Most Aggressive Opening?

What do you think?

Smith-Morra Gambit

Queen's Gambit.

I'm surprised no one mentioned the King Gambit

Oh come on guys! queens gambit as the most aggressive opening?
Here is a list of some very aggressive openings:

Scotch gambit
fried liver attack or lolli attack
max lange attack
halloween gambit (if you like to risk something)
Wing gambit or as mentioned smith morra
Grand prix attack
blumenfeld gambit or benko gambit
Danish gambit

The Bongcloud, but particularly the vicious Hyperaccelerated 2. Kf2 Bongcloud or the as yet unrefuted Nimzo-Bongcloud.

None can face the wrath of 2. Ke2!! and live to tell the tale.

@Dolg
Excuse me if I accidentally posted my *favorite* aggressive opening instead of the one I think is *most* aggressive :P

The Queen's gambit isn't very aggressive though. Queen's gambit is generally declined and leads to pretty long and strategic games. An "aggressive" opening should lead to sharp lines and open, tactical positions. Queen's gambit, even when accepted, usually doesn't do this. I think that's why your comment was criticized.

@static_shadow
But if it actually is accepted, knowing the right moves can lead to aggressive play. Or maybe I'm just tactically dull :D

I've been in some sharp QBA games, to be sure! I'm not doubting the sharpness of your tactics. hahaha! I'm just saying that in general, he Queen's Gambit isn't really seen as an aggressive line. In fact, the overall positional balance of Queen's Gambit Declined games is why d4 has become a line that grandmasters who want to avoid sharp games like are found in the Sicilian tend to play. There are advantages to be found based on strategy, rather than the sharp dynamic lines found in the middle games of Sicilian.

So in that sense, I consider the Queen's "gambit" to be fairly passive. But that doesn't mean it can't lead to sharp, aggressive lines. I think in essence, ANY opening can lead to sharp, aggressive lines. It's a matter of how the two players respond to threats. Will you aggressively gambit a piece to create activity and threats? Or will you move your pieces into a brick wall of fortitude, forcing your opponent into giving up small positional advantages slowly until you have crunched them into a no-win situation where they must make a mistake?

It's all about style of play, and while certain openings and counteropenings lend themselves more toward one style of play over the other, I don't think there are any openings that truly force a certain style of play. Smith-Mora is aggressive for sure, but no one's forced to enter it. Most of these truly "aggressive" openings listed are ones that result many moves down openings that can very quickly end up in sow closed positions depending on the opponent's choice of response.