What's Your Chess Personality?

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Take this quiz and see if you agree? I think mine was spot on...

 

http://www.chesspersonality.com

 

"Escape Artist"

 

Escape Artists like quiet, positional play, but somehow seem to end up in tense, nerve-wracking, and sharp struggles. Why does this happen? Because the Escape Artist, by threatening to grind his opponent down in quiet, positional ways, forces his opponent to counterattack, sacrifice, and take risks. The Escape Artist often doesn't prevent his opponent's attack, but actually welcomes it and entices it. Then the complications and danger begin, and the Escape Artist's phenomenal calculating power comes to the forefront.

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Geniuses seem to decide their moves by pure divination. With little or no calculation, they decide where to put their pieces and then simply put them there. The Genius just feels the pulse of the position. His combinations are usually short, simple, but transform the game in a deadly way. The Genius doesn't seek complications and thus draws quite a few games, but rarely loses. Sometimes he seems to get bored of chess, but this is actually an illusion - he cares about it more than anything.

Also pretty correct for me! wink.png

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MarcoGiorgioD wrote:

Geniuses seem to decide their moves by pure divination. With little or no calculation, they decide where to put their pieces and then simply put them there. The Genius just feels the pulse of the position. His combinations are usually short, simple, but transform the game in a deadly way. The Genius doesn't seek complications and thus draws quite a few games, but rarely loses. Sometimes he seems to get bored of chess, but this is actually an illusion - he cares about it more than anything.

Also pretty correct for me!

 

That sounds like you play like Capablanca! Was he one of the examples?

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Mecanicas wrote:

My chess personality is "professional", which fits with Mikhail Botvinnik, my favourite chess player.

He's also one of my favorite players... His moves just always seem to make perfect sense.

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Gringer

Same as Karpov

Avatar of ImAboutToBlunder
I'm a barbarian. Similar to nakamura. That's cool. I feel like I'll change as I become a better positional player.
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So you're a blundering barbarian? lol

Avatar of RALRAL3333
Im a technician like Krammnik.
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H'uh.

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That site is uncanny.  

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Avatar of Eoin-MacLove

Surgeon, i cut my opponents hearts out and sell them to the heartless.

Avatar of PawnStormFTW

interesting, it says I'm an assassin, like Fischer

Avatar of SteveDevastator
I got Natural. The intuitive player. I dig it
Avatar of Slow_pawn

It's actually kind of hard to look at the way I play and sum it up, harder than I thought anyway. I can be pretty careless for sure. I often miss elementary things that I shouldn't yet I'm also fairly good at seeing complex patterns within a position. If there is a word for that kinda thing, it's me. 

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lol I am a champion like Kasparov...

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The Prodigy is the ultimate sportsman. Prodigies play aggressively and fight for the win from the beginning to the end, but place the highest value on maintaining emotional control and utilizing every opportunity that comes their way. Prodigies are not out to prove any kinds of theories, or to create great works of art (though that often happens anyway); for Prodigies winning is everything… because winning is simply more fun.

Magnus Carlsen is a Prodigy

Magnus CarlsenMagnus Carlsen (born 1990) of Norway, the current world champion, exemplifies the Prodigy. A universal player with an intuitive grasp of chess, much of Carlsen's success can be explained by his psychology which is completely unencumbered by fear. He rarely makes any kind of blunders, and plays on forever to try to win positions with the smallest advantage, or even equal ones. His endgame play is superb, and his constant pressing in every position eventually drives his opponents to make errors. Carlsen is currently the highest rated player in history.

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I don't necessarily agree with all of this, but, indeed, I've always found Carlsen's style to be very close to mine.

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I'm the ~SPICIEST~ chess personality! Good night y'all..

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Thanks rated... for pointing out a fun site!

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Came out as Genius, other people have been telling me that since I was kid, but sometimes I think I'm stupid.

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Technicians are the quietest and calmest chess players. Strategists who rarely attack directly and prefer to quietly exploit positional advantages, Technicians utilize their exceptional intuition to guide their positional play. Rarely losing control, the Technician exploits almost invisible positional weaknesses to win in the endgame. Technicians do not like to take many risks, and therefore rarely lose - but also win less than more aggressive players.

yay I love kramnik!