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Subject: Re: Hubner - Fritz: 3-3 is really disappointing !

Author: Mark Young

Date: 10:38:24 07/23/01

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On July 23, 2001 at 13:13:04, Kevin Stafford wrote:

>>>Kramnik is a positionally player
>>
>>That doesn't mean nothing.
>>Chess is 99% tactics , you can be a very strong positional player but you will
>>fail miserably against a strong tactician.
>>
>
>Well, Kasparov is by all means a strong tactician, and Kramnik faired pretty
>well against him, so your point doesn't really mean much in this context.
>
>-Kevin

This is a silly argument, "strong tactician" and a "positional player" is more a
matter of style. To say GM Kramnik is not a strong tactician is just inaccurate.
All the best positional player in chess history were also great tacticians. To
be a great positional player you must be a strong tactician.




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