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.
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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown517"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/2Q2p2/1p1P2p1/1kp4p/P4q2/3b3P/1r3PP1/5RKR b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1... Kc4 ( { Black can try: } 1... Kxa4 2. Ra1+ Kb4 3. Qxb6+ Bb5 4. Qa5+ Kc4 5. Qe1 Qxd6 6. Rc1+ Kb3 7. Qc3+ Ka2 8. Qa5+ Kb3 9. Rc3# ) ( { Black can also
try: } 1... Ka5 2. Qa7+ Kb4 3. Qxb6+ Kc3 4. Qxc5+ Kd2 5. Qc1+ Ke2 6. Qd1# ) 2. g3 Qf3 3. d7 Bxf1 4. Qf4+ Qxf4 5. gxf4 Rd2 6. Kxf1 Kb4 7. Kg2 Kxa4 8. Rb1 b5 9. Ra1+ Kb4 10. Ra7 c4 11. Kf3 c3 12. Ke4 c2 13. Rc7 Kb3 14. f5 Kb2 15. fxg6 fxg6 16. Ke5 b4 17. Ke6 b3 18. Rc8 c1=Q 19. d8=Q Rxd8 20. Rxc1 Kxc1 21. Kf6 b2 22. Kxg6 b1=Q+ { White wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1