Would anyone give a definition of Strategy and a definition of Tactic, please?
What is the difference? What is the similarities?
Does the analysis of strategy start as early as in the opening or is it a middle game thing?
And how about tactics? When does this start in a game?
Further - does strategy and tactics follow each other through the whole game until the very final move? Or do you apply them differently at different stages of the game?
Please, give me your thoughts about this issues.
Originally posted by FabianFnasa strategy is implemented by tactical maneuvering.
Would anyone give a definition of Strategy and a definition of Tactic, please?
What is the difference? What is the similarities?
Does the analysis of strategy start as early as in the opening or is it a middle game thing?
And how about tactics? When does this start in a game?
Further - does strategy and tactics follow each other through the whole ga ...[text shortened]... differently at different stages of the game?
Please, give me your thoughts about this issues.
Strategies are long range plans
i.e. A minority attack on the kingside, control of a weak square or even just creation of a weak square, a kingside pawnstorm etc.
Tactics are "maneuvers to achieve objectives set by strategy".
Here are the ones I can think of: Pins, Skewers, Forks, Double attack, revealed attacks, windmills (an application of a double attack), destroying the guard and zwishenzug.
or try Wikipedia's explanation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_tactics):
In chess, a tactic refers to a short sequence of moves which limits the opponent's options and which results in tangible gain. Tactics are usually contrasted to strategy, in which advantages take longer to be realized, and the opponent is less constrained in responding.
Originally posted by zebanoadding to this.....
Strategies are long range plans
i.e. A minority attack on the kingside, control of a weak square or even just creation of a weak square, a kingside pawnstorm etc.
Tactics are "maneuvers to achieve objectives set by strategy".
Here are the ones I can think of: Pins, Skewers, Forks, Double attack, revealed attacks, windmills (an application of a double at ...[text shortened]... h advantages take longer to be realized, and the opponent is less constrained in responding.
Stragedy and Tactics are used part of the same thing - they are not seperate, rather, interelated....
Stratgedy is and overall plan, hoping to gain a long term benifit....of course, short term tactics are required to get make it work....
If you are playing for a draw{an overall plan}, then a good stratgedy would be to trade off the minor pieces, just leaving opisite colour bishops....
doubling up [their] pawns, passing pawns, Knights in Outposts... etc are all strategical....
tactics are the short term maneuvers that are aimed at strenthing your position. pins, forks, sacrifice, double attacks, etc are all examples....
the more subtle part of tactics is the 3-4 moves used to set up the pin...
I very humbly submit the following game. (I also invite any analysis, even though I won, I'm sure there were plenty of mistakes made on my part).
Game 1954970
This is the position prior to my move 30.
The move I played was 30. Rc7+
This move was a tactic, or rather 2 tactics. The first being a clearance sacrifice to draw the bishop away from the defense of c7 (ie Bxc7, Qxc7 mate). The second was the threat of a discovered check after 30...Kb8 31. Re7+ and the black queen drops next move.
The strategy in this game revolved around my f-pawn advance to open lines of attack on the king-side, where I had a space advantage, and also the pawn move a3 which served to lock up my opponents advance on the queenside. I also elected not to trade knights on b3, as I knew that if the queenside stayed closed that his knight would be out of the game, giving me an effective extra piece. My technique may not be perfect, but I hope this example helps to answer your question.
Originally posted by FabianFnasTactics are rather short term plans; based dynamic imbalances but strategy covers rather long term plans. Such as king safety, the positioning of pawns, maintaining the tension etc...
Would anyone give a definition of Strategy and a definition of Tactic, please?
What is the difference? What is the similarities?
Does the analysis of strategy start as early as in the opening or is it a middle game thing?
And how about tactics? When does this start in a game?
Further - does strategy and tactics follow each other through the whole ga ...[text shortened]... differently at different stages of the game?
Please, give me your thoughts about this issues.