Author: allan johnson
Date: 16:08:48 02/06/03
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On February 06, 2003 at 18:34:23, William H Rogers wrote: >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 Isn't that what Russell was inferring with his analogies? Al
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