Deciding style of play

Hi all

I'm trying to decide what style of chess player I am and decide what openings I should then look at. At the moment its terrible and very inconsistant. Open 1.e4 with centre game as the main weapon looking at a kingside onslaught with f4. Also played KGD, Kopec against the sicillian. To counter that I have played games where I've closed it down ala stonewall and manouvered my way to win's/losses. Also played 1.a3 ala Basman with mixed results. As black tend to play QGD badly and Rubinstein french Badly

I'm wanting to spend more time on study and become a better player but struggling to decide what style I play in, thus finding it difficult on what openings to concentrate on. My fave player in Nigel Short and like the imbalanced openings he plays.

Any constructive advice would be greatly appreciated

Play nothing but Classical Main Lines of most popular openings until you "get it" and only then start using wierd uncommon openings.  Beat people at what they think their style is and then start customizing.  That's my advice.  Thanks,

John

My advice:

It's hard to talk about "having a style" until you've advanced far enough that you very rarely drop pieces or make horrible positional moves.

Until then, try playing a wide variety of different openings, and see which sorts of middle-game positions you feel most comfortable in.

At our level of play (my 2150+ no less than your 1500+), the single most important goal in the opening is to reach a middle-game position in which you feel comfortable.

Nigel Short plays a lot of classical openings even now so he's good to watch.

you will natuarlly find your style in due time. For now think about every position and play your favorite move