AGGRESSIVE | |
LOOK FOR IMPERFECTIONS | |
CALCULATION | |
CALMED DOWN |
KILLER
Specialists in controlled attack. They tend to play aggressive openings and look for attacks on the opponent's king. But they do not attack savagely or carelessly, since everything is exactly calculated to achieve their objective.
He often plays “against the pieces” rather than “against an opponent.” They will not alter their own game even for psychological advantage.
Recommended openings:
White: Ruy Lopez
Black: Sicilian Defense, King's India
Example:
Bobby Fischer (1946 – 2008), the eleventh world champion, was a lethal killer. One of the most dominant players of all time, who became Grandmaster at the age of fifteen and achieved the world champion title in 1972 in his duel against Boris Spassky, where Fischer's perfect self-control, together with his tan Precise calculation and his gigantic will to win caused the collapse of his rival.
His repertoire of openings was very limited, but also very aggressive and well prepared. Fischer was a chess machine that no chess engine of the time could match.