My aggressive play deserves a red card :-\
Comparing playing styles in Chess and Football
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It's curious Italian School in chess is what we could name 'jogo bonito'.
He he a red card eh?
Did you knock the clock off the table?
Does one get a yellow card for having a pawn face the wrong direction?
Punching ur opponent instead of pressing the clock after the move will surely lead to a red card!
Netherlands vs Spain game reminded me of one of those Tal's games. Nobody ever saw the goals coming like nobody ever saw those Tal's sacrifices coming!
Jun 16, 2014
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Spain (2008-2012 World Cup and Euros winners that is) could be compared to Paul morphy. Patient build up before launching a lethal attack
Maurice Ashley used to compare American football with chess. I always thought his comparisons sounded silly. As if the locals might do "the wave" while watching two scowling Russians contemplate a chess position. Yea, that could happen. Anyway ...
Arthur Bisguier was, once upon a time, one of the best players in the U.S. He even beat a young Bobby Fischer back in 1956. According to my database, Arthur scored exactly 1 win, 1 draw and 13 losses against Bobby, results which compare favorably to the combined results of the entire Soviet team in the early 70's! :)
Alas, as the years passed, Arthur's prowess diminshed - and kept on diminishing - until finally his play began to resemble that of my hapless high school football team, who shall remain nameless.
Which is much better than I can play, of course, but we're talking GM's.
Jun 17, 2014
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Edmar Mednis wrote a little paperback book back in 1974. It was titled, "How To Beat Bobby Fischer: At last in one volume! Bobby Fischer's 61 losing games in championship play." (Edited with an introduction by Robert Byrne)
He doesn't mention the Bisguier game, but as you say, Fischer was quite young then.
Hi everybody,
Since the FIFA World cup has started, a thought about comparing the different football playing styles came to mind. I think football and chess have a lot in common and also a lot of differences as well. Comparing football and chess seems like comparing apples to oranges, but still I feel there is something remarkable between the two games which makes comparisons really interesting!
For example, the playing style of Italian football team reminds me of the playing style of Tigran Petrosian. Both try to base their play around building a solid defense and then take advantage of opponent making a mistake.
Similarly, the German football style reminds me of the playing style of Garry Kasparov's brilliant attacking games.
What do you all say? Can we compare the playing styles and strategies of these two beautiful games?
Waiting to hear some interesting points.