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Feb 10, 2009
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How do you know they didn't give the right answer when you don't know what it is yourself?
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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).
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.....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.
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forums 101 - Its always better to bump an old thread then to start a new one.
How is that not constructive? It tells him not to start a dozen topics and instead bump 1! This reduces forum clutter!
I'll admit the "forum 101" quip was too smug, but seriously?
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I happen to know the answer to the first question because I have taught English for several years. Strategy is a noun and strategic is an adjective. Essentially the same meaning, just different parts of speech. I know some chess strategy. (noun) My strategic knowledge is weak. (adjective)
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Mar 14, 2009
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I'll have to say that BorgQueen is most patient and the best teacher on chess.com ever ! and man what a persistent person you are kurogkug !!
the strategically position for me is the position which let you attack and defend in the same time without losing pieces by Forks or Pins ....
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...how do you know if your chess pieces is in strategically position? can you give me an example.and my 2nd question is some people belived that they can use the word strategy in the sentence even though the sentence they made has no competition....
The answer to your second question is that strategy no longer refers to competition. It refers to a plan of thought or action. To understand this you will have to forget about the word's origin.
The answer to your first question is hard to pin down. In general, it is a better plan (strategy) to keep your knights near the center of the board, your bishops on open diagonals, your rooks on open files and ranks. In any particular position you could point to certain squares and say "those are good strategic squares for knights" (or bishops, rooks, queens). Tactics is the way you get those pieces to those squares.
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