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PWIO The Inventor: Creates imbalance on purpose and builds a new kind of game. Picture: Twisting the pawn structure on purpose to create an unbalanced game
The picture Twisting the pawn structure on purpose to create an unbalanced game (white pieces are you, black pieces are the opponent)

PWIO The Inventor

Creates imbalance on purpose and builds a new kind of game

PPositionMany moves build lasting advantages: pawn structure, weak squares, piece placement. High positional and prophylactic scores.
WWildYou sharpen the position and enjoy risky choices such as traps, gambles and sacrifices.
IInitiativeYou take the lead, forcing your opponent's replies with threats.
OOriginalYou often play moves that people at your rating rarely play, according to the human-move model Maia3.

What a Inventor is like

The Inventor dislikes symmetrical, ordinary positions. They twist the pawn structure on purpose and use trades to create imbalances, designing positions only they understand. They make long-term plans and enjoy risk, which makes them one of the hardest types to predict.

What shows up in their games

Strengths

  • Creative planning
  • Understanding complicated positions
  • Pulling opponents onto unfamiliar ground

Weaknesses

  • Hard to recover when the plan is wrong
  • Loses motivation in simple positions
  • Tactical mistakes creep in

Real moves by Inventor players

Picked from real games of Lichess players (names removed) that Stylish classified as PWIO when building its cutoffs. Routine recaptures and moves everyone plays were skipped in favor of moves that show the style most clearly.

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Signature move

23. Rac1

Rated 985 · White

Prophylactic 75Complicating 55Tactical 51Sound sacrifice

A move with high prophylactic and complicating scores. A human at the same rating would play it here 4% of the time, so it is an unusual choice that is hard to find. The engine labeled it a sound sacrifice.

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Signature move

8. c4

Rated 651 · White

Initiative 73Prophylactic 65Complicating 63Trap

A move with high initiative and prophylactic scores. A human at the same rating would play it here 8% of the time, so it is an unusual choice that is hard to find. The engine labeled it a trap.

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Typical mistake

14. Nd6+

Rated 2204 · White · Mistake

Initiative 80Complicating 70Aggressive 68

This move dropped the expected score by 28 percentage points. The better move was dxc5 (green arrow). It leans strongly initiative and complicating, the kind of mistake a Inventor makes when the habit goes too far.

How to improve

The opposite type

ASRE The ProsecutorHolds firm and makes the opponent pay for every mistake. Every letter is reversed, so against this type your style either works best or not at all.

Other Strategists

Players who fight with structure and plans, and aren't afraid of complicated positions.

PWIE Strategist PWIEStrategistFollows the big picture even in complicated positions PWRO Fixer PWROFixerFinds clever answers in tangled positions PWRE Survivor PWRESurvivorSurvives any mess by sticking to the principles

Are you really a Inventor?

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