How Can I Push The Game Into Tactical Positions?
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6 days ago
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#1
I think i am so good at tactical games but in 1700 elo 90% of my opponents play so positional...
i mean take take defend defend and etc...
is there any way for me to push the game into hard positional games?
for example scotch game often leads to those kind of games...(and you almost can see scotch game at 1700)
6 days ago
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#4
You can't force tactics. To master chess, you must master all aspects. Calculation, Tactics, Strategy, Planning, Positional Play.
Not all winning ideas are 3 to 5 moves. All you can do is play openings that lead to a higher percentage of tactical games, but there is no way to absolutely force it.
But even openings with a reputation of going one way wind up the opposite. I have had positional Najdorfs, Kings Indians, Grunfelds, and erratic Slavs, Exchange Frenches, Petroffs, etc.
Like if you were to play me over the board, your odds of a highly tactical game are actually better if you play d4 as White than any other scenario.
I get White, you are likely getting a Trompowsky or Levitsky Attack.
I get Black and you play 1.e4, you are getting 1...e5, and you have to play something like a Vienna or Bishop's Opening or Kings Gambit as otherwise, you get a Petroff. No Italian, no Scotch - Those that try to sneak it in with 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Nf3, I answer with 3...Bb4+, not 3...Nc6 - etc.
Against 1.d4, you'd get 1...e6 from me - then you can play a French if you want - otherwise an e6-Dutch (no Leningrad)
You can also get a French after 1.e4, but only the dull exchange via 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d3 Nf6 6.d4 d5.
So no, you cannot force a tactical game.
Play more open positions
