If you are a positional player, Semi-Slav is the way to go. If you like agression and/or tactical opportunities, play the Benko Gambit. I personally play the Semi-Slav cause I'm too frightened to play a tactical/aggresive game. I like calm, simple chess. :)
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1. d4 g5 nothing's even close; you want sharp, this is it; play it if yer not chicken.
This is sharp:
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd1 exd5 7. Qxd5 Bd7
The Tarrasch - Von Henning Gambit.
Who was Tarrasch
who was von henning ?
are they famous and do they have their own museums ?
I am sure they are in wikipedia because of some sponsor who gave them gold coins. there are millions of chess players in the world. but it seems that it is all about who you know or who you blow but not what you know when it comes to being remembered in the chess world.
That's taken from Larsen-Tal, think. I think Tal sacced the c7 pawn. Anyway...how does he get the LSB?
Maybe what rdecredico is trying to say is black wont be able to push g4 anytime soon? but I still dont know how white will trade his knight for black's light squared bishop
try the gruenfeld , it gets very intresting after you try gambit your c pawn
try the gruenfeld , it gets very intresting after you try gambit your c pawn
That only happens in that one Bf4 line...and even then no one takes on c7...
bayonent makes oeople scared to play kid
but naka stills plays it. does that mean he has courage or is foolish? fischer probably did not play bayonet because he was scared of tje bayonet
Silly topic.
If looking for "sharp" against d4 then benoni or budapest is best attempt. The opening however is not suited to that and knowledgeable opponents will defeat you.
d4 is positional/tactical.
Sam Shankland knows how to get it done. Good road map here.
Shankland-Nyzhnyk
Biel 2011
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bd2 g5 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. c5 Nf6 15. Nb5 Rf7 16. Ba5 b6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Bb4 Bf8 19. Rc6 Ne8 20. a4 h5 21. Nf2 Nh4 22. h3 Qf6 23. Qb3 Bd7 24. Rfc1 g4 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. Nxg4 Qg5 27. Nc7 Bxg4 28. fxg4 f3 29. gxf3 Qf4 30. Be1 Nxc7 31. Rxc7 Rh7 32. R1c2 Be7 33. Rxe7 Rxe7 34. Bxh4 Rh7 35. Bf2 Rf8 36. Qe3 Qh2 37. Kf1 Qh1 38. Bg1 Rh2 39. Ke1 Rg2 40. Kd2 Qxg1 41. Qg5 Kh8 42. Rc7 Qd4 43. Kc1 Rg1 44. Kc2 Qxa4 45. Kc3 Qd4 46. Kb3 Rxf3 47. Bxf3 Qd3 48. Rc3 Qb5 49. Kc2 Qa4 50. b3 Qa2 51. Kd3 Qb1 52. Rc2 Qxb3 53. Kd2 Qb4 54. Ke2 Qe1 55. Kd3 Qb1 56. Qh6 Kg8 57. Qg6 Kh8 58. Qxd6 Qf1 59. Be2 Rg3 60. Kc4 Qa1 61. Kb5 Qb1 62. Ka6 Qxc2 63. Qxe5 Kg8 64. Qxg3 Qxe2 65. Kxa7 Qxe4 66. Qb8 Kf7 67. Qc7 Kg6 68. d6 Qa4 69. Kb7 1-0
White may well be better and all, but I definitely don't want to be White in a Mar Del Plata regardless..
Radjabov & Nakamura not faring so well recently?
Yeah.
What is interesting in current GM play is that if white wants "sharp" they frequently play 1.e4 now?
Almost to the extent that 1.d4 shows partial lack of confidence or constrained-thinking.
No doubt, the dark squared defenses to d4 have been chased from the battlefield at the highest levels.
Huh? The KID and Grunfeld are still alive and well...not all top GM's are pansies!
The Grunfeld is not a dark-squared defense.
The KID has been chased from the Battlefield. Has not been seen at WC levels since Kasparov, and won't be.
How is the grunfeld NOT a dark squared defense? The entire opening relies on dark square control. And top level doesn't only mean WC matches, the KID is still played by super GM's.
And BTW, your "busts" to the KID are based on old moves. You sound like Fischer on the KG hahaha
The King uses the Baynoent as toothpicks. he even travels to London Systems to pet his Cat-a-lawn while soaking up the sunlight on his lawn and after he has finished destorying these lines he gets hungry and gets himself a 2 liter coke Big bag of chips, and has himself a Saemich for he isnt the silly Nimzo he isnt the Queen he is the King. You may not like him but you shall respect him for he is the King all Hail the King all Hail the king and if you really truely want to know how to bust the KID ill tell you the secret the secret to busting the KID is to play 1. e4
Mwwwhahahahaha
I've been dying to ask a King's Indian maven:
What 1 e4 defense goes with it?
The King uses the Baynoent as toothpicks. he even travels to London Systems to pet his Cat-a-lawn while soaking up the sunlight on his lawn and after he has finished destorying these lines he gets hungry and gets himself a 2 liter coke Big bag of chips, and has himself a Saemich for he isnt the silly Nimzo he isnt the Queen he is the King. You may not like him but you shall respect him for he is the King all Hail the King all Hail the king and if you really truely want to know how to bust the KID ill tell you the secret the secret to busting the KID is to play 1. e4
Mwwwhahahahaha
I've been dying to ask a King's Indian maven:
What 1 e4 defense goes with it?
Probably the Najdorf since Kasparov, Fischer and Judit Polgar played both as black.
and the funny thing is Bobby fischer like never really played d4 much lol yet his main go to line against 1. d4 was the KID for along while i find it strange that he would avoid d4 lol afraid to face the KID? lol thats what I think but than thats my bias becuase i like that line
While the KID can't be refuted Petrosian said he feeds his family off KID players. It can be really hard to play even for top flight competition. At class level many don't know what to do outside of book or think they're in book yet subtleties make their plan as if they were in book not viable.
i like eating sharp cheddar cheese