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Your (Chess) Personality

I'm a big fan of your blog posts :)

I wrote something on a similar topic to this once (though it's still a work in progress)

https://lichess.org/@/TheLastStyleBender/blog/deriving-your-chess-style-from-your-personality/cn3zUarR

You might get something out of it :)

Jay

I'm a big fan of your blog posts :) I wrote something on a similar topic to this once (though it's still a work in progress) https://lichess.org/@/TheLastStyleBender/blog/deriving-your-chess-style-from-your-personality/cn3zUarR You might get something out of it :) Jay

Another winner.

I read an article awhile ago that suggested that chess style was correlated with political leaning, and the correlation was the opposite of what you'd expect: political conservatives seemed to be attacking, risk-taking players while political liberals were quiet positional types. Years ago I used to play regularly with two guys who embodied this (see my blog entry "Lionel and Bruce"). I'm still not sure I really buy any of it, but it's interesting nonetheless.

My personal playing style was not a conscious choice but the simply what the results were telling me when I played. If I tried to play bold, attacking chess it just didn't work for me, while boring positional stuff tended to give me much better results. When that went on long enough eventually I'd feel comfortable in quiet positions and stressed out in sharp ones, producing a feedback loop. I imagine it's that way for a lot of people, no matter what their style is.

Another winner. I read an article awhile ago that suggested that chess style was correlated with political leaning, and the correlation was the opposite of what you'd expect: political conservatives seemed to be attacking, risk-taking players while political liberals were quiet positional types. Years ago I used to play regularly with two guys who embodied this (see my blog entry "Lionel and Bruce"). I'm still not sure I really buy any of it, but it's interesting nonetheless. My personal playing style was not a conscious choice but the simply what the results were telling me when I played. If I tried to play bold, attacking chess it just didn't work for me, while boring positional stuff tended to give me much better results. When that went on long enough eventually I'd feel comfortable in quiet positions and stressed out in sharp ones, producing a feedback loop. I imagine it's that way for a lot of people, no matter what their style is.
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I realize it's been a couple years, but this is new to me and still is a highly entertaining take on chess personality/style and its importance (?) - something which can be nearly endlessly debated. Props to your beachy nihilist Petrov-playing friend, in any case.

I realize it's been a couple years, but this is new to me and still is a highly entertaining take on chess personality/style and its importance (?) - something which can be nearly endlessly debated. Props to your beachy nihilist Petrov-playing friend, in any case.