Understanding beats Tactics, but tactics needs a strong presence in lower levels

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Avatar of NikkiLikeChikki
Average is what, around 1000? To be honest, almost all games at that level are decided by who blunders least, not who had the best tactics. If you play solid chess and don’t hang a piece, more times than not you’ll win.
Avatar of TomatoClownfish
Like it said: a opponent is up to you
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I agree with both of you @AronSzacks and NikkiLike Chikki and about this I do feel like if people focus on solid chess and don't hang pieces or weaken their positions, they will be in good places to win. Of course wins are not confirmed and there are only winning chances in some positions, however it will put the ball in their corner and will definitley give players the advantage if they have a stronger position and stronger positional understanding than another player.

Plus, like Aron said there is no need for an overwhelming tactical presence really, I think it is a good to have an good tactical presence at lower levels however again positional knowledge will need to be implemented in someone's game to reach the next level. And for different players the next level could be anything, so I think it is good to understand where everyone is coming from and what they see as all of these claims are valid. In this forum I don't think there is a right or wrong answer but there is definitley preferences and some objectifying claims, however much of it deals with belief and that is what makes the more for this topic to be interesting!

But truly in my opinion there are some things that need to be re-stated to chess players as many people just think that tactics only wins, however this is very far from the truth, and I just wonder how many more stronger players there would be if they would practice their positional understanding in their games, especially in the endgame. 

I guess people have different styles, but even so all stlyes need positional understanding, and likewise all styles need tactics in exception for defensive and grinder in my opinion.

Regardless this still further's the claim and gives very good points as to what players need to do within their various levels...