I'm doing some sort of investigation and need the chess.com community help to gather data. I'll be grateful if you could help me, before hand thanks a lot. If your willing to help please keep reading, other way thanks for your attention this far and GL.
This is the way that you can help me.
Group A.
Group B.
Group C.
Group D.
Once again thanks for your cooperation, BTW i need a sample of at least 100+ entries so i'll keep bumping this topic; sorry for the troubles this might cause you.
P.S: I.E:
Group X: Active play, Aggressive, Tactical fines, Attacking player, creates chaotic positions
Player: NameHere
Group A
Brilliant tactical strategists.
- Mihail Tal
Group B
Sound defensive specialists.
- J. Raul Capablanca
Group C
Objective attacking geniuses.
- Garry Kasparov
Group D
Strong overlooked players.
- Peter Leko
Reading over this I notice that each of these generalizations are essentially wrong and yet they are certainly the first thing to pop into my head. This should be an interesting test, maybe afterwards you'll tell us what you're doing!
These are the categories and my reasons for choosing the players
A. Best in tactical Positions- Mikhail Tal - in his prime he thrived best in dangerous position where brilliant tactics and sacrifices abound
B. Best in Simple Positions- J.R. Capablanca - ability to almost magically whipped a winning position from seemingly simple or drawish position.
c. Best Killer Instinct- R. J. Fischer no doubt. He is simply is playing to win. And Fischer would win with devastating results : both 6-0 score vs Larsen and Taimanov. Crushing match scores vs. Petrosian and Spassky.
e.Best in Championship Matches- M. Botvinnik - Champiosnhip match is Botvinnik's forte. If Boxing has Muhammad Ali , chess has Mikhail Botvinnik. No other Players wins back the world chess title more than 3 feat! Knowing his opponent weakness, scientific preparation as crucial aspects of the game and unmatched stamina brought Botvinnik success in defending and winning back the world chess titles several times against the best of his generations.
Group A : Integrity, control, originality
Tal, Mihail
Group B : Theory, Nonconformism, Artist
Petrosian, Tigran
Group C : Warrior, Enchantment, Engagement
Kasparov, Garry
Group D : Strengh, Pragmatism, Fastidious
Kramnik, Vladimir
Group B. - underappreciated, artistic, avoided
Group C. - aggression, dominance, illuminating brilliance
Group D. - preparation, consistentcy, overlooked
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Thanks to all that have posted this far, If you know ppl that are willing to help please ask them to post Thanks.
@ ih8sens
sure i'll tell the reason but cant do it right now cose it could affect the results.
@ Sarthe
the only way age could affect its if it have a relation between more age = more experience due that maybe the word selection might be a more accurate but that cant be proved so easily so ill not consider age as a factor, I'm thinking about using ranking but i've to analise the complete sample 1st.
@ mandelshtam & normajeanyates
Classification its needed for a deeper comprehension of the studied subject. & normajeanyates please erase one of your two posts help me to keep the topic as clean as posible.
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And one more time THANKS
Azoth:
your question as I understand it, is about the FIRST attributes that come to our mind, when looking at your 4 groups of chess players. This is fully justified, since it is something about intuitive/clustering memory.
ok, here are my characterizations :
group A: ignoring gravity.
group B: elegance.
group C: will and courage.
group D: patience and accuracy.
I was too short:
1) Always the first player in each group is the one who represents that group in the
"purest" way.
2) I give a longer characterization now:
group A: ignoring gravity, exception against rule,
group B: elegance, lightness, safety,
group C: will, courage, power.
group D: patience, accuracy, depth.
Group A: Creative, Speculative, Dynamic
Player: Tal
Group B: Methodical, Strangulation, Maneuvering
Player:Petrosian
Group C: Swashbuckling, Attacking, Uncompromising, Incomprehensible
Player: Lasker
Group D: Rigourous, Dedicated, Defined
Player: Botvinnik
My best. (Thanks to you, and to Sakuran, who invited me to contribute.)
A - Dangerous, mesmerizing, fearless, scheming
Tal
B - Positional, suffocating, claustrophobia
Petrosian
C - Professional, Willful, Desire
Fischer
D - Scientific, Theoretical, Study
Steinitz
P.S: If you change your mind about any of the comments made on your post please just edit/delete it, i beg you on this since it will help to keep the topic clean.
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