Though most people love to look at the games of the great attacking masters, some of the most successful players in history have been the quiet positional players. They slowly grind you down by taking away your space, tying up your pieces, and leaving you with virtually nothing to do.
If you are reading this instead of viewing a chess puzzle or game, then you must enable JavaScript on this website.
[Event "rated untimed match"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Unknown"] [Black "Unknown447"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "David Hayes"] [BlackElo "0"] [FEN "1n4n1/p1p3k1/1p1p1qp1/4pP2/4P3/8/PPP3Q1/2K2R2 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [TimeControl "0"] [WhiteElo "0"] { A classic Double Attack tactic. } 1. fxg6 Qxg6 2. Qxg6+ Kxg6 3. Rf8 Nf6 4. Rxb8 Nxe4 5. Rb7 a5 6. Rxc7 Kf6 7. Rb7 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0