Originally posted by bobbob1056thI think that chess style isn't a fantasy. Yes, you're right that excluding move transpositions and multiple ways to checkmate, there is only one right move. But no one can find that move all of the time, and the other worse moves probably aren't that much worse than the best move. Chess is a phycological game. If you play the second best move, but it really unnerves your opponent, that was probably your best choice.
I believe that only in rare cases there is more than 1 best move excluding move transpositions and multiple ways to checkmate etc. So yes, chess style is simply a fantasy.
Originally posted by LordOfTheChessboardIn my opinion there are three types of moves on the chessboard:
A lot of the time there will be more than just one best move in the possition and the player will most likely choose a move that suites his style.
I think most beginners play attacking chess because they dont kow anything about possitional and endgame chess.
1. very bad move: a move which looses a winning position
2. bad move: a move which draws a winning position or looses a drawn position
3. an ok move: a move which follows the correct result of the game.
Earlier I said there is only one best move with certain exceptions IF the definition of a best move is what I said. But now I am changing my viewpoint, I think there are times where there is more than one "best" (ok) move, so that would contradict my statement that thereis no such thing as a style of play. But as for me I don't have a style. I play what I think gives me the best chances. I guess you could say my style is "unpredictable"
Also what I have said leads me to the conclusion that there is no such thing as a "good" chessplayer. All chessplayers who have ever made a "1." or "2." move are very bad or bad chess players respectively. Even someone who never makes a mistake would only be an "ok" chessplayer. I have a feeling no one is going to agree with anything I said...
Originally posted by bobbob1056thYou wouldn't know a good chessplayer if you hit one in the head with a chessboard.
In my opinion there are three types of moves on the chessboard:
1. very bad move: a move which looses a winning position
2. bad move: a move which draws a winning position or looses a drawn position
3. an ok move: a move which follows the correct result of the game.
Earlier I said there is only one best move with certain exceptions IF the definiti ...[text shortened]... nly be an "ok" chessplayer. I have a feeling no one is going to agree with anything I said...
Originally posted by bobbob1056thI think that playing 'what gives best chances' does not imply not having a style.
But as for me I don't have a style. I play what I think gives me the best chances.
A player may have some kind of 'bias' in determining the chances. Assume a position where there is a 'positional' move and a wild 'tactical' move, which both seem to offer good chances (so that neither is clearly the best). It may be so, that a positional player tends to evaluate the positional move to be better (as in offering more chances), whereas a tactical player tends to evaluate the tactical move to be better.
If there are bad moves after e4, then there are good moves. If there are good moves, some are better than others. If there are better ones, there is a best one (in your opinion). So play it. You may be wrong, but that's what makes chess interesting. If you fumble around thinking about your "style" you won't play good chess. I don't know if Fritz 8 has a style, but I haven't come close to beating it yet. Ask Kasparov about Deep Blue's style.
If you make a move based on psychology, i.e. to unnerve your opponent, eventually you'll get nailed to the wall. My opinion is to look for the best move. If it's tactical, like giving up the exchange for an attack, and that gives me better chances than a positional move, which gives me a slight squeeze, I'll do the tactical. If you walk around with a self concept, like "I'm a tactical player, like Tal," you'll come to grief because you will (as a previous poster said) have a bias toward making that type of a move, instead of evaluating the board position objectively. I know a few club players who enjoy playing weak players so they can make spectacular sacrifices and make them shake in their boots, but the minute they meet up with someone who calmly and objectively analyzes the position, they're lost. So they're stuck at that level. Beware of assuming a mantle of "style." It's a dead end.
Originally posted by bobbob1056theach time i think you've said the stupidest thing ever all i need to do is wait for your next post and you out do yourself!
Chess theory has not developed enough to know the answer to this question. If you define "best move" as most difficult to meet, move which gives the opponent least options and and move which gives best win/loss/draw ratio after the main lines then I believe there is a best move.
"So yes, chess style is simply a fantasy" you wrote too...
this is not your worst though...your post history really makes you look pretty ridiculous.
you really think one should play a razor sharp opening with complicated lines and pitfalls if your strength is strategic, passive, postional chess and you're not a big calculator?
such a combination of ignorance and arrogance is astounding...keep it up...it's good for laughs