@savagechess2k Neither is really that wild, nothing nearly as wild as Kings gambit, scotch etc
its a well known FACT
its a well known FACT
@Water_Flame since when was the Scotch 'wild' or aggressive? It does lead to open positions, but so does the Petroff; nonetheless your point still stands regarding e4 for sharp play. I would choose the following examples: King's Gambit, Open Sicilian, Caro-Kann Fantasy variation, etc
Unless the Scotch Gambit is what you're talking about
I had very wild games with Colle-Zukertort. (d4, nf3, e3, bd3, b3, bb2 setup). I can give that as an example. It is quite aggressive and sometimes leads to double bishop sacrifices.
>Neither is really that wild
Have you ever played the Jobava-Prie or the Trompowsky? Both are quite wild. I once made a Rh4 move on move 7 in an OTB game in Trompowsky.
Both e4 and d4 has some calm, and some aggressive lines. e4 is not sharper than d4. Deal with it.
>Neither is really that wild
Have you ever played the Jobava-Prie or the Trompowsky? Both are quite wild. I once made a Rh4 move on move 7 in an OTB game in Trompowsky.
Both e4 and d4 has some calm, and some aggressive lines. e4 is not sharper than d4. Deal with it.
@savagechess2k it's probably because ur opp played Ne4, then u played h4 and exchanged on g5. Not that crazy...
An interesting question would be: if play e4 for sharp positions, what do you play against the Scandinavian? The Scandinavian is essentially a Caro-Kann, which is already well-known for being safe and solid, except the Scandinavian conveniently bypasses all the sharp lines in the Caro
To the original poser:
You didn't remark how much work you plan to do, but there's a lot of interlocking move orders, but as a rough place to start, if you can get one free tempo in a Qc2 Queen's Gambit you can meet ...h6 with ...h4 and then he can't take anything on g5 because then you castle long.
The only other way I know of is start with 1. Nf3 and then look for sidelines.
@ezasucanget So you have rooks in the center lines in the first 10 moves every game? Trompowsky is aggressive for sure.
what's there for a rook to do if there are barely any other pieces out @savagechess2k
I guess the rook could prevent you from castling
I guess the rook could prevent you from castling
@ezasucanget You would like to castle to a "h4xg5"'d kingside? I'd not.
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