Can you describe how you actually play chess?

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IntuitiveCalculator

This is pretty close to how I approach the game:

In the opening, I try to get unsymmetric positions—where both sides are going for different plans. With White, I go for the Ruy Lopez. As Black, I play the Sicilian Najdorf against 1.e4 and the Nimzo-Indian against 1.d4. I’m not into early attacks or gambits, and I tend to avoid trading queens too soon. I also find it a bit dull playing against systems like the Alapin or Scandinavian.

In the middlegame, I often leave the aggressive lanes open—if my opponent wants to go for it, they can. But not everyone does. When they do take that path, I lean on counterattacking play. Some of my best games come when the opponent overcommits.

I don’t make rash positional decisions, but I also don’t play too cautiously. I want the position to stay complicated (when the alternative is entering the endgame). When I’ve got enough positional factors working in my favor, though, I’ll shift gears to play more restrictively.

I don’t worry about endgames—it’s more of an afterthought.

Trivia

– I have a knack for beating higher-rated opponents.

– In rapid, it’s usually me who’s lower on time.

– The chess personality quiz described me as a “magician.”

– I have a bias for bishops—I sometimes overestimate their power and end up losing be

cause of it.

thereturnofthesnowfox

A system player, where the system is bad, I have a general setup I aim for, it's just a shame its not a good set up.
Passive in the opening, half the struggle is trying to play my way out of the position I've gotten myself into.
Probably my greatest strength is transitioning to endgames (for my level), and I general tend to win more than I lose in the endgame.
As for my weaknesses.
Pretty much everything else.

IntuitiveCalculator
thereturnofthesnowfox wrote:

A system player, where the system is bad, I have a general setup I aim for, it's just a shame its not a good set up.
Passive in the opening, half the struggle is trying to play my way out of the position I've gotten myself into.
Probably my greatest strength is transitioning to endgames (for my level), and I general tend to win more than I lose in the endgame.
As for my weaknesses.
Pretty much everything else.

I saw some of your games. Your setup is indeed dodgy, but it will work out fine in blitz. What makes me really curious is why you are playing this system in the 'daily' format

thereturnofthesnowfox

I don't like using the opening explorer, or learning openings at all. I don't want to be following theory for 10 or more moves, I'd rather enter a middlegame with a worse position than do that.
Playing daily chess is less about excelling and more about fulfilling a desire to play chess at a pace I am comfortable with.

SillyNoodleBoy

MrChatty

I move one of the central pawns two squares forward and then do awesome (in my opinion) moves which do not follow any chess theory since I dont know any

IntuitiveCalculator
MrChatty wrote:

I move one of the central pawns two squares forward and then do awesome (in my opinion) moves which do not follow any chess theory since I dont know any

Grass is green ahh take😂. Almost everyone moves central pawns bro. Is there something about your playing style that stands out?

MrChatty
IntuitiveCalculator wrote:

Is there something about your playing style that stands out?

The most outstanding thing in my style is that somehow I could have reached 1400+ not knowing any chess theory

Mc_Jess

Fr3nchToastCrunch

IntuitiveCalculator
MrChatty wrote:
IntuitiveCalculator wrote:

Is there something about your playing style that stands out?

The most outstanding thing in my style is that somehow I could have reached 1400+ not knowing any chess theory

That means you are a bit underrated right now and can increase your elo by a few more hundred points dude👍🏻👍🏻

MrChatty
IntuitiveCalculator wrote:

That means you are a bit underrated right now and can increase your elo by a few more hundred points dude👍🏻👍🏻

I never wanted to study chess and I dont think I will start ever

IntuitiveCalculator
MrChatty wrote:
IntuitiveCalculator wrote:

Is there something about your playing style that stands out?

The most outstanding thing in my style is that somehow I could have reached 1400+ not knowing any chess theory

I checked some of your games. You play in a dominant style. You Build a big center and your pieces are active. You must be unpleasant to play against for your opponents

MrChatty
IntuitiveCalculator wrote:

You play in a dominant style. You Build a big center and your pieces are active. You must be unpleasant to play against for your opponents

Great. My ego had expanded so I moved to a larger room

ThinkSquareChessAcademy

Positional, With the Queen's Gambit

GodOfFleas

Sober chess scares me. I need a drink before I play.

GraysonKellogg

I play hyper-aggressively. Expect long streaks of checks, captures, and attacking tactics such as forks, as well as for at least one of your pieces to be threatened almost every few turns. I also offer equal trades VERY often, and most times it's multiple in a row.

thereturnofthesnowfox

So you play very aggressively, but offer equal trades?
That seems a little contradictory.

GraysonKellogg
thereturnofthesnowfox wrote:

So you play very aggressively, but offer equal trades?
That seems a little contradictory.

Yes. A ton of my games will have a few equal trades in a row.

GraysonKellogg

I feel like this game sums it up pretty well: https://www.chess.com/variants/setup-chess/game/72637644/155/1