what is your MBTI type and how do you believe it affects your playing style

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i am an INFJ and i think it likely helps with predicting possibilities (though not generally accurately), i would like to mention that i know many an opinion will state against MBTI's legitimacy, and i am sure they have a point, but the test, as i would prefer to believe, is meant to be taken with a bit of ambiguity, hopefully their can be a lack of any form of arguing in the comments on the subject, as that is not the point of the forum

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INFJ*

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I guess what he would play sometime

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No idea what an mbti type is?

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I'm not really an expert on mbti personalities, but I know that I'm an intj, which might help me calculate more deeply and generally better understanding of logical games like chess. I’m really aggressive and I often think about sacrifices, maybe that’s also because of my personality..

Maybe someone knows more and can tell us more specific about the correlation between being an intj and the playing style

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Schachpferd1 wrote:

I'm not really an expert on mbti personalities, but I know that I'm an intj, which might help me calculate more deeply and generally better understanding of logical games like chess. I’m really aggressive and I often think about sacrifices, maybe that’s also because of my personality..

Maybe someone knows more and can tell us more specific about the correlation between being an intj and the playing style

yeah, in cognitive functions, the two most used functions you have are Ni (introverted intuition) and Te (extroverted thinking), though since you are introverted (the I trait), you use Ni more, in chess, INTJ is usually one of the best types to have because of Ni's amazing abillity to look at possibillities to find a relatively accurate outcome to your plan, that combined with extraverted thinking (which just makes it so you are constantly trying to solve and evaluate problems in the currant world, generally with people, i would assume you can see why this helps) is a powerhouse of strategy, mine (INFJ) is actually pretty similar

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Not many people are bothered about speudo-scientific personality indices, and Myers-Briggs is one of them.

Besides, everyone up to 1800 rating knows his style. This is blundering on almost every move, as a guy named Magnus has claimed 10 years ago.

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pfren wrote:

Not many people are bother about speudo-scientific personality indices, and Myers-Briggs is one of them.

Besides, everyone up to 1800 rating knows his style. This is blundering on almost every move, as a guy named Magnus has claimed 10 years ago.

sure, but your personality certainly affects your playing style, and i am rather curious as to how many people would view said effect

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As pfren stated. Us class players have one style. It's called blundering.

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I can admit it. So can you.

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LieutenantFrankColumbo wrote:

I can admit it. So can you.

style, not quality of play

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but yes, US players mostly suck besides the masters

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Whether you choose to call it style or personality does change the fact that it's still blunders.

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LieutenantFrankColumbo wrote:

Whether you choose to call it style or personality does change the fact that it's still blunders.

yes, we blunder a lot, that is quality of play, style of play is "do you like thinking of moves on the spot or complex lines" "are you super offensive or super defensive" this is affected by MBTI, (though i am sure it may affect quality of play as well, i haven't fully researched that aspect quite yet)

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i say affected because it isn't the only deciding factor

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If you agree we blunder then what difference does it make about style or personality? Blunders are blunders. And if you look at the games of those that are into style and personality. The vast majority are online speed chess players that move too fast and don't put in the time to actually think.

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LieutenantFrankColumbo wrote:

If you agree we blunder then what difference does it make about style or personality? Blunders are blunders. And if you look at the games of those that are into style and personality. The vast majority are online speed chess players that move too fast and don't put in the time to actually think.

what parts of chess do you try the hardest at, that is all i am asking and using a format (MBTI) i happen to know a lot about

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MBTI lacks scientific rigor and, as physicists would say, looks more akin to "hand waving" it isn't a clinical tool. Maybe time will reveal more, or one could check the interaction of the 3rd through 12th house's interaction with the planet mercury in their horoscope.

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badger_song wrote:

MBTI lacks scientific rigor and, as physicists would say, looks more akin to "hand waving" it isn't a clinical tool. Maybe time will reveal more, or one could check the interaction of the 3rd through 12th houses interaction with the planet mercury in their horoscope.

why does it lack scientific rigor? through cognitive functions (different branch of MBTI) it actually does reveal a lot about a person, not that i wnat to argue though

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Fantom-L wrote:
badger_song wrote:

MBTI lacks scientific rigor and, as physicists would say, looks more akin to "hand waving" it isn't a clinical tool. Maybe time will reveal more, or one could check the interaction of the 3rd through 12th houses interaction with the planet mercury in their horoscope.

why does it lack scientific rigor? through cognitive functions (different branch of MBTI) it actually does reveal a lot about a person, not that i wnat to argue though

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers%E2%80%93Briggs_Type_Indicator