Ok, so you basically said that everybody sucks except Australians LOL
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Feb 7, 2017
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#23
BronsteinPawn wrote:
Mexico is closer to the equator so obviously every one is hotter.
The guy is just jealous Mexican women are hotter than Austrian women.
Feb 7, 2017
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#24
Carving01 escribió:
BronsteinPawn wrote:
The guy is just jealous Mexican women are hotter than Austrian women.
Mexico is closer to the equator so obviously every one is hotter.
akafett wrote:
op,
I agree that there may be playing "styles" among people of different places in the world. But, you seem to be focusing on the playing "strength" of people of different nationalities. The only way I see that one's nationality affects one's playing strength is that it depends on how popular chess is in that society. Basically, the more popular a sport is in a given country, the better players one can expect.
thegreat_patzer wrote:
I don't know.
most of this is IMHO bunk. Espacially how "strong" they are...
but I'm sure, slightly, that cultural influences could effect things like
*the inclination to sacrifice a piece that isn't a forced win
*the inclination to resign quickly or fight it out to the last moment
*the tendency to be pleasant in chat
*the inclination to exchange every little thing
* the inclination to take the initative and be aggressive OR
* the inclination to be very defensive about being attacked....
so I think all these tendencies and Much more, might be regional and certainly not national. for example....
if you played in a very competitive NYC scene perhaps you would be very aggressive- OTOH. in more rural parts of America perhaps with lesser players like myself; I have the local expert beat me over and over again... so maybe they would be tendency to be a little timid, passive and defensive.
so. thats just within America. think of how many different places and cultures exist within india and russia.
even if you did nothing to rule out co-incidences; it would still be incredibly hard to make any kind of map of cultural tendency.
in short, Your OP is nothing but a few cliches about a handful of countries. and there's no real reason to be more thorough about this anyways.
Well, this is exactly what I am talking about! I find this very interesting, it shows how cultural differences, ways of raising up in different societies (of course even within one same country), etc. have an influence on your behaviour. This is nothing new or special of course, it's nothing more than basic psychology. But it would be interesting to see it applied to chess players in detail. It would be a lot of work obviously, but maybe a software could be developed that would make the link between the country where one is from, and let's say the openings that one is playing or how one is defending him/herself.
Feb 7, 2017
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#26
I've heard it said that Fischer's style of open lines and clear play is American style.
But it takes great understanding to be able to differentiate.
But it takes great understanding to be able to differentiate.
Feb 7, 2017
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#27
urk escribió:
I've heard it said that Fischer's style of open lines and clear play is American style.
But it takes great understanding to be able to differentiate.
But it takes great understanding to be able to differentiate.
Fischer was not American, he was from Iceland.
Sorry, but you lost him when you put him in that Pasadena Jail.
Well, you have the Italian school of chess, and the Italian school of football, which means just the opposite.
Feb 7, 2017
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#29
urk wrote:
I've heard it said that Fischer's style of open lines and clear play is American style.
But it takes great understanding to be able to differentiate.
But it takes great understanding to be able to differentiate.
I thought American style was attacking and combinative with little regard for the endgame. Since we mostly play in swisses, you need to play like this to win the tournament (try to win all your games). In Europe, in round robins, they draw all their games except 2, and that person wins the tournament. So they're solid positional types, who are good in the endgame.
I thought this was the stereotype anyway.
Feb 7, 2017
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#31
I cant believe round robins are even a thing, they sound soooo boring for non- super GM tournaments
Feb 7, 2017
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#32
Telestu, very true about Swiss vs Round Robin, and how US players are encouraged by design to go balls out to WIN games for any hope of prize money.
Nevertheless, American style, from Morphy to Pillsbury to Fischer has been open lines and clear, simple play.
I have total respect for players like Petrosian, just saying....
And incidentally, American 2200 masters are capable of beating the hell out of FIDE 2350s.
Nevertheless, American style, from Morphy to Pillsbury to Fischer has been open lines and clear, simple play.
I have total respect for players like Petrosian, just saying....
And incidentally, American 2200 masters are capable of beating the hell out of FIDE 2350s.
Telestu wrote:
urk wrote:
I've heard it said that Fischer's style of open lines and clear play is American style.
But it takes great understanding to be able to differentiate.
But it takes great understanding to be able to differentiate.
I thought American style was attacking and combinative with little regard for the endgame. Since we mostly play in swisses, you need to play like this to win the tournament (try to win all your games). In Europe, in round robins, they draw all their games except 2, and that person wins the tournament. So they're solid positional types, who are good in the endgame.
I thought this was the stereotype anyway.
Hold on a second. I understand the aggressive play of an American. But with no regard to the endgame? I disagree with that. I play for the endgame. In fact, if I see that I will be up one pawn in the endgame, I'll trade every piece off the board just to deprive my opponent of counter play. I even traded my last Rook for an opponent's last Knight so I could have an sure advantage in the endgame.
OP, take a look at what few 3 day/move games I have on here and see if they meet your expectations.
buttski wrote:
Americans rarely give rematches, Indians and Filipinos are pesky, French are fast, Russians are unpredictable
I always agree to a rematch before the first game begins. But, that's just me.
I haven't noticed any trends correlating playing style and nationality. Not even with the Scottish.
BronsteinPawn wrote:
The guy is just jealous Mexican women are hotter than Austrian women.
Simply untrue according to my observations and experience.
Feb 8, 2017
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ed1975 escribió:
BronsteinPawn wrote:
The guy is just jealous Mexican women are hotter than Austrian women.
Simply untrue according to my observations and experience.
Simply untrue according to my observations and experience.
Feb 8, 2017
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#38
I bet a woman with one parent Mexican and one parent Austrian would be a beauty.
Feb 8, 2017
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#39
Strangemover escribió:
I bet a woman with one parent Mexican and one parent Austrian would be a beauty.
I bet tons of Europeans came to Mexico when it was discovered and reproduced with natives from the region...
Americans rarely give rematches, Indians and Filipinos are pesky, French are fast, Russians are unpredictable