The Terrifying Strategy to Suffocate your Opponents

Imagine a chess game where you completely paralyze your opponent, leaving him with absolutely zero counterplay. He hasn't blundered a single piece, yet with every move his position becomes more and more hopeless. To achieve this, you can employ what the future World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik called “The Method of Domination”. In today’s game, he demonstrates this method at its best. Let’s dive into this masterclass on how to completely suffocate your opponents. Support the Channel:   / chesswisdom   Stoltz vs Botvinnik, Groningen 1946 1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nge7 5.Nc3 g6 6.d3 Bg7 7.Be3 d5 8.exd5 Nd4 9.Qd2 exd5 10.Nce2 h6 11.Qc1 Bf5 12.c3 Nxe2 13.Nxe2 d4 14.Bd2 Bxd3 15.Bxb7 O-O 16.Bf3 g5 17.O-O Ng6 18.Re1 Ne5 19.Bg2 Ba6 20.Qd1 Nd3 21.Qa4 Qf6 22.f4 Rae8 23.Bc6 Nxe1 24.Bxe8 Nf3+ 25.Kf2 Nxd2 26.Bc6 Bxe2 27.Kxe2 dxc3 28.bxc3 Qxc3 29.Rd1 Rd8 30.Be4 gxf4 31.gxf4 Qh3 32.Rg1 Qh5+ 33.Ke3 Qh3+ 34.Ke2 Qxh2+ 35.Rg2 Qh5+ 36.Ke3 Qh3+ 37.Ke2 Qe6 0-1