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Fischer: Classical or Aggresive?

@gravija said in #10:
> Fisherman style. He used bait, if opponent caught them, he check mated him. Just kidding
Very Informative thenks.
He played classical at the start of the game. As soon as the opponent made a mistake, he got aggressive.
Some quotes describing his stile, taken from http://www.morefamousquotes.com/topics/quotes-about-bobby-fischer/

"It was clear to me that the vulnerable point of the American Grandmaster (Bobby Fischer) was in double-edged, hanging, irrational positions, where he often failed to find a win even in a won position" – Efim Geller

"In complicated positions, Bobby Fischer hardly had to be afraid of anybody." - Paul Keres

"For the first lesson, I want you to play over every column of Modern Chess Openings, including the footnotes. And for the next lesson, I want you to do it again." - Bobby Fischer

"As Olafsson showed me, White can win ... It's hard to believe. I stayed up all night analysing, finally convicing myself, and, incidentally, learning a lot about Rook and Pawn endings in the process." - Bobby Fischer

"The turning point in my career came with the realization that Black should play to win instead of just steering for equality." - Bobby Fischer

"Don't even mention losing to me. I can't stand to think of it" - Bobby Fischer

"Chess is a matter of delicate judgement, knowing when to punch and how to duck." - Bobby Fischer

"When I played Bobby Fischer, my opponent fought against organizations - the television producers and the match organizers. But he never fought against me personally. I lost to Bobby before the match because he was already stronger than I. He won normally." - Boris Spassky

"Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense." — Boris Spassky

"Bobby Fischer started off each game with a great advantage: after the opening he had used less time than his opponent and thus had more time available later on. The major reason why he never had serious time pressure was that his rapid opening play simply left sufficient time for the middlegame." — Edmar Mednis

"My God, Bobby Fischer plays so simply" — Alexey Suetin
And of course the best quote of all about Fischer's style from Spassky: "He plays like a child."
(And "classical" and "aggressive" are not exactly antonyms; indeed, arguably they're not related at all.)
@schachnils said in #12:
> He played classical at the start of the game. As soon as the opponent made a mistake, he got aggressive.

So he had a classical opening but in middlegame he played sharp
No, just when the opponent played weak moves. Fischer once said himself:

"My opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don't take these things into consideration"

and:

"Tactics flow from a superior position"

That shows nicely that he was aware that attacks can only succeed, when the opponent has made errors. Only a positional advantage can lead to a successful attack. And if the opponent makes no errors, one can not get a positional advantage.
@schachnils said in #13:
> Some quotes describing his stile, taken from http://www.morefamousquotes.com/topics/quotes-about-bobby-fischer/
>
> "It was clear to me that the vulnerable point of the American Grandmaster (Bobby Fischer) was in double-edged, hanging, irrational positions, where he often failed to find a win even in a won position" – Efim Geller
>
> "In complicated positions, Bobby Fischer hardly had to be afraid of anybody." - Paul Keres
>
> "For the first lesson, I want you to play over every column of Modern Chess Openings, including the footnotes. And for the next lesson, I want you to do it again." - Bobby Fischer
>
> "As Olafsson showed me, White can win ... It's hard to believe. I stayed up all night analysing, finally convicing myself, and, incidentally, learning a lot about Rook and Pawn endings in the process." - Bobby Fischer
>
> "The turning point in my career came with the realization that Black should play to win instead of just steering for equality." - Bobby Fischer
>
> "Don't even mention losing to me. I can't stand to think of it" - Bobby Fischer
>
> "Chess is a matter of delicate judgement, knowing when to punch and how to duck." - Bobby Fischer
>
> "When I played Bobby Fischer, my opponent fought against organizations - the television producers and the match organizers. But he never fought against me personally. I lost to Bobby before the match because he was already stronger than I. He won normally." - Boris Spassky
>
> "Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense." — Boris Spassky
>
> "Bobby Fischer started off each game with a great advantage: after the opening he had used less time than his opponent and thus had more time available later on. The major reason why he never had serious time pressure was that his rapid opening play simply left sufficient time for the middlegame." — Edmar Mednis
>
> "My God, Bobby Fischer plays so simply" — Alexey Suetin
That Keres quote is so relatable. I think keres was one who tried tricky system in Najdorf against but still failed
There is this story of Alexander Koblencs, second of Mikhail ("Misha") Tal. They once talked to Bobby in a tournament.

Tal asked Bobby: "Tell me, Bobby, what do you think of the playing style of Larissa Volpert?" (Volpert was a three times soviet women chess champion)

Bobbys answer: "She's too cautious. But you have another girl, Dmitrieva. Her games do appeal to me!"

Koblencs: "Here we were left literally open-mouthed in astonishment. Misha and I have looked at thousands of games, but it never occurred to us to study our women players' games. How could we find the time for this?! Yet Bobby, it turns out, had found the time!"

Bobby was a very smart person, but he also was well-read in chess literature like no other. He even "taught himself several foreign languages so he could read foreign chess periodicals."

(taken from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer)
Fischer was pretty pragmatic and employed a concrete approach usually. He considered a variety of practical parameters choosing his move. Quite a good defender and calculator. Weaknesses: probably not the best positional player of all times.

Offside the board: well then, that’s a different story...

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