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"Building a repertoire ... we will take the idealized situation of someone starting from square one ... The first step is to think about your personal style. Do you prefer open, tactical positions or closed, strategic positions? Does an attack on your king make you nervous, or are you happy so long as you have a counter-attack? Do you prefer main lines, or something slightly offbeat? Next, look at the various openings available, and see which ones fit in with your personal style. ..." - GM John Nunn (1998)

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i-bex

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@EarthBreaker said in #3:

I prefer closed positions as my fear of blundering decreases a lot. An attack on my king certainly makes me nervous and I have found I am not that great at sacrificing pieces for attacks. If an opening without tons of theory will get me as good as a position as one with tons of theory I don't see the need to spend that much time learning the theory. However, if not I don't mind learning the theory. I'm not 100 percent sure what type of player I am, perhaps looking through a few of my games would help if you have the time?
Sounds like you are more of a positional player but I think it's also important to think about time control you are playing. Your highest rating is rapid, you also have a high puzzle rating but not that strong puzzle racer (It's similar for me and I'm always amazed by high scores from players on paper much weaker than me). It's possible that you avoid more tactical positions because you get in time trouble but would like them if you played longer time controls. That's of course just a speculation without actually analysing your games. I like sacrifices and always look out for them but constantly get in time trouble trying to convert the winning advatage.

@EarthBreaker said in #3: > I prefer closed positions as my fear of blundering decreases a lot. An attack on my king certainly makes me nervous and I have found I am not that great at sacrificing pieces for attacks. If an opening without tons of theory will get me as good as a position as one with tons of theory I don't see the need to spend that much time learning the theory. However, if not I don't mind learning the theory. I'm not 100 percent sure what type of player I am, perhaps looking through a few of my games would help if you have the time? Sounds like you are more of a positional player but I think it's also important to think about time control you are playing. Your highest rating is rapid, you also have a high puzzle rating but not that strong puzzle racer (It's similar for me and I'm always amazed by high scores from players on paper much weaker than me). It's possible that you avoid more tactical positions because you get in time trouble but would like them if you played longer time controls. That's of course just a speculation without actually analysing your games. I like sacrifices and always look out for them but constantly get in time trouble trying to convert the winning advatage.

NM MrPushwood

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@EarthBreaker said in #3:

I prefer closed positions as my fear of blundering decreases a lot.

A preference based on fear isn't necessarily a real preference. You may not be able to blunder as much when it's closed, but you still have to know what to do (and feel comfortable about it) in such situations. Do you?

@EarthBreaker said in #3: > I prefer closed positions as my fear of blundering decreases a lot. A preference based on fear isn't necessarily a real preference. You may not be able to blunder as much when it's closed, but you still have to know what to do (and feel comfortable about it) in such situations. Do you?

airfloo

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Oh I thought you had something like those quiz-pages from back in the days. I always loved to hear what my personality is characterized like, based on a onedimensional score-pattern. These were fun!

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NM ThunderClap

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@EarthBreaker It seems to me' THAT by asking this question in itself might be the best answer to your question . Most people make the wrong assumption they are agressive & "will be like Morphy was" despite the FACT Morphy & all the MODERN players can or did PLAY CHESS . They knew how to win ENDINGS win by DEFENCE or POSITIONL CONCEPY+TS ... ect etc . They developed ALL WEAPONS IDEAS & in general were more ballanced than people imagine Objectivity is a strength

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