Boring stuff, TN.

TN wrote on 07/12/09 at 12:28:14:

Especially 5.Nxd4 is a complete bore, worse than anything the Slav Exchange has to offer.

My recommendations:
Black: Najdorf, Polugajevsky or French Winawer, Poisoned Pawn;
Dutch Leningrad or Iljin-Zjenevsky. I have thought of the Von Hennig-Schara Gambit, but White has a solid few ways to avoid it. Semi-Slav will also do. Remember a few Kramnik-Anand games of last year? More exciting than anything Diemer played as Black.

White: Queen's Gambit Accepted, the e2-e4 gambit lines (allowing ...b5); QGD Exchange Variation with 0-0-0; Four Pawns vs. KID; Taimanov vs. Benoni; Sämisch vs. NID.

This is far more exciting than mind-numbing stuff like the BDG. Then I'd rather recommend one of the various Zilbermintz Gambits - not because they are better (I think they are unsound), but because they are not as stereotypal as the BDG.

Sample games:
Pavlov-Kovalenko, Alushta 2009
Shtirenkov-Amonov, Alushta 2008
Khachyan-Shulman, Saint Louis 2009
Maghalashvili-Mamediarova, Tbilisi 2009
Gajewski-Grachev, Lublin 2009
Two old geezers: Korchnoi-Ljubojevic, Wijk aan Zee 2008

Shulman-Van Wely, Foxwoods Open 2009
Petrosian-Danielian, Yerevan 2009
Heberla-Zeberski, Litomysl 2008
Jobava-Rasulov, Tbilisi 2009
Mamedjarov-Karpov, Moscow 2008
Rinberg-Tarnopolsky, ISRchT 2008

Hello,

I'm thinking - we already know enough repertoires which focus on trying to 'sound solid'. It's rare to see repertoire books mainly advocating 'exciting' stuff, as often these lines are very risky and/or their theory advances rapidly. I would like to formulate a repertoire that sounds very exciting and aggressive to play.

My current idea for an exciting Black repertoire: 
Gajewski Gambit (10...d5)
Early Queen Adventures against the Exchange (5...Qd6/e7/f6)
Old Wine in New Bottles in the Evans (5...Bd6)
Mamedyarov's mad hack against the Four Knights (Rublevsky-Mamedyarov 2007)
the Patzer Attack against the Scotch (4...Bb4)
Falkbeer Counter-Gambit (2...d5)
Budapest Gambit (2...e5)
Nadanian Attack (2...h6)
Sherzer Attack vs. Trompowsky (3...e6)
The Modern (Anti-English, Anti-Reti with 1...g6)

Are you having fun yet?

Disclaimer: This thread is not intended to be particularly serious.