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English GM William Watson. Boris Spassky described his play as like a “drunken machine gunner!”
You know, “aggressive” doesn’t necessarily mean ‘tactical.” Lubosh Kavalek said that when he played Karpov, he had to fight for his life for every square. That’s a different kind of aggression
Oct 21, 2020
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Laskersnephew wrote:
You know, “aggressive” doesn’t necessarily mean ‘tactical.” Lubosh Kavalek said that when he played Karpov, he had to fight for his life for every square. That’s a different kind of aggression
Yes i know I still mean those who prefer tactical/dynamic play to be clear.
"Fischer wasn't an attacking player."
Like most of the greatest players, Fischer had a well-rounded style. He could attack brilliantly, but only if he thought it was the best approach. He could also squeeze blood from a stone in the end game, or outmaneuver his opponents is a strategic struggle. But although Fischer wasn't a stereotypical attacking mad man, he was relentlessly aggressive and avoided draws, often chose slightly inferior lines over dead equality.
Oct 22, 2020
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Laskersnephew wrote:
"Fischer wasn't an attacking player."
Like most of the greatest players, Fischer had a well-rounded style. He could attack brilliantly, but only if he thought it was the best approach. He could also squeeze blood from a stone in the end game, or outmaneuver his opponents is a strategic struggle. But although Fischer wasn't a stereotypical attacking mad man, he was relentlessly aggressive and avoided draws, often chose slightly inferior lines over dead equality.
yes ik he was well rounded but as you mentioned he played for the win so tough that he risked losing a few times [his famous spassky game for ex.]
"but as you mentioned he played for the win so tough that he risked losing a few times "
You could say the same thing about Magnus, who flirts with trouble sometimes to avoid letting the game peter out in a draw. In fact, I would venture that several of Magnus's rare losses were a direct result of pushing just a bit too hard
Hello I am trying to put together a list of all notable attacking players throughout chess history preferably players who have a database of annotated games [by book or quite a few articles.] here is my list thus far.
GM Garry Kasparov
GM Levon Aronian
GM Veselin Topalov
GM Bobby Fischer
GM Alexi Shirov
GM Mikhail Tal
GM Alexander Alekhine
GM Nigel Short
GM Julian Hodgson
GM Alexander Morozevich
GM Emil Sutovsky
GM David Bronstien
GM Larry Christiansen
GM John Nunn
GM Boris Alterman
GM Emanuel Berg
GM Davorin Kuljasevic
GM Ratmir Kholmov
GM James Plaskett
GM Simon Williams
GM Nicolas Rossolimo
GM Alexander Tolush
GM Frank Marshall
GM Oldrich Duras
GM Isaac Kashdan
IM Rashid Nezmetdinov
IM Miodrag Perunovic
IM K.Ratnakaran
IM Emory Tate
IM Josh Waitzkin
Rudolf Spielmann
David Janowski
Mikhail Chigorin
Rudolf Charousek
Paul Morphy
Isidor Gunsberg
Emil Diemer
Charles Jaffe
Adolf Anderssen
Joeseph Blackburne
Ignatz Kolisch
Gioachino Greco
John Cochrane
Jackson Showalter
Albert Fox