How do you prefer to win?

I would like to ask how do you prefer to win?

fast in 15 moves, or being tortured and still win with a pin and a lucky move.

eventually, the game shown presents some blunders for both sides, but black wins by resignation after a few moves trying to save his Queen.

strangely many people remember for a long time a victory like that when they seem to be loosing their fait.

I think black got lucky in this game

I'd rather win by crushing my opponent fast and mercilessly instead of getting tortured for hours and then by getting a lucky tactical shot and turn the game around and win.

Well, I guess it would feel good to get 20 move brilliancies but then that's very unrealistic with my style of play. I like to strategically outplay my opponentfrom beginning to end and get no blunders, any cool finish is just a bonus. Games with no blunders just feel nice.

I remember the first time I came to my local chess club. My opponent, who was much better than me (and still is) slowly and methodically choked the life out of me by playing positionally. He took space, and more space, and more space, until I was cramped and zugzwanged. I don't think I ever even advanced a piece across to his end of the board. All I could do was trade things off. I felt utterly helpless.

I thought "Wow, that's how I want to play!." Still hasn't happened yet, but I'm working on it.

I am happy when I build a strategy and see it works. Then I know I did something right. I don't like it much if I win due to my opponents blunders which I guess is the equivalent of getting lucky.

In my non-blitz games, I try to be very objective about why the winner won/loser lost.  If I'm outplayed but win in the end (like black did here) I don't consider a win in the way you might think... I go over it as if I'd lost it and ignore the last few moves (not that a few extra points aren't nice).

So which way do I prefer to win?  Well I don't consider it a real win unless I outplay them, and winning because of a blunder at the end doesn't count.

I just like to leave the game feeling like I wasn't at a loss during any part of it. It's rare haha

I only wish I could win like Karpov.  Grinding out 100 moves of maneuvering with a minuscule advantage and with great technique turning it into a win would be the most satisfying for me... but there's no way I can play like that :)  I like having a static advantage I can maneuver around for many moves.

Well although it doesn't feel as good to win this way, I definitley think it counts as they are inevitably a big part of the game, even though we don't want them to be. I have lost lots of positions due to blunders, so I guess I like it when things go the other way around too.

"I only wish I could win like Karpov.  Grinding out 100 moves of maneuvering with a minuscule advantage and with great technique turning it into a win would be the most satisfying for me... but there's no way I can play like that :)  I like having a static advantage I can maneuver around for many moves."

This is what I like also. It is rewarding turning a small advantage into a crushing one over many moves even though the opponent isn't making obvious mistakes. Although I outplay many people, indeed I never get a chance (well even if I did I probably couldn't anyway) to strangle them until they die; rather they usually collapse and blunder at some point, when better defense could last them another 20-30 moves without having a losing position. I'm curious whether some positions where one side is said to have a "slight advantage" can actually be winning if one player allows their advantage to keep growing.

With that said, it still feels really good to get awesome, quick, tactical wins, in fact it might feel better, but like I said for me they just can't be expected to happen very often.

I agree with some of the above; being able to grind out a win a la Karpov sounds like a lovely way to play a game. Particularly if one's opponent is capable enough to reply in like form.

That said, I love a good Bxh7 sac-win.

I play like Petrosian.  I play slow, defensive chess.  I simply wait for a mistake.

I enjoy : getting a passed pawn in the middle of the battle ground, having a rook behind, and pushing it while i paralysed the rest of the chessboard.