Are you a hypermodernist?

Just for the sake of interest

Btw, yes im

Let me look that up
Idk

https://www.chess.com/terms/hypermodern-chess

yeah i guess so

As a big fan of Nimzowitsch, and Reti's Masters of the chess board, and the Aljechin opening - then probably.

But not sure that my chess understanding will ever be really hypermodern, so I love to read comments by Tarrash.

SAME

I'm going to argue that if you aren't around 1600 elo or higher on this site, then you can't really be classified as a hypermodernist. At that point, it's just an opening mistake that allows your opponent to take a dominant space advantage. You can play the opening, sure, but that doesn't make you a hypermodernist. It's like saying that going into a courthouse makes you a lawyer, not the years spent learning about all the things that lawyers need to know in order to do their job.

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It seems to me that you don't know exactly what "hypermodernist" means

Hypermodern chess (also known as hypermodernism) is one of the most influential and game-changing schools in chess history. In the early 20th century, hypermodernism challenged the long-held idea that the center needed to be occupied by pawns in the opening.

Instead, the hypermodern players demonstrated that the center could be successfully controlled and fought for with pieces or indirect control of the center. Hypermodernism did not replace the old positional school but is viewed as an extension of classical theory and development of chess.

I know what hypermodernism is. I don't necessarily agree with the views it presents, but I can't deny the results. That's not the point though. The question is whether or not you can put those principles into practice effectively. Take the lawyer example. Anyone knows what a lawyer does, but few know how to actually do it.

Hypermodernism also advocated for delaying a strike to the center, not avoiding it entirely. They just waited until they felt a central pawn break would benefit them more, then struck against an often overextended center which they felt could be punished.