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What, during any given game of chess, ultimately decides the outcome? After playing thousands of games, I still do not know the answer to this question. For every argument for tactics, there is an equally valid argument for positional play. Theory abounds....open up a position if you have the bishop, close it if you have the knight. Isolated pawns are bad, they are easily picked off...or they are good, they open lines of attack.....it goes on and on.
And when exactly is initiative lost? At what point of any given game does the tide turn for or against any given player? I've played the royal game all my life and still I do not know.
The following gameGame 1848874 is a fine example of everything chess has to offer: a solid opening for white, a great countering argument by black. The French Defense, arguably one of the most complicated replies to e4, displayed in all its splendor. And when this battle for supremacy of the 64 squares came to an end, one can argue it was positional play over tactical gain that won the day over my esteemed opponent in this epic struggle.
