Accuracy crushes tactical ability

Here's a game I played on this site against a player with a 2350 Tactics Trainer rating.

... and there you have it. A player with a monstrous TT rating, crushed in under 20 moves with the Black pieces.

Chess may not be 99% tactics but if tactics weren't such a big deal Tal wouldn't be half as famous. At the end of the day when complications hit the board you won't win because you had a pretty knight on d5. You win because that knight on d5 led to tactics.

When it works? It always works! 

Noooo dude, dont do it, it is unsound, Karpov has tons of wins against Shirov in the Panno, it must be unsound!

I never care about other's one TT and never take it seriously. They are not reliable.

Or just get a quiet position where it's more important to understand what each side is aiming for.

Lost my first round that way today. My 2200 opponent didn't play any tactics I didn't see coming a loooong way away, but my position was poor so there was nothing to be done about it.

WRONG...Its bad advice like this, people should not listen to.

Solving tactics have certainly helped me improve my game. But a high rating does not mean you are good at tactics or calculating, most of the tactics I have seen on this server are not longer than 4 moves. And there is also a little problem. To get tactics you need to have a superior position .

Like Im 2200 in tactics and I still hang pieces here and there

Oh? Then perhaps you'd like to solve this puzzle. Find a win for Black but don't use any tactics.

Not so easy right? Black is winning because White's kingside is open. But without tactics this is meaningless and you can't actually win the game can you? This is a rather simple example and there are obviously more practical examples with the exact same "problem." This is not to say that strategy is not important. If Black is unaware of the strategical weaknesses around White's king there would never be any tactics at all. But indeed tactics and strategy need to work together and in chess you must attack to win.

It's also about learning not to make mistakes.  I think I lost all of my games just now due to blunders.  The person who wins, is the person who doesn't make a mistake.  It's rarely because of superb tactical or strategical play.  At least at my level anyway.  

"Tactics flow from a superior position" - by everybody's favorite lunatic: Bobby Fischer

When your opponent sees your mighty knight on d5 they will resign and you won't have to calculate anything.