Practical:

         These players have a little bit of edge to their game. They understand that chess is a game, and the object is to do everything possible to win and not always to find the absolute best move. They often will play very quickly to put clock related pressure on you, and will often understand and avoid your strength's. They usually will play openings they are very familiar with. Technical players are often very practical as well, however they are usually a lot more limited in their opening choices, whereas practical players can play a more types of postions comfortably.
  Despite being comfortable in more types of openings, these players often have serious holes in their theoretical knowledge. They just hope to get a reasonable position out of the opening without spending too much time, and then to simply outplay you.

Examples - GM Leonid Yudasin, IM Jay Bonin


STYLES:
Technical
Positional
Attacking
Calculating
Tricky
Dynamic
Practical
Intuitive
Logical
Young

To read about how the classification of chess styles was done, click here: Chess Styles

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