Explain how being able to out-calculate your opponent is a fluke? If you lack strategical understanding then why battle on that stage?
Was Kasparov going to beat Karpov by consistently out positioning him?
Maybe a better term than making complications is to create counter chances or counter play.
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I guess Tal becoming world champion was fluke as well then?

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Explain how being able to out-calculate your opponent is a fluke? If you lack strategical understanding then why battle on that stage?
Was Kasparov going to beat Karpov by consistently out positioning him?
Maybe a better term than making complications is to create counter chances or counter play.

I don't agree with the "assume you're playing a perfect engine" advice.
If you are playing a perfect engine with the goal of drawing or even winning you should ALWAYS avoid complications where you can be out calculated. However against a human opponent, if you are confident in your ability or need a win, or are losing strategically etc etc it is a great idea to make the position messy and attempt to navigate it better than your opponent.

"Blessed is he who doesn't start dumb advice forums, for he makes life easier." -Me, right now.

There have been some misconceptions, and I apologize in advance for any more that might occur. To specify the overall concept. - You should look at the overall logistics of the game and then peg down the best move from there. Relative to investors who use the 'top down approach', they look at macroeconomics, microeconomics, managerial economics, and then business, like the balance sheets and what not. I am suggesting the top down approach in chess to find moves that are worth analysis. Not a difficult concept, you might agree, but I think it's helpful to get a solid premise as well as inherent strategical understanding.
My ideology when playing chess is: "Assume that you are playing against the perfect engine that always makes the best move". This way your play is based solely on what's on the board and not on some subjective irrelevant factors, like "What if he doesn't figure out my plan and doesn't counter it in time?"