Müller: Positionsspiel Singles Day your view of the 64

your view of the 64 squares may change fundamentally

There was a golden era when The King's Gambit was the favourite opening of every attacking player

Peter Giannatos is the founder and executive director of the Charlotte Chess Center & Scholastic Academy

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Müller: Positionsspiel Singles Day your view of the 64Positional play is fundamentally different from combination play, which aims to quickly gain material or achieve checkmate through tactical maneuvers. Positional play, on the other hand, aims to gradually improve the position until it is ready for a decisive blow. With this step by step strategy, it is usually not possible to calculate or evaluate the moves precisely. In addition, there is often a choice between various healthy continuations, which