For us patzers, I can think of 4 "styles":
Aggressive/Defensive/Speculative(Gambitty etc.)/Close-to-the-vest
I think I play all four, but in organized otb, with opposition near my level, I tend to play a little aggressively with the draw in my pocket.
Genuinely strong players have more command of the chessical elements and can evince more than a primitive style.
Whats Close-to-the-vest? As well as Primitive style? Does that mean you just play by taking everything you can without any stratagy?
strategy? *pfft*, who uses strategy? not me certainly, I just make it up as I go ;-D
but if I do use strategy, I play defensively, being ready to capitalize when my opponent does something stupid, which happens with suprising regularity...
>>Renegade \o/
Lol nice. Maybe you should teach me lol.
I do what the board tells me what to do :P
Whats Close-to-the-vest? As well as Primitive style? Does that mean you just play by taking everything you can without any stratagy?
close to the vest is a non-risk-taking approach. One can be fairly aggressive and still play close to the vest. Speculative-gambitty is the opposite of close to the vest.
Primitive is having just a few otb expressions of style. I remember Josh Waitzkin being interviewed on tv. He was an IM and hadn't given up the game yet, and he said he was just discovering the artistic aspect of chess.
What is your favorite chess style (aggressive, defensive, gambits, etc.)?
For white I would have to say gambits. Their the best! As for black, mines aggressive in a dumb way. I normally push pawns, but I also am defensive with it quite a bit. I am still trying to find my rythem with the black peices.