Am I too Positional?

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VladimirHerceg91
MyGreatMethod1 wrote:

You are not too positional. You are a beginner.  

This is one of the funniest comments I've ever read on Chess.com.  My blitz rating has been as high as 1350.  Calling me a beginner is a claim unfounded and without merit.  I understand that you might just be here to craft your internet comedy career,  but please be civil and respectful to fellow members.  Especially to ones like myself who have dedicated their lives to honing their Chess prowess.  I understand that it may be fun to try poke the bear, so to speak, to get a rouse out of them, so I don't mean you any ill will.  Best of luck with your Chess, I wish you all the best.  

GANHEII
macer75 escreveu:
varelse1 wrote:

If you want to learn positional chess, i would recommend you go back, and look at Garry Kasparov's games again.

Especially his closed games.

But how do you look at them if they're closed? Is there some sort of special way to gain access?

i cant stop laughing

 

King_of_Checkmates

Too Positional Very Attacking

bong711
VladimirHerceg91 wrote:
MyGreatMethod1 wrote:

You are not too positional. You are a beginner.  

This is one of the funniest comments I've ever read on Chess.com.  My blitz rating has been as high as 1350.  Calling me a beginner is a claim unfounded and without merit.  I understand that you might just be here to craft your internet comedy career,  but please be civil and respectful to fellow members.  Especially to ones like myself who have dedicated their lives to honing their Chess prowess.  I understand that it may be fun to try poke the bear, so to speak, to get a rouse out of them, so I don't mean you any ill will.  Best of luck with your Chess, I wish you all the best.  

Vlad... Show them your chess prowess. Try to win an U1600 tournament.

IM_GGnoRE

Are you too positional? I would say yes.

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Smositional_Player

You are too smositional. You should work a bit more on tactics and calculation.

Laskersnephew

Erik hit the nail on the head and this thread could have ended after #2 with not loss of value

Commando_Droid

Wait, your FIDE says 2883, while your blitz is 1135.

Commando_Droid

Probably a joke for ratings

Commando_Droid

Positional play involves tactics with strategic planning, so tactics and calculation are important in positional play.

Radical_Drift

I know right. The answer to the original question is obviously no.

dannyhume

There is absolutely no doubt that you are too positional.  Your FIDE rating >>> Puzzles rating.  This lack of balance is no doubt hindering your progress, and explains why your FIDE rating continues to stall (even more so when we take inflation of ratings into account).    

Think about it ... Capablanca had a performance rating over 2900 in a 1927 tournament shortly before his world championship match with Alekhine and was thought invincible.  Alekhine, who had an overwhelming minus against Capa at that time, asked the same question of Capa, and then self-reflected.  Perceptively, Alekhine realized that Capa's strength was, in fact, his weakness --that Capa was too positional-- and therefore Alekhine decided that he would not go down this pathway of being a one-hit wonder in the world championship, and made the decision to become less positional. 

This thunderbolt realization by Alekhine was the true critical moment of the 1927 World Championship that decided the match-- the actual moves of those games didn't matter-- and we all know what happened after that ... This is where Alekhine won that world championship match, and why Capablanca is but a footnote or, at best, an obscure trivia question, in the vast universe of chess history.