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Larry, you are right, preferences may be different according to the player,
but it is a good indicative for a novice having an idea about what is he
going to see in the game. If you have never played a sharp game from its
beginnings, as Marsellais, Ximeracak or Pocket Mutation, by example, you
can play it without the needed care, being innocent about what is coming
up quickly, and the results may be decided in a few moves. If you have not
had previous contact with a game, it should be good some knowledge about
the sensitivity of the game to the initial moves, and the 'sharpness' of
the game, another subjective and difficult to stablish measure. Chaturanga
and FIDE-Chess are not very different, but Chess seems to be 'sharper'
than Chaturanga, and much more sensitive to the initial moves.