I think the quiz is very useful.
"Which chess opening fits your personality?" - a quiz
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Which chess opening fits your personality?Your Result: French Defence
90%
The French Defence is a chess opening characterized by the moves 1. e4 e6. The French has a reputation for solidity and resilience, though it can result in a somewhat cramped game for Black in the early stages. Black often gains counterattacking possibilities on the queenside while White tends to concentrate on the kingside.
85%
Sicilian Najdorf
62%
English Opening
54%
Sicilian Dragon
51%
Ruy Lopez (Spanish Game)
51%
King's Gambit
50%
Caro-Kann
49%
Evans Gambit
28%
Four Knights Game
23%
Grob's Attack
Crazychessplaya wrote:
This is a bit controversial, but I assume there is a link between one's personality, and the type of chess opening one should be using. Please let me know what you think based on the quiz results:
http://www.gotoquiz.com/which_chess_opening_fits_your_personality
Hope you didn't design the quiz because it's hopeless. Gave my second string defence, the Caro, as only 7% fit and thought I should play the Evans and Kings Gambits.
Mar 31, 2022
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there are literally no one of those openings i play so.. it kinda doesn't make sense...
Which chess opening fits your personality?Your Result: French Defence
83%
The French Defence is a chess opening characterized by the moves 1. e4 e6. The French has a reputation for solidity and resilience, though it can result in a somewhat cramped game for Black in the early stages. Black often gains counterattacking possibilities on the queenside while White tends to concentrate on the kingside.
68%
Caro-Kann
67%
English Opening
64%
Ruy Lopez (Spanish Game)
50%
Four Knights Game
43%
Sicilian Najdorf
14%
Sicilian Dragon
11%
King's Gambit
0%
Evans Gambit
0%
Grob's Attack
Which chess opening fits your personality?Your Result: French Defence
90%
The French Defence is a chess opening characterized by the moves 1. e4 e6. The French has a reputation for solidity and resilience, though it can result in a somewhat cramped game for Black in the early stages. Black often gains counterattacking possibilities on the queenside while White tends to concentrate on the kingside.
70%
Caro-Kann
70%
Ruy Lopez (Spanish Game)
69%
English Opening
56%
Sicilian Najdorf
50%
Four Knights Game
24%
Sicilian Dragon
19%
Evans Gambit
11%
King's Gambit
0%
Grob's Attack
Your Result: English Opening
I'm gonna be honest, these do not match my opening repertoire. It recommended French, Caro, and Four Knights, all of which I intensely dislike (the Caro is fine I guess). My repertoire is Sicilian (Dragondorf preferred), Grunfeld KID, Scotch (Sotch-Goring Gambit), Slav, Italian. My personality (slightly cautious) does NOT match my chess personality at all.
Lol, I got the french defense and four nights as my top suggestions 😂. I prefer the king's indian attack with white and I'll stick with it for a while.
Mainline_Novelty wrote:
Which chess opening fits your personality?
Ruy Lopez (Spanish Game)
Sicilian Najdorf
Grob's Attack
French Defence
King's Gambit
English Opening
Caro-Kann
Your Result: Sicilian Dragon
The Dragon Variation of the Sicilian Defence is one of the oldest and sharpest branches of the Sicilian complex. It is used by Magnus Carlsen, Veselin Topalov, and Viktor Korchnoi.
Evans GambitFour Knights Game
not a chance. i hate all openings on the list but the Najdorf
I got the same things. Like, wtf. Worst openings, except, like you said, the Najdorf
Your quiz results
The Caro-Kann, like the Sicilian Defence and French Defence, is classified as a "Semi-Open Game", but it is thought to be more solid and less dynamic than either of those openings. It often leads to good endgames for Black, who has the better pawn structure. The opening is named after the English player Horatio Caro and the Austrian Marcus Kann who analyzed the opening in 1886. It is believed to be good against computers especially when it leads to a closed position. It is, hence, one of the more common openings played in computer-human matches.