Based on Yuri Averbakh's categorization, what is your chess personality type?

1) Killers: They take the game's result personally & use chess as a means of breaking an opponent's ego. E.g. Bobby Fischer, Garry Kasparov, Mikhail Botvinnik, and Viktor Korchnoi.
#chess #chesstype 2- Fighters: They enjoy the process of struggling with the opponent & don't lose heart even if their position is inferior.
E.g, Arkadij Naiditsch & Valentina Gunina.

3- Athletes: who see chess as a sport & don't take the results personally.
E.g. Jose Raul Capablanca & Boris S.

“I am convinced that the reason the John Nunn never became world champion is that he is too clever for that. He has so incredibly much in his head. Simply too much. His enormous powers of understanding & his constant thirst for knowledge distracted him from chess”
Magnus Carlsen Dr. John Nunn: at just 15, he began his journey in mathematics at Oxford & became the youngest student in 500 years. By 23, he earned a PhD in algebraic topology. Nunn went on to become a world-renowned chess grandmaster, dominating for almost 2 decades.

#Chess #oxford #Math

Although I love Reti, I don't think this principle is correct. Here are some counterexamples for both black and white 🧵

A) You can play prophylactic pawn moves in the opening:

↖️Sicilian Najdorf.
↗️ Petrosian var. of the Queen's Indian.
↙️ Spanish opening.
↘️Italian defense.

https://twitter.com/ChessMood/status/1645851204423933953

B) You can play expansionist pawn moves:

↖️Keres variation of the Scheveningen Sicilian.
↗️ Italian Giuocco Piano.
↙️ Caro-Kann advance variation.
↘️Modern Defense.