#Strategy vs Tactics

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sonic hearth
placid shard
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strategy

cunning socket
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i love estonia

full cipher
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start

viral jolt
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I like weinor

balmy shell
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topaz pier
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Strategic

timid summit
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Tactics

copper cove
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hey

cunning socket
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🇪🇪🇪🇪🇪🇪🇪🇪🇪🇪🇪🇪🇪🇪🇪🇪🇪🇪🇪🇪

barren oar
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tacticssss

placid tusk
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Tactics

balmy shell
glossy tiger
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Strategy

timid summit
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just sound cooler

barren oar
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fr

viral jolt
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I broke up with one of my girlfriends :D

rain ginkgo
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the real thing to master is being dumb well

sly adder
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whats the difference between them?

verbal galleon
lilac raptor
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glossy tiger
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Bro got 6 gfs

viral jolt
verbal galleon
placid tusk
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balmy shell
viral jolt
blissful spear
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lol

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pallid stratus
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Tactics

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I think

verbal galleon
viral jolt
sudden wren
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I mean tactics is what gives me random games where I can just go forwards like everythign while racking up brilliancys but strategy is fun to employ to demolish ppl with

next totem
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as long as they dont laugh at your accent

verbal galleon
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balmy shell
placid tusk
viral jolt
lucid meteor
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tec dec

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versed tulip
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I barely do either - ultimate chad move 😏

verbal galleon
viral jolt
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wait if u aint minor i think u should give up 💀

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cuz police would be after ya

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blissful spear
placid tusk
blissful spear
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so...

sick mica
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I'm saying tactics for lower elo players, because it can completely change the course of a game, as with strategy you can play solidly but if you don't do tactics then you can blunder a draw or a complete loss

viral jolt
sick mica
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yeah both is also good

grave thistle
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in a game like chess: tactics

manic ember
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def tactics how are you seeing checkmate without tactics

fluid moss
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whats the difference?

lyric horizon
grave thistle
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u need both

ruby stream
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my strategy is following an opening until my opponent doesn't do what i expect (850 btw KEKW)

verbal galleon
placid tusk
formal mango
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strategy

neat talon
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literally what's the difference lmao

tacit fog
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i just want to be loved man

deep temple
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strategy is more inportant because those tactics won't just come to you (unless ur U1500) you need to have a strategy that can make way for thoese tactics to happen.

muted iron
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Strategy is important to make progress in positons and develope plans and ideas.
Tactics are important to win material or gain a positional advantage through a clear weakness.

Both are very important but tactics win you most of the games. Strategy can be a big factor why you lost, but going for the clear win when you have it seems to be more important.

I do understand however when people say you can't find tactics without a strategy

brazen current
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“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” — Sun Tzu

copper cove
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Both are equally important.

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You can say tactics is a subset of strategy; tactics is more flexible than a long-term strategy because your opponent can found what moves you've missed in your strategy (if it's not sound enough or they understood your motives) and take advantage of it.

thick socket
uneven aurora
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tactics

verbal galleon
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"Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory . Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat"- Sun Tzu
Hence the idiots who say chess is 99percent tactics are wrong

verbal galleon
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Damn we all know about the art of war

cold rampart
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strategy tells us what are we going to do if all goes well
tactics tell us what to do in any situation no matter what

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in chess terms as well tactics on the spot can help us modify our overall strategy

for eg. if any opponent has a counter to our strategy say a prepared 5-10 move opening then we can alter ours using tactics and counter his and gain the advantage in the long run

thick socket
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Tactics are neat tricks to gain a quick advantage whereas strategy is an overall direction for achieving your goal that you can work toward the whole game

torpid rune
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all i can say is, I neither used strategies nor tactics. I play hope chess

latent sundial
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Tactics always best strategy

verbal galleon
heady agate
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without strategy chess is boneless

kind robin
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Without tactics chess is senseless

grave wren
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As someone who's rated 2800 in puzzles but 1100 rapid I can confirm that tactics are overrated

thick socket
grave wren
thick socket
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lol

open granite
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Strategy is better than tactics

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No matter how much chess puzzles you do, you need to have a strategy to get there.

hexed wharf
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Tactics because tactics mean something like scholar's mate and it can lead you win the game in 4 move

violet flax
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strategy is a grander scope and understanding of the game

grave igloo
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Strategy is more important, but in a game between equal players better tactics can decide the win

glossy wagon
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taticts

thick socket
grave igloo
latent sundial
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Ask anyone over 1800 strategy or tactics it’s always tactics there is no debate

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Notice that team strategy is all <1600

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With majority 600-1200

deft osprey
thick socket
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Multiple people on this thread alone are 1800+ rated and there are more <500s saying tactics than strategy

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Btw I love how you tried to elevate yourself by saying everyone with a lower rating than you is inferior and just happening to make your rating the baseline. It was a poor attempt to feed your ego.

latent sundial
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Tactics are way more important at the <1000 level than at higher levels, where strategy has a bigger significance.

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You have to understand this or you won’t improve

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Honestly who came up with this poll it’s common knowledge that tactics beat strategy

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What’s more surprising is that a quarter of voters chose strategy

grave wren
jolly ibex
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Strategy for bullet game
Tactics can be used in any game especially (for me) Rapid 10min games

thick socket
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I believe you are going off of the question "Is strategy or tactics more important to learn in chess?" in which case that depends on your level because if you are a high rating you already have the strategy down.

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The thing that separates people between roughly 1200 and 2100 is tactics but without strategy they are all <1000s

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I will again quote Sun Tzu in saying "Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory," meaning that strictly using strategy without tactics will get you to victory but in a slow and inefficient manner, while "Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat," meaning strictly tactics makes you feel like you are doing something but your failure is still imminent.

latent sundial
latent sundial
thick socket
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lol

latent sundial
thick socket
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It's sad that that's the best response that you can come up with

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I do feel bad for you

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Confirmation bias is a real thing

latent sundial
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Now you’re not even arguing about the topic dumbo

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That’s the 2nd time u went off topic bc you can’t find evidence that related to the topic

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So you instead try to insult the actual person

thick socket
latent sundial
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So the topic is about confirmation bias?

thick socket
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Do you know what confirmation bias is?

latent sundial
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3rd time off topic

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Try to argue the actual thing we’re arguing about

thick socket
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Oh I am

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You're just not answering the question

latent sundial
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Your question is not related to the topic.

thick socket
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It originated from a simple comment as I was trying to share my sympathies

latent sundial
thick socket
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When I first brought it up, it was a simple comment, then you made an accusation that I was somehow "arguing"

latent sundial
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Helps your argument and definitely doesn’t target the other person

thick socket
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Would you like this to be an argument?

thick socket
latent sundial
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Yea that’s why this chat exists

thick socket
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You let your emotions blind you

latent sundial
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I have not shown my emotions once

latent sundial
thick socket
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You have a good day sir

latent sundial
thick socket
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😆

barren wedge
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Wait, isn't it's the same?!

sudden wren
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I say strategy, because tactics alone gets me nowhere

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Most of the tactics I get happen because of strategy (particular opening lines, or setting up peices to make tactics happen)

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There are way more instances where I have to place my peices right to exploit weaknesses where strategy alone helps, than when my opponent hangs backrank mate or runs his king across the board without any cover

cyan cargo
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both

autumn yacht
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I say strategy, because tactics alone gets me nowhere
Most of the tactics I get happen because of strategy (particular opening lines, or setting up peices to make tactics happen)
There are way more instances where I have to place my peices right to exploit weaknesses where strategy alone helps, than when my opponent hangs backrank mate or runs his king across the board without any cover

jaunty marten
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Strategy is a long term plan whereas tactics are shorter yet effective advantage bringers I’d say strategy with tactics. A strategy with use of tactics whenever can

shy fulcrum
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if you master strategy, you master chess

uncut spoke
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if you're good at tactics but not strategy then you don't have the strategy to put tactics on the board, if you're good at strategy but not tactics you can win just fine even if there were chances to gain material advantages earlier on, at least some strategy is needed to make any other skill able to help you when you play, which is why i believe strategy is more important

wide gorge
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strategy\

barren oar
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strategy supreme