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Davidjordan
With your honest opinion name 5 masters/experts famous or not who you most likely play as comparing there style to yours and a master/expert/even armature who you wish you played like for instance it would be awesome if I played like tal but my style of play is the exact opposite of his.
eddiewsox
I don't know who my "style" is like, but my two biggest chess heros are Petrosian and Fischer.
sonofegypt89
i wish i can play like anand and iam studying his games
and applying his style to my games
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chessmaster102
thats a interesting pick the master of attack and the master of defense anway
I would say karpov since my best wins come from squeezing my opponents. Philidor since I can usually get a pawn advantage. Euwe since I have a love for openings and like creating possible pet system's and such. Tarrasch since when since some attacking games I have are from very active play. Bird since once I start a attack I usually go all out sometimes. And I wish I could play like tal to but my style is opposite of his as well.
infinex
I think it was Kramnik who once spoke of playing styles and said,
"the player does not play the game, the game plays the player" or something along those line.
He is trying to say not to have a style. Rather, you should try to find the best move in the position, be it aggressive, prophylactic, or just defensive. There were a couple of short-lived periods in my chess career where I would try a certain idea in all of my games.
For example, there was a period when I loved to play g4 with a castled king and just have a march onto the black king. This worked a couple of times, but it had its drawbacks and my king was naked. Most games I would lose because my king lacked protection.
Another time, I always tried to sac a piece on h6 or h7. This worked against a couple of opponents I was able to surprise, but those who defended well found themselves up a piece in the endgame.
WestofHollywood
Strong tournament players make an assessment about the position factoring in such things as the clock, the opponent, the tournament situation, etc and try to make good decisions. If they need to attack, they will attack. If they need to defend, they will defend. If they need to simplify, they will simplify. Tal played some beautiful end-games and positional games. Petrosian could play beautiful attacking games.
could you post some attacking game of petrosian I'd love to see that.
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