How to play relentlessly attacking chess?

I know most of the forums, books etc. are all about how to be the best. How to play flawless strategy, sound defence, concentrate on gaining that tiny advantage and forcing it over the winning line.

Oh great I actually pressed submit halfway through. What I was building up to say was... I don't have aspirations to be a grandmaster but I do want to be able to get to a level where I can absolutely crush intermediate players with chess which might be flawed but is very attacking and hard to stop. Any suggested books to read? Thanks

Tactics...tactics...tactics...

thanks bb_gum. Helpful answer! I was expecting to get abused for my lack of devotion to the game. My favourite type of game is when I develop my pieces fast and then when it looks set for a boring middle game, boom, open up the king, most likely sacrificing a piece for a pawn. Sure I might lose and probably should lose, but it is undoubtedly going to be a fun, adrenaline fuelled game, chasing that checkmate at all costs.

BTW, does the book you recommended on the queens pawn openings include the stonewall attack? It does seem wise to go for d4 since everyone seems so well versed in responding to e4. Also could you suggest anything similar when playing as black? thanks again

There's no such thing as flawless strategy anyway, just strategy that is more focused on positional purposes and defensive, and others that play all out attack, which are usually and for the most, gambits.

Try to explore gambits, which is a great way to understand the tempo and positional value on chess, as well as having the board open to wild combinations. Middle game theory helps alot in positioning pieces on strategic positions to launch destructive attacks, and there's certainly a lot of ideas coming from middle game that can improve any player's chess, and mostly learn to crush people even before letting them force an endgame. But well, for that you'll have to throw litterally most of the stuff you know out of the window and start being creative and finding the right spots to focus attack from the very start.

More important than knowing an opening up to the nth move, is knowing what to do when you're out of the book, and look for weak spots you can attack and benefict from, which all depend obviously on your opponent positional mistakes and how to benefict from them with tactical combinations/motifs.

This line can be aggressive against the Sicilian. It is a 1.e4 pawn opening.

http://www.chess.com/blog/X_PLAYER_J_X/understanding-the-grand-prix-attack

I haven't read the other posts--I'm sure there's some great advice up there.

On youtube, there's a guy called 'kingscrusher' (real name: Tryfon Gavriel) who has posted a number of instructional vids and many, many 5-minute games. The commentary, at least in my opinion, is incisive and engaging. And he is very, very aggressive in his play. If you're a visual learner when it comes to chess--much like myself--and you're interested in attack, KC will fit your needs, IMO.

That's wonderful stuff. Thanks for posting it.

Your welcome