Originally posted by Impaler Hi. I'm not new to chess but I'm new to using set openings and defenses. I was wondering if some one could suggest some good attacking defenses.
The (Sicilian) Dragon is pretty attackish. Albeit extremely complicated and hard to know all the lines.
Originally posted by Impaler I do use a type of sicilian when e2-e4 is played, but I'm not sure which line it is. When d2-d4 is played I just kind of make something up. 🙂
Originally posted by GalaxyShield The (Sicilian) Dragon is pretty attackish. Albeit extremely complicated and hard to know all the lines.
What I do is memorize the first ten moves and then spend the rest of the match moving pawns backwards. My opponent keeps rewinding the clock for their bonus time until they are one minute from extinction, and then their flag falls. Touché. 😉
Originally posted by Impaler Hi. I'm not new to chess but I'm new to using set openings and defenses. I was wondering if some one could suggest some good attacking defenses.
Originally posted by Impaler So far I have sicilian dragon and nimzo indian defence. Any other suggestions?
Sicilian Defense is one of my favourites, or be a dead fish, go with the flow by playing e5 and waiting for White. Likely a Lopez or Scotch there though.
Against 1 e4, there are some interesting gambit ideas in the Scandinavian Defense:
1 e4 d5 2 ed Nf6 3 d4 Bg4 (The Portugese Variation)
1 e4 d5 2 ed Nf6 3 c4 e6 4 de Be6 (The Icelandic Gambit)
Against 1 d4, super-GM Morozovich used to have good results with the Chigorin Defense: 1 d4 d5 2 c4 Nc6. (He doesn't play it anymore, which might indicate that he doesn't trust it against the 2650+ level players he now faces on a regular basis.)
All of the above defenses are recommended and analyzed in "An Opening Repertoire for the Attacking Player (Revised edition)" by Raymond Keene and David Levy.