Tactical openings

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Avatar of Varnaj
If im looking to rely on my tactical ability in games, I would want as open games as possible, right? Which openings would offer me that? I was thinking the scotch as white, the scandinavian against e4, and against d4...?

Basically im looking for openings / defenses that will lead to a game with a lot of tactical opportunities
Avatar of GeronimoGM

Play 1.e4 as White and 1...c5 as Black.
In the Scotch, Black equalizes easily, so I would play Ruy Lopez or the Italian game. For Black play the Sicilian (1.e4 c5) and against 1.d4 play the Semi-Slav.
Hope I helped

Avatar of Sqod

I'd recommend either of two categories:

(1) gambits: King's Gambit, Budapest Defense, Elephant Gambit, Latvian Gambit, Cochrane Gambit, Queen's Gambit Accepted, Evans Gambit, etc. (but not Queen's Gambit Declined).

(2) heavy memorization / deep theoretical openings: Najdorf Sicilian, Ruy Lopez, etc.

Avatar of Diakonia

Youre losing in less than 20 moves to players rated under 1000.  Youre not following Opening Principles, youre missing simple tactics, and hanging pieces.  Openings are the last thing you need to be worrying about.  

Follow Opening Principles:

Control the center.

Develop toward the center.

Castle.

Connect your rooks.

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

Double check your moves.  

Lay off the blitz/bullet, and play longer time controls.  

Avatar of ChessOath

Do you think you've created enough threads about tactics recently, OP?

Avatar of Diakonia

You can also refer to this long list of forums with the same question...

https://www.chess.com/forum/search?keyword=tactical+openings

Avatar of ChessOfPlayer
Diakonia wrote:

You can also refer to this long list of forums with the same question...

https://www.chess.com/forum/search?keyword=tactical+openings

I thought that would have been your first post lol.

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ChessOfPlayer wrote:
Diakonia wrote:

You can also refer to this long list of forums with the same question...

https://www.chess.com/forum/search?keyword=tactical+openings

I thought that would have been your first post lol.

I try to mix things up every once in a while...

Avatar of kindaspongey

GM John Emms wrote an introduction to basic opening principles, Discovering Chess Openings (2006).

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf

If one really wants a specific suggestion for study as a response to 1 d4, perhaps one could consider The Queen's Gambit Accepted by A.Delchev and S. Semkov.

"... the QGA ... offers the second player enough scope to grab the initiative if White plays inaccurately." - FM Carsten Hansen (2006)