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I was looking at those descriptions of style: attacking maniac - classic model a younger Victor Dzera or Frank Pushkedra. passive - I dont know any at master strength but several at lower levels.
exchanger - classic model Hugh Brodie. Perfectionist - classic model Geza Fuster. Strategist - classic model - Zvonko Vranesic. I guess that dates me.
Does anyone have more recent examples?
It would be interesting to guess a score in a 12 game match between Deen and Tom in their prime (somewhere in the time period of 1990 - 1995.)
There would have been a lot of draws but I would guess Deen would have scored first and the problem with that is that a win would have given him a huge psychological edge.
Hans, I recall a game you had with Lawrence where one of you had tripled isolated pawns, do you recall this game? We had a chat while you took a break from the board. You were delighted to have such an interesting/challenging position against such a player as Lawrence.
That would have been from North Bay. Fortunately Lawrence put all his games on chessgames.com (great service!) so I will go and track that down. I would like your input on it. That was one I never figured out what to do right. Worth a look.
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1037839 I think it was this game.
Looks interesting after move 18 but I remember using alot of time after that and coming up with terrible moves.
Brad, what would you play on move 19 for white and what do you think of the position?
Last edited by Hans Jung; Saturday, 5th March, 2022, 05:44 PM.
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1037839 I think it was this game.
Looks interesting after move 18 but I remember using alot of time after that and coming up with terrible moves.
Brad, what would you play on move 19 for white and what do you think of the position?
My quick reaction would be Bd2 vs. Bg5, but I'm being reminded to go pick up Chinese food for dinner!
Thanks Hans, that is the game I recall for sure. I have no idea what to do but I think I would want to get the N to e4, and play 0-0 soon. I feel very underdeveloped. Lifting the R would not have occurred to me.
Thats because R h3 is an awful move. and I didnt like Bg5. when I looked at it now. 0-0 is a natural move especially with queens off and heading the knight to e4 is also a good idea eyeing c5 and g5. What to do with the Bc1? The trouble is Bd2 gets hit immediately by Rd8.
Last edited by Hans Jung; Saturday, 5th March, 2022, 07:41 PM.
Getting back to the original topic of this thread....
I have long wondered about this: Is there a different style of play (in general) between left-handed chess players and right-handed players?
The reason for this question is simple: it is said that left-handers and right-handers use opposite sides of their brain. So this should definitely affect chess playing, shouldn't it?
But I don't know how much can be determined, because I doubt whether anyone keeps track of which players are left-handed and which are right -handed.
The position is surprisingly difficult for White. Black has the two monstrous knights that are threatening to go to d4 and d5-f4. White has the two bishops but must be very careful.
I tried to make Bd2 work but after Rad8 then what? The dark squared bishop for white lacks squares. White has the two bishops and black the Irish pawn centre but White lacks a long range plan.
The best I could do was 19.00 Nd4 20.Bd2 Nd5 21.Be4 but White is badly cramped, there are no freeing moves.
19.Nc3 Nd4 20.0-0 Nd5 21.Ne4 Nf4 22.Bxf4 Ne2+ 23.Kh2 Nxf4 is cute and shows the tactics available for Black.
Hans, how similar in playing style are Deen and Lawrence? They seem opposite in style to Tom, and also to Nick. Michael Schleifer told me that he thought Nick played like Fischer. Is it fair to say that Tom and Nick play more positionally while Deen and Lawrence play more tactically?
Good question Brad. They all were positional players - however Tom had defensive highlights - great at defending and finding counterplay. Nick had this nose for the attack - a finely intuitive sense - and if he felt it was there he would hunt it down ruthlessly. Lawrence, Nick, and Deen were all great at attacking. Deen had a great flair for finding and keeping the intiative. Lawrence knew certain positions better than just about anybody. He of all of them was also the trickiest. Lawrence and Nick also used psychology against individual opponents.
Deen and Lawrence had an interesting track record against each other. Here is an earlier Day - Hergott encounter https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1496017 In the earlier years Lawrence seemed to own Deen. Deen couldnt do much against him. In later years it was almost a reversal. https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1037799 What an ending - and Lawrence was fighting! Notice those games were both Robatschs https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1037772 Im in awe of this game.
There are about 10 wins (and losses) of Day - Hergott encounters in the database. I encourage you to play them over. You'll gain your own insights. For sure all unique great players.
Its much easier if you look under Hergott rather than Day
Last edited by Hans Jung; Wednesday, 9th March, 2022, 02:08 PM.
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