Hi,
I play the slav defense for 5 years now. I'm happy with it, but I am thinking in add a more aggresive, alternative oppening to my repertoire: one whitch will be more aggresive and not difficult to learn, one that have very few theory (as I have not many time to study). I want an alternative system to the slav that will have a good balance between aggresivity and easy to learn and few theory. So I will have two weapons agains d4 to choose from.
Investigating, I have picked two opening to choose one of them: the Chigorin Defense and Queen's gambit Acepted.
What is you opinion about them? Which is more aggresive? and easy to learn/less theorical? any other alternative?
I will be gratefully to any answer.
Best regards,
FS

In my experience both the QGD and QGA aren't more agressive than the Slav, though I think the QGA has a little less theory. The Slav is solid and reliable but a bit 'sitting there' kind of passive. The QGD isn't much better, though I always found the Tarrasch simple and open enough for my needs.

You could go for the Modern Benoni, if you like agressive, but that's quite theoretical and hard to grasp. If you don't mind playing something less solid and sound than the Slav, the Dutch isn't such a bad choice.

Definitely the Chigorin. I had some good games with it when it was my regular defense years ago. Come to think of it I'm not sure why I gave it up. In one game I had published John W. Collins in his annotations said it's “chancy and unorthodox and probably better than it’s reputation because it develops with a direct effect on the center.” Lots of piece play. Yes, the Chigorin.