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Chess: styles of play: tactical vs positional

By Jack Posted on March 17, 2016 Posted in chess Tagged with materialistic chess play, positional player, styles of chess, tactical player, types of chess players

The tutor explores the two common styles of chess seen at high level. I’ve read that Bobby Fischer was a positional player; I’ve also read his being a tactical player. Though a given player can exhibit both styles, they arise …

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Chess: playing the computer

By Jack Posted on October 6, 2015 Posted in games, lifestyle Tagged with Aron Nimzowitsch, Bobby Fischer, bringing out the queen too early, chess, materialistic chess play, passed pawn, queen snatching b pawn in opening

The tutor gives some commentary on playing computer chess. I mainly play computer chess – always as Black. The engines I play against have tendencies that I guess are typical: they are materialistic and they like passed pawns. (A passed …

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Chess: styles of play: tactical vs positional

Chess: playing the computer