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The style of players is how they play. The style of the opening is which players are suited best for it.

Players are aggressive, tactical, positional, passive, suicidal, ... The way they play defines their style. Openings can also be aggressive, tactical, positional, passive, suicidal, ... They are characterized by the lines which arise from them, and whether those offer aggressive, tactical, positional (and so on) chances.

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Is it possible that a radically different but equally effective playstyle exists?

There seems to be an established "chess canon", whereby general principles exist for long term strategy in the game. There is a well-characterized set of openings, a small subset of which are even played, and even in middle to endgame one can…
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What is a good playstyle for players that are not good with deep calculations?

I have an opponent that knows nothing about formal chess stuff, no glossary, no openings, and so on... And yet that opponent destroys me every time with some DEEEEEP calculating, sometimes 20 minutes long for a single move in untimed chess... I am…
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Objectively, do playing styles exist?

I think nobody here will disagree to call Tal a master of attack and Petrosian a master of defense, or Kasparov more tactical and Karpov more positional. But then, such differences would be moot for a hypothetical 32-piece tablebase. Can, what we…
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Do different nationalities have "notably" different play styles?

In chess, noting the more common countries I've played (Indian Russia, Australia, France, US, China, Japan etc) I've noticed some similarities in their play style. Like how Japanese players, from what I've seen, play aggressive pawns; France and US…
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Why chess styles?

Before posting this question I went through a lot of Q&As on this list. https://chess.stackexchange.com/search?q=style But I still have this question without solid answers. Question: I know what a chess style is, and that different players can have…
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How to make a computer play like a player?

Since computers have surpassed by now all humans, it should be very easy for it to emulate a strength of an weaker player. So the idea is: Supply a number of games The computer ajusts its options (Rating, Cowardice, Pawn Structure play, etc) to…
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Is the Dutch positional or tactical

I have had mixed opinions on if it is tactical or positional, so I'm asking it here as an tiebreaker.
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Do most amateur players play aggressively?

I am an amateur player and I play blitz games with players with ratings around 1500. My impression is, most of these players play very aggressively. I seldom see players who prefer a quiet, solid game, such as Karpov or Petrosian did. (Of course, I…
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Can a chess engine play like a particular famous player?

Different players have different personalities and different playing styles. Mikhail Tal's style is different from Tigran Petrosian, just as Kasparov is different from Karpov. I am wondering if there is a chess engine that can play "like" a real…
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Playing Styles of Fischer and Botvinnik

They say Botvinnik had 'scientific' approach to chess and Fischer's style was crystal-clear. What does it mean? Could you please enunciate about the styles of these masters in a more lucid way?
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Programmatic method to determine if a move is passive or aggressive

I'm currently trying to determine if a player on average plays more aggressive or defensive games. To do this I wanted to look at a game from that player, then average the amount of aggressive moves vs defensive moves. But the real issue is…
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How to determine objectively if a move is passive or aggressive?

I'm doing research about how different conditions or situations affect the decision making process in chess. For example if the opponent's ELO ranking affects the average time used for every move. In the example, both variables are numerical and…
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Is It Good Or Bad To Trade Too Much?

One aspect of my style in chess is that I like to trade a lot. Is trading too much bad?
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What type of a chess player am I?

I'd like to know what sort of a chess player I am. Am I too much of an attacker, or a defender? Or maybe, a little bit of both? On the contrary, I enjoy attacking and deploying stealthy tactics but I'd like to know from you guys, what KIND of a…
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What are variations that can explain why 1.c4 is often suggested as an alternative starting move for for aggressive players?

I've read that multiple times (see comments for example articles), and many top aggressive players have played it, among them world champion Kasparov and (potentially future world champion) Nepo. I am still surprised by this, as English games often…
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