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The style of players is how they play. The style of the opening is which players are suited best for it.

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What are variations that can explain why 1.c4 is often suggested as an alternative starting ...

Your question asks for variations and that suggests to me that you are thinking along the wrong lines. Certainly there are very few, if any, followups to 1.c4 that lead quickly to sharp tactical play, …
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Adapt play style when playing against stronger / weaker opponents?

As for playing weak opponents, It is often a mistake to ask yourself what Morphy would have done, unless your normal style is to imitate Morphy, but give your oppent the chance to make positional errors …
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Why chess styles?

Perhaps I make a move that allows an unclear attack in response that I am really rather afraid of, but I tell myself that it would not be in my opponents style. … If s/he is a good player, they will do their best to arrive at an objective judgement regardless of style, but style will probably influence what they actually play. …
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