¿What is my Style?

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Is this a thread that is only about the novice?

"Do we have a Style when we are begginer-intermediate level players? ..." - Guilax in post #1

"... you must choose what openings you will be using. This choice depends on your taste and also on the character and style of your game. If you like to attack and you are not afraid of sacrificing and taking risks choose sharp gambit openings. If you prefer a quiet game, then there are relatively calm openings for you. ..." - Journey to the Chess Kingdom by Yuri Averbakh and Mikhail Beilin

“... 'Journey to the Chess Kingdom' ... is primarily intended for children ..." - WGM Natalia Pogonina (2014)

https://www.chess.com/blog/Natalia_Pogonina/book-review-quotjourney-to-the-chess-kingdomquot

False.

False.

things are getting serious now ...

Yes, you are right, I have to explain better. During the game your style is to develope pieces so you prefer to create active games. That's very good. The only problem in that after having well developed your pieces, if your opponent attack an unprotected pawn, if you defend it, just be sure that there is not another active move. Generally speaking, when one player has a good development (pieces are well placed in active squares), one pawn is not so important, so you can loose it, if you found a counterattack. In the second game you loose the e row and at this point white was a little bit better Instead of playing a passive move like Re8-c8 (to protect the pawn), you should have found an active way to create new active play. So why Qg6. You will loose a pawn, but you will have more practical chances to draw the game. 

Only IMs+ can really afford to have a style, might even just be GMs

I help run 1 day scholastic tournaments, and you hear this a lot from kids.  NO ONE with a decent level of ability says this crap.  Because they understand youre playing the position on the board, not a "style"

"How would you characterize your style?" - IM Georgios Souleidis (2011)

"Very tactical. I like playing open positions with a lot of space." - GM Hikaru Nakamura (2011)

"... these days all grandmasters know very well that chess isn't only about playing good moves. In the majority of positions, there are a number of possible moves of roughly equal merit, ..." - GM John Nunn (2014)

"... Quoting grandmasters who have evolved their 'style' through thousands of hours of study and thousands of competitive chess games doesn't seem to have much relevance to 1200 players wondering "what's my style? ..." - mickynj

As you can see, I was reacting to someone making a statement about "NO ONE with a decent level of ability" and about "playing the position on the board".

Is anyone advocating that one ask oneself "what's my style" at every move?

Is this a thread that is only about the novice?

"Do we have a Style when we are begginer-intermediate level players? ..." - Guilax in post #1

I am not trying to sell books.

Did anyone claim that style is the only factor in move choice?

[Site "Chess.com iPhone"]
[Date "10/11/2018 10:40PM"]
[White "EBusch (1052)"]
[Black "JamesTheShark (1097)"]

1.g3 e5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.e3 Nc6 5.b3 Bc5 6.Bb2 Bd6 7.Ne2 O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.f4 b5 10.fxe5 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 Bxe5 12.d4 Bd6 13.Nbc3 Bb7 14.Nxb5 a6 15.Nxd6 Qxd6 16.Qd2 Rab8 17.Nc3 Ng4 18.Bf3 Nxe3 19.Rfe1 Nf5 20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.Re1 Rxe1+ 22.Qxe1 c6 23.Qe8+ Qf8 24.Qd7 Qc8 25.Qxc8+ Bxc8 26.a4 Be6 27.Kf2 Nxd4 28.Bd1 g5 29.Ke3 Nf5+ 30.Kf3 h5 31.g4 hxg4+ 32.Kxg4 f6 33.Bf3 Kf7 34.Kh3 Ke7 35.b4 Kd6 36.Kg2 d4 37.Ne4+ Ke5 38.Nxf6 Kxf6 39.Bxc6 Ne3+ 40.Kg3 Nxc2 41.b5 axb5 42.axb5 d3 43.b6 d2 44.Bf3 Ne3 45.b7 d1Q 46.Bxd1 Nxd1 47.b8Q Ne3 48.Qb6 Nf5+ 49.Kf2 Kf7 50.Qc7+ Kf6 51.Qd8+ Ke5 52.Qxg5 {White Wins}

You put this under Game Analysis, and added no analysis...

i guess that's just his style.

Ha!