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Chess Strategy and Chess Tactics: Balancing Act?

Many may continue on the same path for a distance, but you never know where they will end ultimately! We are talking of chess games.
This divergence becomes more prominent when one game is controlled by a player who follows the dictates of chess strategy (should we say sanity?) and the other by one who could [...]

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Importance of chess strategy – Part 2

In Importance of chess strategy – Part 1, you were introduced to Nezhmetdinov, a player who had outstanding skills in chess tactics. Here we show his most renowned game played in 1958 against Lev Polugaevsky (1934-1995) who was also an International Master at that time. Nezhmetdinov, who at 46 was almost twice as old as [...]

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Importance of chess strategy – Part 1

Aim to be a good chess tactician, but don’t neglect to develop a sense of chess strategy. That is the message we tried to convey in “What is chess strategy?”. While explaining the differences between chess strategy and chess tactics, we showed how they interplay in a game, with a concluding surmise on how inadequate/incorrect [...]

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Understanding differences between Chess Strategy and Chess Tactics

We have given you some ideas on this topic in our article on the roles played by chess strategy and chess tactics in a chess game. We will now try to put those in a more specific manner.

Chess strategy is like a war (a long-term affair) whereas chess tactics are skirmishes (short combinations) and battles [...]

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What is chess strategy? Isn’t a chess game all chess tactics?

Many people, specially the less experienced lot but including some good players also, hold that a chess game is all chess tactics only. Well, everyone is entitled to his/her opinions. But I would not subscribe to that as I have said in a previous article on chess strategy and chess tactics. This point was reiterated [...]

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Kruml and Qi Tie in U.S. Amateur West

The U.S. Amateur Team West in Tucson, Arizona (May 22-25) attracted 192
players including 13 experts in the Championship section. Eric Qi and Joseph Kruml tied for first with 5/6 with Kruml taking 1st on tiebreak.

GM Joel: Sleepless in Saint Louis

GM Joel Benjamin gives us a round by round account of the 2009 U.S. Chess Championship from a wild win over Krush to tough losses to Akobian and Kamsky. He also touches on sleepless mornings and his plans for 2010.