How Do You Aim For Tactics?

In many of my games I tend to play "positionally." With White I try to play systems that get me out of the opening quickly and with Black I tend to play 1.d4 d5 and 1.e4 e5 positions where I just try to swap some pieces to deal with the space problem and play on from there. While this works well enough I am neglecting tactics and tend to blunder material. I usually only see tactics when the opponent has blundered and when I do attack it tends to be with slow pawn storms.

I would like to play more tactically in the middlegame but I don't know how to get such positions.

Tactiful positions are always present, seeing them on the other hand requires either a good eye for the position and complex series of moves that may follow, or experience/hard work. Tactics on the board simply mean a series of moves that, when completed, attack a position or positions which result in a heightened confidence level.

If you want to improve your ability to see and foresee tactical issues then begin working on citing and using such moves as the Skewer, Pin, Fork, and any variation thereof. Mastering those three alone will allow you to begin seeing quite a bit and should allow sharper, faster attacks.

He may be able to acheive tactical and complex positions but may not know what to do with them once they are there. Gotta work on the basics first.

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I did, but he must be able to know what to look for and what to look out for. But eh, whatever. Not like I am heavily obligated to explain and perhaps I am incorrect anyway. -shrugs-

Tactics are the result of a strategically good position.

Perhaps you knew little about tactics. Study and learn more. There are plenty of books on tactics that could help you like "Learn Chess Tactics" by John Nunn.

Part of it may be the openings you use.  If you're set up for a slow pawn storm then you should pawn storm!  But, for example, you may try to play some IQP positions where you're set up to generate active piece play / piece attacking.  Or positions where you have the d4-e5 pawns as white and attack the king.   For some ideas I'd look at GM games.  This isn't my style of play so I'm not sure who is best to look at... but I know I've seen some Alekhine games with piece attacks that made my jaw drop :)

Play the TT real slow, and ask yourself why each of the tactics works, and take note of it. You'll begin to notice the potential factors that create tactics in the first place. Then you can try and to create those favorable factors for yourself over the board when it makes sense to do so. Get enough of them going, and tactical shots will begin to appear. Keep a sharp eye out for them. It's kind of amazing how they'll pop up, but I guess there's really nothing amazing about it, it's just a logical result. Another thing you can do is use the tactics to play positionally--that's how the Master's all do it. Whenever I see a weird move that appears to be weakening or that it might drop a piece in a game between two masters, a lot of times I'll discover a tactical idea behind it, though it takes me a while to find it.