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Hey All,
IN ANOTHER post dealing with ChessMaster and the like, YUGOslav typed. . .

[they're not necessarily bad, but they don't have that human essence to them. and comps rule everyone at tactics so try a positional game instead.]

WELL MY questions are, What is considered "Positional Chess" and
How does a person learn how to play "Postional Chess?" Personally, I don't know how to play positional chess.

Thanks
KingOnPoint

literally, i think, you try and get a good position, so any move you do should damage your opponents position and/or improve your own. dont ask me methods and stuff though

But it seems that "Positional Chess" may be when someone makes moves that are not necessarily immediately obvious. Just because someone follows move principles doesn't mean they have a good position for the game actually being played. For instance, it may take a Grandmaster to see the "positional" moves. Whereas, a C grade player may only see stuff like. . .
Rooks on open files
Bishops having open diagonals
Knights having posts
etc. . .

So, what else is meant by "Postional Chess?"

KingOnPoint

Nimzowitsch - My System

positional chess is where you take all advantages you can get such as opening up your files for bishops creating a outpost for a knight. doubling someones pawns. positional chess is long term but with tactics its the opposite short term.

Originally posted by kmac27
positional chess is where you take all advantages you can get such as opening up your files for bishops creating a outpost for a knight. doubling someones pawns. positional chess is long term but with tactics its the opposite short term.