Of all the current top Super-GMs? he is the most unpredictable player, its very hard to guess his moves, he plays 'weird' moves that are not top enginge moves but still good, i was wondering is there a way to learn to play in that style?, are there books? or its just natural talent?
@DeeNjugunah
I have a book written by Christian Bauer: "Candidate Moves"
The concept of the book is pretty unique:
It covers 19 of his games on finding candidate moves in different thematic positions (exchange sacrifice, tactical mess, king in the center and also quieter games)
He annotates and leads trough his thoughts every game TWICE - once as the white player and once as if he would play the black pieces.
So in the end you have 38 fully annotated games by Christian Bauer, very much to learn from!
Have fun!
I have a book written by Christian Bauer: "Candidate Moves"
The concept of the book is pretty unique:
It covers 19 of his games on finding candidate moves in different thematic positions (exchange sacrifice, tactical mess, king in the center and also quieter games)
He annotates and leads trough his thoughts every game TWICE - once as the white player and once as if he would play the black pieces.
So in the end you have 38 fully annotated games by Christian Bauer, very much to learn from!
Have fun!
You haven't seen anything till you've seen Duncan Suttles (he's crazier than Basman!).
Not only Rapport, but there are others who play creative like MVL, Rajdabov, Ding, Nepo, etc.
Also, if era doesn't matter then best is to analyse Tal games which literally goes all above head!
Also, if era doesn't matter then best is to analyse Tal games which literally goes all above head!
@derkleineJo said in #2:
> @DeeNjugunah
> I have a book written by Christian Bauer: "Candidate Moves"
>
> The concept of the book is pretty unique:
> It covers 19 of his games on finding candidate moves in different thematic positions (exchange sacrifice, tactical mess, king in the center and also quieter games)
>
> He annotates and leads trough his thoughts every game TWICE - once as the white player and once as if he would play the black pieces.
>
> So in the end you have 38 fully annotated games by Christian Bauer, very much to learn from!
>
> Have fun!
Haha, I forgot to mention... For me Richard Rapport and Christian Bauer often seem to show up in similar contexts (opening choices, creative play and so on...). Hope this clarifies my book recommendation.
Have fun!
> @DeeNjugunah
> I have a book written by Christian Bauer: "Candidate Moves"
>
> The concept of the book is pretty unique:
> It covers 19 of his games on finding candidate moves in different thematic positions (exchange sacrifice, tactical mess, king in the center and also quieter games)
>
> He annotates and leads trough his thoughts every game TWICE - once as the white player and once as if he would play the black pieces.
>
> So in the end you have 38 fully annotated games by Christian Bauer, very much to learn from!
>
> Have fun!
Haha, I forgot to mention... For me Richard Rapport and Christian Bauer often seem to show up in similar contexts (opening choices, creative play and so on...). Hope this clarifies my book recommendation.
Have fun!
@Akbar2thegreat said in #4:
> Not only Rapport, but there are others who play creative like MVL, Rajdabov, Ding, Nepo, etc.
> Also, if era doesn't matter then best is to analyse Tal games which literally goes all above head!
Tal and Rapport are totally different players, Tal was a tactician,Rapport is a creative strategic player
> Not only Rapport, but there are others who play creative like MVL, Rajdabov, Ding, Nepo, etc.
> Also, if era doesn't matter then best is to analyse Tal games which literally goes all above head!
Tal and Rapport are totally different players, Tal was a tactician,Rapport is a creative strategic player
Ding is a very demon creative legend, he just makes poison with precision and creativity from nowhere, truly look at his games :)
@DeeNjugunah said in #6:
> Tal and Rapport are totally different players, Tal was a tactician,Rapport is a creative strategic player
They may be different but Tal wasn't a tactician.
If you see his games in bulk, then you will notice that he was more of a positional player. Stockfish lists tactical moves buy not those unsound positional moves that were played by Tal.
> Tal and Rapport are totally different players, Tal was a tactician,Rapport is a creative strategic player
They may be different but Tal wasn't a tactician.
If you see his games in bulk, then you will notice that he was more of a positional player. Stockfish lists tactical moves buy not those unsound positional moves that were played by Tal.
Most super grand masters play the top engine moves trying to get a minimal advantage and build upon it to win or draw the game rapport on the other hand choose not the top engine moves relaying that his opponent doesn't know what to do in the position spending time and may he make a mistake, but this is double-edged weapon as if his opponent played the correct moves he will have a big advantage
Tal wasn't a tactician...?
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