Overwhelming Advantages
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I was quite proud of a recent blitz game I played. In it, I built up a spacial advantage, created a positional strategy, and closed with a winning attack. Upon reviewing the game, I realized two important things:
1. At a certain point, my advantages were so great, that there was basically no way to lose. These advantages, however, were not material. Moreover, the position in which I had these overwhelming advantages was a few moves earlier than my attack and earlier than I had recognized in the game.
2. The game was handed to me on a silver platter. The opponent played the opening without a clear plan and made a few weakening rook moves. I thought the opponent had given me the game in one move (right when the opponent was open for attack), but it turns out he/ she had weakened the white position throughout the course of the game.
In the end, I believe Steinitz's idea of a winning attack being the consequence of accumulating small advantages is true, and that this game demonstrates this idea.