Game won through positional play (good/bad Bishops)

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Avatar of acejackneo

 

I am a strongly positional player and wish that most of my games would not be decided by tactical errors, that if a side gains a material advantage, it is due to successfully placing pressure on weaknesses. Finally, I won a game in this manner and I honestly think it is instructive. My local chess club teaches young children and I may show them this game. Your input on my moves and analysis would be most appreciated. Kindly note that this is my first post on the chess.com forums and I apologise if I made any posting mistakes.

Avatar of iforkyou

I'm probably not as strong of a positional player as this game shows you are, but I didn't like how a lot of your pieces were there defending your king, because your pawn moves left you more open.  I understand why you wanted to emphasize your good bishop, but I hesitate to say that it was something I'd teach.  It seemed like that was an early goal for you....maybe I'm misinterpreting. 

Avatar of Gambitknight

I liked your handling of the king and bishop endgame.  Very logical.  The same I think can be said about the entire game in general: nice long term planning.

Avatar of sic123

Could anybody list some variations in QGD which involves a lot of positional play.