I dont think the resulting position of games is a good way to judge playng style, i know for a fact my games have 0 consistency, and two games in the same line can be as different as A and B.
A better way to determine your playing style is what positions you feel more comfortable in.
A chess style paradox
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Oct 22, 2012
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By that definition I am probably a dry as dust postional player as in the OP.
Soggy dust style.
paulgottlieb wrote:
"Style" is one of those meaningless terms that simply cloud your thinking. Your chess style should be to make the best move in the position--whether it's a dry, technical move, or a piece sacrifice.
Exactly! +1
Oct 22, 2012
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THat is true. The best move is always the aim. But a relevant pt is that if I am "trickier" with tactics than I think I am then I should be more open to steering to those kinds of positions and openings.
I have always regarded myself as a dry as dust positional player who keeps all tactics simple.
Yet again and again I get into these middlegames where I manange the positions with tricky tactics that my opponent fails to handle.
So I don't know what my style of chess is.
Anyone else have the same sort of chess style contradictions?