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Haven't you asked this before? (yep, sure enough--on 10/11/08).
Huh? You got 15 replies!
How do you know they didn't give the right answer when you don't know what it is yourself?
Link to old topic?
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/why-is-strategically-position-is-very-important-in-chess
kurogkug, is there any way to restate your question with different words? I don't think anyone fully understands the question.... perhaps including yourself?
Strategic positioning is about putting your peices on the best squares to keep them all as active as you can. The best strategic positioning doesn't win you games though. I've won many games without being even developed properly, let alone having a strong strategic position. I've also lost many games despite having a stronger [strategic] position.
Come to think of it, "strategic positioning" is a bit of a furfie... the whole game of chess is about strategy... right? Which means you can drop the term "strategic" and just call it positioning! Does that help at all?
If you try playing a game here on chess.com you might find that others might be able to advise you better?
HTH.
I'm intrigued - why are you dying to know this? You've posted 8 separate topics on this same subject (first one 9/22/2007) and received nearly 100 replies, many of them containing very cogent answers to your query.
It's quite an abstract topic and you're not going to get a definitive answer (such as 'It's blue' or '23 ' or 'the Empire State Building'). I'd suggest that you do a little research yourself. (Could have done quite a bit in the last 15 months).
Certainly a lot of the answers have been more cogent than the questions. And even though BorgQueen apparently has proven uniquely tuned in to the OP, even that appears to have been a bit fortuitous, judging by the bemused tone throughout his response. (Personally my favorite reply was Gonnosuke's: it was like watching an episode of Kung Fu.)
.....my question is and for me you cannot use the word strategy in the sentence if your sentence has no competition because the origin of the word strategy is come from military...and some people copy this word and use it in the sentence even though their sentence has no competion and this is wrong.for example some people use this word like '' im building a house and my strategy is like this and that this is wrong.and when can you find the word ''escape strategy'' right? there is no such word like this right?.so what is your opinion about this? i wait for your answer.
The fact that the origin of a word is from one field does not mean it cannot or should not be used in another. This is how words evolve. You are partly correct: strategy comes from the Greek for military strategy, but that word comes from the Greek word stratos, which simply means something that is spread out (think "stratosphere" "stratify" "stratocumulus"). This word came to also refer to an army (which is a spread out group of people).
Perhaps you think one should refer to building a house as a "project." But project comes from the Latin projectum which means "something that is thrown forth" which a house is obviously not. But, as I said, this is how language evolved and evolves.
You're welcome :)
Well I'm not so sure. The word strategy can be used for "plan of action" so the word can correctly be used for planning to build a house or for having an exit strategy for a business... even a plan of action for the day's events.
For example:
"I have five things to do today and my strategy for accomplishing them is like so:"
This is perfectly acceptable.
In this light, "strategic positioning" in chess is about putting peices in places that will help you accomplish your action plans for the game. If your plans are right your positioning will work. If your plans simply wont work, then you will still lose even if your peices are positioned correctly for your plans.
Hope this helps :)
The aliens wanted to conquer Earth, so they devise a plan of action to accomplish that goal. To do so they don't randomly position their craft over anywhere, they place them over targets which, when hit, will render resistance ineffectual. That's strategy! They strategically position their craft to produce a desired outcome when they put their plan into action. Just putting their craft over "common areas" (or well known good squares) would not be as effective as putting them in places that compliment their goals.
In that context, strategy is implying clever thought, rather than random placment.
common areas = heavily populated areas = known good squares for peices in chess.
The answer to the second question is implied -- the smarter people watching the movie would know that just positioning their craft over common areas would not acheive the best result. Much better to blow away the leaders of the US rather than the general population. That's strategic.
