Technical – Intuition – Defend – Calm – Cool Mind

AGGRESSIVE	POSITIONAL
LOOK FOR IMPERFECTIONS	IMPROVE
INTUITION	CALCULATION
EMOTIONAL	CALMED DOWN

TECHNICAL

Extremely calm chess players.

Strategists who rarely attack directly and prefer to silently exploit positional advantages, thus, “technicians” use their exceptional intuition to guide their positional play, rarely losing control.

This type of player exploits almost invisible positional weaknesses to win in the end game. They do not like to take many risks and therefore rarely lose, but they also win less than more aggressive players.

Recommended Openings:

White: English Opening

Black: Sicilian Defense, Semi-Slavic Defense, Petrov Defense

Example:

Vladimir Kramnik (born 1975), Russia's fourteenth world champion, is one of the best examples of a Technical player.

Known for his great endgame skills and excellent opening knowledge, Kramnik became the world champion by defeating Garry Kasparov, who had reigned for fifteen years. Despite being seen as unstoppable, Kasparov failed to win a single game against Kramnik's impenetrable play in their London showdown in 2000, while Kramnik exploited small errors to win two games.

See the 16 Chess Personalities