I have looked at about all of these Indians and whatnots. I have since landed on the Tarrasch variation.
Opening up the board against 1.d4
Tarrasch is a good choice. IQP positions with lots of piece play and more or less forced black aggression.
Classical Dutch would make sense. Plays kind of like a Sicilian on the other side of the board. I'd avoid both the Stonewall and the Leningrad, though, since those are both far more positional.
Might consider a triangle, aiming for a Noteboom or Semi-slav (or the Marshall), too.
The main drawback, of course, is that there are a lot of drips who play an early e3 instead of the exchange cxd5. You end up with a symetrical structure and little play in the opening, though you can get into the middlegame with good development and, I suspect, an easy equality. It's tough to force this line, but you can just be careful and wait for White to err and open a tactical shot. If not snooze your way to a draw.
The King's Indian you chose in our game (http://www.chess.com/livechess/game.html?id=227468973 ) usually creates games opposite to the style you like.Since the best chance for black to attack is on the kingside,advancing the f and g pawns,black wants to close the center to keep his king safe.
You also have to be careful of the doubling of the white bishop and queen along the c1-h6 diagonal.I'm not saying it because of your blunder there.I would play Bh6 anyway trying to exchange your fianchetto bishop and create problems on your king's defence in the dark squares.
I hope we'll meet again in another game.HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Try the Chigorin defence? I had exactly the same problem and this opening works for me.
1. d4 d5
2. c4 Nc6
The Knight looks odd blocking the c-pawn but the position unravels quickly into an open game for Black. Play e5 as soon as possible and all the lines are open.
I have yet to find a defense to the d4 opening that I enjoy playing. I have tried the king's indian, benoni, albin countergambit, polish defense and more, all to varying degrees of success but none of which I really liked. I will say that my favorite is probably the polish defense because of it's very interesting lines, unfortunately I am far less confident in the overall chance it gives me to win or draw.
My play style I would like to think of as aggressive, and I really enjoy open board positions, which is not typically characteristic of d4 openings. So my question is what can I do to open up the board and create the kind of game I enjoy playing? Any openings I should look into, lines in the above openings that make for an open game.
Finally if you do play the polish defense what have you found that works well and what should I look for? I am not entirely ready to give up on that defense I'm just frustrated with my inexperience with it.