"There are, therefore, broadly speaking two styles of player: those willing to take risks in order to persuade their opponent to make mistakes, and those who will do everything to reduce their own likelihood of errors. Which style an individual player adopts is a function of his willingness to live dangerously on the chessboard, his willingness to accept the risk of the pain of defeat." -- The Psychology of Chess, by Hartston and Wason.
Which of these styles do you identify with? Which chess players are your references?
Style? I have no style.
I do none of those... I just move.... but I don't play well....
I like to take risks, but it kinda never works
My style is targeting a pawn with many pieces. If my opponent is a stingy person, he/she will try to defend it, then suddenly i change my attack. If they are not stingy, then maybe i will get a pawn.
I have this style of aggressiveness and the power of saving the day.
I'm going to paraphrase the quote you posted and say that the two types of players that Hartston & Watson identify are those who pursue complications, believing that they are able to navigate these complications better than their opponent can (e.g. Tal or Kasparov), and those who prefer to practice prophylaxis, believing that they can build a better position than their opponent can (e.g. Bottvinik or Karpov).
To answer your question, I'm trying to be the second type of player, because at my current rating games are often decided by blunders. Trying not to blunder and then punishing my opponent when they blunder is therefore a better strategy for me than pursuing complications.
Well, actually there are more types of such styles.
Like Tal's method was to complex the position and cause opponent to blunder because of positional pressure.
@GalacticaActual said in #7:
> I'm going to paraphrase the quote you posted and say that the two types of players that Hartston & Watson identify are those who pursue complications, believing that they are able to navigate these complications better than their opponent can (e.g. Tal or Kasparov), and those who prefer to practice prophylaxis, believing that they can build a better position than their opponent can (e.g. Bottvinik or Karpov).
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> To answer your question, I'm trying to be the second type of player, because at my current rating games are often decided by blunders. Trying not to blunder and then punishing my opponent when they blunder is therefore a better strategy for me than pursuing complications.
Good explanation. Basically, I agree with your style.
Finally someone discovered these things
A couple years ago i believed in the styles of play of the players.
I even went further & made teams
Team fire has tendency to sacrifice & play offensively.
Team water has tendency to dodge & play dynamically.
Team air has tendency to be invisible & play indirectly.
& lastly team rock which has tendency to impregnable & play solidly.
Yaa am used to watch alot of games especially in tv lichess & i can distinguish players styles easily.
