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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