I have noticed a trend on my previous games against friends (away from the internet, I'm new to online chess) that I am far stronger in closed, defensive games than in open and attacking ones. I find that I am able to hold my own against quite good opponents in closed games, but I often struggle to beat quite poor players in open games.
My question is as follows: Given that I have limited time to study, should I focus on looking at games by attacking players and concentrate on tactics and improving that side of my game, or stick with what I am best at (I think there is only so far I could approve my calculating ability) and look at games by those that specialised in closed defensive games and positional play, which I find naturally easier?
Unless you can force all your games to be closed, you'll always be in a bad spot. If I knew I had a weakness in a particular style of play, I would try to improve that area.
if you want to learn your tactics you could join this group:
http://www.chess.com/groups/home/tactics-improvers
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