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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