Originally posted by BSpiderMy style has actually become more aggressive over the years.
Do you think chess playing style change when you grew older … I mean the age effects … like you play classic slow openings, less aggressive moves, more defensive, etc … the kind of games most younger dods sees as boring … huh?
But I'm sure I'm the exeption proving the rule.
Originally posted by BSpiderAs I've gotten older, I'm not as tactically alert as I used to be, but I'm better positionally and at endgames. This leads naturally to not playing quite as aggressively as when I was younger, but it hasn't been really conscious, nor extreme.
Do you think chess playing style change when you grew older … I mean the age effects … like you play classic slow openings, less aggressive moves, more defensive, etc … the kind of games most younger dods sees as boring … huh?
Originally posted by ErekoseI'm still young, and I feel like positional analysis is my strongsuit, whereas my tactics are weaker. I wonder if they'll flip-flop as I get older?
As I've gotten older, I'm not as tactically alert as I used to be, but I'm better positionally and at endgames. This leads naturally to not playing quite as aggressively as when I was younger, but it hasn't been really conscious, nor extreme.
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I think that as your positional understanding 'matures', you tend to play less aggressively (relative to yourself) in the tactical sense. as it usually means making positional concessions. in a positional sense you're still playing aggressively though, it's just not so easily visible as flashy tactics. but it's just as deadly, and maybe even more so.
and as chess takes a long time to learn, decades, you're usually gonna be relatively old to hit that point.
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This is a great issue. I've not played chess in 35 years. I started to play again several months ago. I know that now I have a better insight into the game. My game has been improved dramatically. Now I look at the game as a set of fragile connections among elements. I see the interdependency of the pieces and the ways to augment them as a defender and how to break them while playing offense. I can better calculate my own risk, and learn the intentions of my opponents. I can work 3 - 4 moves ahead. I'm a retired computer programmer and my life experience plus learning from the masters of the game will make my play better and better.
Originally posted by BSpiderFor me = definitely.
Do you think chess playing style change when you grew older … I mean the age effects … like you play classic slow openings, less aggressive moves, more defensive, etc … the kind of games most younger dods sees as boring … huh?
I'm 40 now. In my younger days i didn't use to have to try to memorise any opening theory - it just kind of stuck with one glance at a chess book. Not I can barely retain anything new at all. One consequence - I tend to avoid lengthy book lines.
Another change - I used to like very forcing variations but now prefer a less sharp struggle.