im also a positional player but i play grunfeld and catalan vs d4 and sicilian and caro-kann vs e4
Opening Repertoire for a "Positional" Player
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Merovwig wrote:
I mean no offence, but there is no such thing as a "positional style" at 1300 elo.
So-called positional style is often claimed by beginners (it included myself) who have not yet developped the slightest tactical skill and rely on strategical rules of thumb that they more or less handle about pawn structure and so forth, leading them to think they are "positional" players.
Just stick to opening principles, do tactical exercices, improve your global level and only then bother yourself with openings repertoire, otherwise it will do nothing but slow you down.
i can't resist the opportunity of throwing a Chigorin quote in the forums, "If after the opponents move a so called positional player is not capable of calculating a possible winning combination 5-6 moves ahead, then he is not a positional player but simply a patzer" Mikhail Chigorin
i won this game just paying by the rules
5. … Nxe4 wins material (because of Qh4+).