Never playing another game of blitz here again, contemplating walking away from this site entirely.
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If you play these ridicolous openings you won't be better on another site neither.
Fury_Alien wrote:
I understand what you're trying to say, but telling someone to get rid of their tendency to "imitate Tal" isn’t always helpful. For many beginner and improving players, the desire to play like Tal is exactly what inspires them and keeps them passionate about chess. If someone genuinely enjoys open and tactical positions, forcing them into closed structures might earn a few short-term rating points due to reduced risk, but in the long run the player may just become bored and lose their joy for the game.
They can absolutely learn the fundamentals while still enjoying romantic, attacking chess. There’s no need to suppress the style that motivates them.
Some players naturally enjoy slow, sticky positions, but attacking players usually aren’t the ones who want to trade their style for a handful of rating points.
One way or another, they will improve over time if they accept their style, understand its strengths, and know how they want to grow.
Who suggested changing anyone's style? I said to review some Rubenstein closed games for a new perspective. Surely that does not "damage" the fighting spirit of anyone that, you know...has any kind of fighting spirit to begin with.
Dec 6, 2025
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#46
You might be paired against players like me, who haven't reach their real blitz strength
Dec 6, 2025
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#47
The problem with "style" is that beginners think they are or need to be "aggressive" and or" tactical". Ask someone who barely knows how the pieces move, what opening they play? It's the usual. "I play the Sicilian" "I play the KID ". I get it. You want to sound better than you are. Nothing wrong with being a beginner. That is where everyone starts. As the saying goes: "The only style you have is blundering.". Just enjoy the game and the journey. You do that and improvement will come.
Dec 6, 2025
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#48
If his "style" is wasting time in the opening weakening his king and then spending the rest of the game being attacked I think he needs a new style
If the OP likes the "style" of his F6-laden London-esque opening, he could try the Bird and the Dutch. At least then he will only be giving away his opening move advantage as white, not saddling himself with a -1 evaluation (and quickly falling from there if the opponent is accurate) from the get-go.
Dec 6, 2025
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chesssblackbelt wrote:
I suggest changing his style ✋
I will try to, I respect your play, and your incredibly good at chess, so I will try. Can you give me a opening to work from for each color? Obviously, I know there's no perfect opening.
Dec 6, 2025
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#51
LieutenantFrankColumbo wrote:
The problem with "style" is that beginners think they are or need to be "aggressive" and or" tactical". Ask someone who barely knows how the pieces move, what opening they play? It's the usual. "I play the Sicilian" "I play the KID ". I get it. You want to sound better than you are. Nothing wrong with being a beginner. That is where everyone starts. As the saying goes: "The only style you have is blundering.". Just enjoy the game and the journey. You do that and improvement will come.
To be fair I have beaten 1600 ranked blitz in tournaments here, and draw of a 1800, and beaten a fair share of 1350 through 1500 rapid as well, I don't feel like I'm a absolute beginner, but perhaps my preclusions to play crapppy one game, then ok another puts me back to beginner status...
Dec 6, 2025
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#52
chesssblackbelt wrote:
I suggest changing his style ✋
Did someone mention style?
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/off-topic/what-is-my-style
Dec 6, 2025
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#54
Just remember, you gotta lose to get better. Its an opportunity to see a weakness in your play and improve it. Enjoy the game and don't worry about your place in the hierarchy. If it helps, cover up your opponents rating and have fun .
Dec 6, 2025
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#55
Sololevelingsirjohn wrote:
LieutenantFrankColumbo wrote:
The problem with "style" is that beginners think they are or need to be "aggressive" and or" tactical". Ask someone who barely knows how the pieces move, what opening they play? It's the usual. "I play the Sicilian" "I play the KID ". I get it. You want to sound better than you are. Nothing wrong with being a beginner. That is where everyone starts. As the saying goes: "The only style you have is blundering.". Just enjoy the game and the journey. You do that and improvement will come.
To be fair I have beaten 1600 ranked blitz in tournaments here, and draw of a 1800, and beaten a fair share of 1350 through 1500 rapid as well, I don't feel like I'm a absolute beginner, but perhaps my preclusions to play crapppy one game, then ok another puts me back to beginner status...
My comment was not 100% directed at you. It was more of a general statement. Playing inconsistently is not a you problem. Its an "us" problem. That is how the vast majority of chess players play. The only difference that we do it to varying degrees.
Dec 6, 2025
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#56
This makes sense, Columbo, nice handle btw, many here don't know of this show, the savant detective. My father loved this character, I loved sci fi channel highlander, andromeda, Hercules, kinda reminds me of how much we lose in time moving forwards...Oh this reminds me you make like a show called John Doe, sorry for going off topic there, too much coffee....
Dec 6, 2025
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#57
Sololevelingsirjohn wrote:
This makes sense, Columbo, nice handle btw, many here don't know of this show, the savant detective. My father loved this character, I loved sci fi channel highlander, andromeda, Hercules, kinda reminds me of how much we lose in time moving forwards...Oh this reminds me you make like a show called John Doe, sorry for going off topic there, too much coffee....
Never apologize for coffee intake.
Fury_Alien wrote:
Got it, I understand your point now. I only meant that the phrase “always a good way to take the wannabe-Tal tendencies out of the equation” sounded a bit questionable. That’s what I reacted to. The rest of your advice is perfectly reasonable.
It's all good.
Dec 10, 2025
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#59
We all go thru that, and to be honest, you need to fix your openings. Pushing pawns will not improve your gameplay and will leave you in a worse position. Activate your pieces, put them in sqaure where they can control large amount of spaces, and create chances and attacks to punish your opponent.