Passive style

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Behroozfar

Hello dear freinds .

I am a good player but my chess style is passive and often accept passive positions for  material ( even a pawn ) or for not complicating the position .

If opponent give not me material or not complicate the position yet probably my position is passive or at least i cant do anything and the game go on the draw . only if my opponent make a mistake or if he does not progress with his superior position ( in situation that i am up material ) i can win the game .

i understand this problem but i cant leave or decrease level of this bad habit and i do this unconscious in games .

I ask you for help me to play in complicate positions and to sacrifice pawns for active play .

Behroozfar
tonydal wrote:

Maybe it's just your style (ie, your natural tendency).  After all, Korchnoi and Steinitz come to mind as having the same attributes, and they did alright.  Also, only if your opponent makes a mistake can anybody win the game.

I don't really think that caution is a bad habit (though foolhardiness might well prove to be)... :)


 OK . you are right . this is a style and i tend to this . i win many games in this style . but this style is very painful . you must suffer many pressures until you win in this style . also you know that defence is more difficult than attack . I want to learn other side of the chess .

Thank you dear tonydal

Behroozfar

No one can help me ?

rednblack

Though it may be for an audience slightly above where you're playing now, I'd recommend "The Art of Attack in Chess" by Vukovic, or going through games of aggressive players.  I'm also a little passive of a player myself, but doing that always gets me wanting to attack and push positions more to my favor.  Doesn't always work, but when it does it's fun.

Grizzlay

Just watch some chesslive games going on, and watch the players who attack. Try and put yourself in his position and see what he's trying to accomplish, how he supports his pieces, and develops his attack.

As a passive player, you've probably seen a lot of attacks, so you must have an idea of what's difficult to defend.

I tend to play passive at the start of a game if I'm black, but the moment I get a move up on my opponent, I try and take the initiative and keep it, by putting the pressure on.

If I start as white, then I'm setting up my defense, but with the dual purpose of trying to get my queen and bishops developed, so I can use them to pressure my opponent.

I'm not a great player by any stretch, but watching some livechess games has helped me understand some of the tactics involved in attacking/defending.

BOTNEY

it's pretty simple,No Ananlysis is needed. The way that people play IS their personality.

Petra_I_am

Maybe playing some kind of gambit just for fun in a lot of 10 minutes games will help?