I've recently decided that I want to get serious at chess. I have always been a strong believer in e4 openings, namely the ruy lopez, and the KIA, and the sicilian (and caro) and the KID for black. My problem is that these games got closed really fast and I don't enjoy that very much.
I enjoy piece activity and can usually find tactics in OTB games (thats what matters the most to me anyway, online is for fun) and I also dont mind sharp positions.
Any suggestions? (for black or white, doesn't matter)
One of the open sicilian variations. Unless you're a master don't learn openings by heart. Learn basic opening principles, practice tactics and study the endgame.
Work on your tactics, they're (sorry) not that great compared to your online rating.
Kings gambit and Nimzo-Larsen are sharp openings you can play
@Emdryo maybe consider the possibility of me not solving tactics here but rather on chesstempo and also through published books? When I wrote this i thought there is going to be someone who says oh look you are 1680 therefore you must be bad, its not like lichess is the only site where you can solve tactics, and quite frankly, there are way better tactics trainers out there
White: Scotch Gambit, Smith-Morra Gambit, Kings Gambit, Classical Caro-Kann, Winawer French, Mainline Pirc & Modern & Scandi
Black: Open Sicilian Najdorf, Kings Indian Defence, Grunfeld, Benoni
@DONTGETSMOKED ok thanks but your suggestions kinda coincide with what im trying to avoid. I will give the winawer a shot though, seems fun.
@ataguvendi I mean... what I suggested is as open, tactical, and sharp as it gets, you dont always get to determine if the position is open or closed, you just have to play the position.
@DONTGETSMOKED benoni and KID are openings where black consentually closes the positions though, just saying
Latvian Gambit: its bad, but oh so fun
@ataguvendi Yes but also the point of those openings are to play for the f5 break, or in the KID you have all sorts of breaks.
