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Subject: Re: What is tactics ?

Author: William H Rogers

Date: 15:34:23 02/06/03

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On February 06, 2003 at 17:55:39, Russell Reagan wrote:

>On February 06, 2003 at 16:53:24, William H Rogers wrote:
>
>>In what I have learned, Tatics are the ability to make as many captures as
>>possible and to defend against attacks.
>>Stratigy on the other hand looks for postional plays for controlling the board
>>and limiting your opponents abilities.
>>The trick is to combine the two for optimum results.
>>You may get a hundred different definitions for this question.
>>Bill
>
>Here is how I understand things.
>
>Chess is 100% tactics. If a computer could search from the opening position to
>the end of the game, there would be no such thing as "strategy" or "positional
>knowledge". I don't have a definition of tactics, but I have examples of what
>tactics are, and what strategy is, in non-chess activities.
>
You may be correct in assessment, but I always thought strategy was considered
long range planning.
Bill



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