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Chess Style Quiz – What's Your Archetype?

This quiz helps you identify your natural chess style. Choose the answer that best describes your typical decisions in real games.

📋 Questions

  1. When you play a game, what excites you most?
    • A. Launching an early kingside attack
    • B. Slowly maneuvering to outplay the opponent
    • C. Calculating deep combinations and tactics
    • D. Trying creative ideas that surprise the opponent
  2. What kind of opening do you prefer?
    • A. Sharp gambits like King's Gambit or Smith-Morra
    • B. Solid systems like Colle or Caro-Kann
    • C. Tactical systems like Sicilian Najdorf or Scotch
    • D. Offbeat ideas like 1.b3 or Nimzowitsch Defense
  3. In the middlegame, you...
    • A. Look for sacrifices and initiative
    • B. Improve piece placement and wait for mistakes
    • C. Calculate and look for forks, pins, and skewers
    • D. Try to reach positions no one has seen before
  4. When defending a bad position...
    • A. You look for counterattack chances
    • B. You hold solid and wait it out
    • C. You look for tactical tricks to equalize
    • D. You try bold, unconventional resourcefulness

Scoring Guide: Count your most frequent letter choice:

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