Technical:

         A technical player will usually play the same openings repeatedly and know them extremely well. Usually these systems are positionally based and they know the strategical ideas extremely well. They may become uncomfortable when confronted with a new and unfamiliar position, however they usually do everything they can to aim for the positions they understand. Sometimes they make even make concessions to avoid being attacked or giving up counterplay, even if this may not be the objectively correct decision. Despite this, they are hard to play against, because you feel like you are always playing into their strongpoints. Almost all technical player's seem to have an incredible overall chess understanding. It's a very practical style of play that's used by some of the most active and successful players in the nation, and it's almost impossible to be a "techincal" player, without being very strong, as it requires too much chess understanding for lower rated players to use successfully.

Examples - GM Igor Novikov, GM Alex Wojtkiewicz, IM John Donaldson


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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