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Originally posted by tvochessSorry, however well intentioned this epigram is I think this is just rubbish! For example, no player making their first move in a game is thinking tactically. Why? because there is nothing threatened, nothing to capture and no move that threatens anything other than possible schemes of further development.
Chess is 100% tactics, I say.
(but you have to look infinitely deep)
Originally posted by tvochessI think we have to believe that a successfully conducted chess game should be more than a series of random tactical events. If you don't focus your forces there must be less chance of victory.
Maybe I should have added 😉 or 😀 in my previous post. I was at least partly joking.
Nevertheless, let me take on the discussion. Strategy is only meaningful because of our limited horizon in thinking ahead. At the heart, chess is a pure tactical game. However, noone (even computers) can play it that way.