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eagles54
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10 Jun 05
eagles54
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I've been playing for over a year now. I have just recently resolved to reduce my gameload, play far fewer games and concentrate on learning the game in depth with the help of books and databases.
My question is this: I find that I prefer an attacking style and aggressive play. Can a beginner start off this way and have success or should I hold off until I know the game better? I know that the attacking style can leave one vulnerable to counter-attack but oh! do I love to create chaos! 😀
thanks in advance,
eagle
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Style is for dressmakers. Look for best move in each position.
hypermo2001
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Originally posted by buddy2
Style is for dressmakers. Look for best move in each position.
I would't go that far...
you can choose to learn some gambit systems that provide a basis for attacks
do not just attack for the hell of it...there must be some type of advantage, whether it be development, material, position, tempi, for an attack to be justified.
e.g. you may want to study the icelandic variation of the scandinavian...black gambits a pawn for the chance of a good attack. (but don't study the variation of the scandinavian where black recaptures the pawn with the queen)
Bowmann
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Originally posted by buddy2
Style is for dressmakers. Look for best move in each position.
Spot on!
War is war, losers.
Regicidal
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Nothing wrong with learning tactics through aggressive play for beginners. The problem is beginners focus on their own moves/attacks but give little effort focusing on what the opponent can do to them. Learn to think in both directions.
LordOfTheChessboard
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Originally posted by buddy2
Style is for dressmakers. Look for best move in each position.
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.
richjohnson
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Originally posted by buddy2
Style is for dressmakers. Look for best move in each position.
What is the best move after 1. e4?
hypermo2001
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Originally posted by richjohnson
What is the best move after 1. e4?
that's a good point...
depending on your STYLE the best reply to e4 for you could be:
e5, e6, c5, c6, d5, Nf6, etc...
Weadley
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Play the Danish Gambit.
It is totall attacking system that will work on players up to the mid 1400 range. It will give you great practice on attacking.
checkmate99
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If you have the advantage, you must attack, otherwise you waste the point of having an advantage.
If you don't have the advantage, then attacking is doomed to fail against accurate play...with accurate play being the tricky part. Meaning, sometimes even a bad attack can cause lower ranked players (or an OTB opponent in time truble) to falter and you will succeed in spite of your bad idea.
OTB chess, at least below the expert level, is still a very psychological game and playing your opponent can be as effective as playing the position. For example, about 10 years ago I had a friend that was very aggressive, and was at least at good as me when it came to open attacking games. But if I kept him locked in a closed, positional game, more often than not he'd lose interest and ultimately lose the game.
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Originally posted by eagles54
I've been playing for over a year now. I have just recently resolved to reduce my gameload, play far fewer games and concentrate on learning the game in depth with the help of books and databases.My question is this: I find that I prefer an attacking style and aggressive play. Can a beginner start off this way and have success or should I hold off unt ...[text shortened]... vulnerable to counter-attack but oh! do I love to create chaos! 😀
thanks in advance,
eagle
I think being an attacker is the best style for beginners because it teaches very quickly how to exploit advantage, when a sac is a mistake, when you're in trouble defensively and when you are not, etc.
Bowmann
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Originally posted by richjohnson
What is the best move after 1. e4?
No comments until his game is over.
benkoboy
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Mikhail Tal was one of the best players of all time and he was a very very aggresive and attacking styled player.
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Originally posted by benkoboy
Mikhail Tal was one of the best players of all time and he was a very very aggresive and attacking styled player.
What's with all the abbreviations in your profile? It's total gibberish.
bobbob1056th
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Originally posted by richjohnson
What is the best move after 1. e4?
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.
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