Author: Harald Faber
Date: 07:30:23 05/05/99
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On May 05, 1999 at 05:43:22, Paulo Soares wrote: >We spoke a lot on: strategy, tactics, positional programs, tactical programs, >etc. I think that difference doesn't exist between strategy and tactics. I >think too that chemistry and physics are the same tingh. It would being crazy? >I believe that, as it is spoken in Brazil, " Of doctor and crazy we everybody >has a little " (this sentence is funny in the Portuguese language, because the >rhyme exists). Leaving the madness sideways (or continuing with it), I believe >that to separate a subject to be studied by parts, only makes sense in view of >the limitation of the human mind, that needs references for best to understand >the things. I am not writing that with the purpose of ending with our >references, because we needed them, after all we have a limited mind. The one >that we needed to understand is that they are just references, and not absolute >things, that is to say, points exists in that won't get to distinguish among >physics and chemistry, strategy and tactics, etc, etc, etc. >Chess Tiger is known as a tactical program, I found very interesting and funny >this sentence of Christophe Theron, that expresses well that I think: "Chess >Tiger is a knowledge based program. The purpose of anything I put in it is >to understand chess better and to win more games. That's why it's knowledge >based." > >Regards, > >Paulo Soares, from Brazil Tactics and strategy go hand in hand. A tactical solution is not possible without a sound position. What we can say definitely is that in open positions tactics is more important and more "available" than in closed positions where strategy is more important.
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