come to expect it such that they start prepping for it when they're paired with you, then it's possible some of them will get a somewhat bigger advantage than they might in, say, 1...e5 mainlines or other more mainstream openings. Still, that doesn't matter much for most of us mere mortals.

If you play the Alekhine’s you really do have to know essentially all of the theory, as it’s incredibly easy to prepare against if people know you’re playing it. If you’re okay with that and do the research it is pretty good.

I would suggest you to play the svesnikov Sicilian, it's just awesome.

the fact that you recommended the reverse halloween gambit is justification enough

All the standard defenses (1.e5, the French, the Sicilian, the Caro Kann, etc.) are fine

I believe the OP mentioned that he doesn't want a top 4 defense.

He wants to play something unusual, unorthodox, a bit off the beaten path ...

Not quite. He said he doesn’t want an oft-studied line, of which there are perhaps MORE in the top 4 defenses as you have ever so slightly more give in the amount of minor inaccuracies you can make.

I just remembered that IM Miodrag Perunovic on YouTube just recently released a video on the Hungarian Dragon, an ultra-recent line in the Sicilian which has been played by Rapport in tournaments dating back less than five years. Nobody will have studied that, and it appears INCREDIBLY solid.

Leave it to Rapport to come up with novelties. Sounds juicy

Yeah it goes g6 h5 Bh6 rather than g6 Bg7 as apparently White never has enough pressure to break through on the kingside.