First of all, no one in this thread had said chess is 99% tactics. You want to argue with chess.com's tactics trainer or random chess players that have said it elsewhere, fine I guess.
Second calculation and tactics are absolutely not the same thing.
DunnoltAll i agree with your second statment. and of course your first one is correct, but i was just assuming that you meant that.
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Most important in my book. I know maybe 5 or 6 openings and that's it.
Making very long To Do Lists ??
Funny, a friend I have that's USCF 1600 says ...
I am rated about that USCF. My advise...do not listen to people rated 1600. We are good enought to THINK we know what we are talking about, but we are really quite clueless.
Funny, a friend I have that's USCF 1600 says ...
I am rated about that USCF. My advise...do not listen to people rated 1600. We are good enought to THINK we know what we are talking about, but we are really quite clueless.
This is probably good advice too.
Calculation is useless without being able to easily see tactics.
I am confused by the choice of words...I would say that calculation is the same as tactics. What is the difference?
Funny, a friend I have that's USCF 1600 says ...
I am rated about that USCF. My advise...do not listen to people rated 1600. We are good enought to THINK we know what we are talking about, but we are really quite clueless.
thanks a lot! ok yeah i get what you mean, by the way how is it going man? i haven't seen you in a long time!
Can I make a guess at the difference?
Calculation is the ability to mentally project forward moves accurately..
Tactics are a mental box of tricks like skewers, forks, pins, discovered attacks, intermezzos, zugwangs that you can use to improve your game-state compared to your opponent....
You might need calculation to work out who will win a pawn race...that's not really the same as tactics...
You're calculating tactics. Something that is made much easier by keeping a solid position.
If you are 'selfteaching' yourself how to play chess, these are important:
1. Ability to recall and name what exactly you were thinking during play, especialy in key positions.
2. Ability to say what it was that you were lacking - analyse you game.
3. Patience and motivation.
4. Ability to look broader.
You're calculating tactics. Something that is made much easier by keeping a solid position.
winning answer!
I don't remember anyone saying chess is 99% tactics but you.
really? do tactics trainer, they say chess in 99%tactics....
¨Chess is 99 percent tactics¨ Teichmann
WRONG!
"Chess is 99 percent calculation" - Andrew Soltis in "The Inner Game of Chess"
I don't remember anyone saying chess is 99% tactics but you.
really? do tactics trainer, they say chess in 99%tactics....
¨Chess is 99 percent tactics¨ Teichmann