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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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Do most amateur players play aggressively?

Do most amateur players play aggressively? That's a very broad and sweeping generalization because, for a start, the vast majority of chess players are amateurs. Very, very few are professionals. Ve …
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Have there been GMs playing consistently super-risky?

What you describe is called "Hope chess". It is a very common beginner's mistake. To reach any reasonable standard of chess (like strong local club player) the player has to eliminate this basic mista …
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Is it possible that a radically different but equally effective playstyle exists?

I am thinking of a project involving training an AI to play chess, but with a loss function that discourages common moves for that position - i.e. a chess engine that performs incredibly well b …
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How to determine objectively if a move is passive or aggressive?

I would say a move is more aggressive if it involves one or more of the following: 1) Attacking an enemy piece, particularly a more powerful piece 2) Attacking a square near the opponent's king 3) …
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