There are pills for the former too, they're just not legal.
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TheGrobe wrote:
There are pills for the former too, they're just not legal.
I award TheGrobe with post of the week. 
Ok, now I will try to answer Phobetrix's question:
A positional player will play for the board. Mostly to gain "territorial" advantage. They will take key positions that are known for attack or defense capabilities with the different pieces.
A tactical player will play on the moment. They will adapt to a situation and either integrate attack, defense, or positional moves accordingly. Usually, they will have short plans of attack that last about five turns max.
A strategical player will play for the long term game. They have a goal that cannot be completed as quick as a 5-turn tactic. Checkmate sounds good, but strategical players (if there are any) will read ahead many turns to determine ways to obtain captures, checkmate, fork, etc. (This is my theory on strategy in chess, as I am not a strategical player, I do not know.)
I hope this helps. It might be the best answer I can give you, unless you have a more specific question.
Don't mind me, I am just waiting for some one much more knowledgeable at chess to tear my theory to shreds. After all, I am open-minded. If you have objections, please feel free to state your point(s). My experience in chess is this --> a year in a chess club, and playing my grandfather, father, and brother at spontaneous times. And that's why I am only theorizing.
Out of curiosity, does posting in this thread still raise our postcounts? It seems like maybe it shouldn't . . .
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Eebster wrote:
Out of curiosity, does posting in this thread still raise our postcounts? It seems like maybe it shouldn't . . .
Postcounts? You mean someone goes to the trouble to keep track of how many times we post?
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You mean memberpoints? I thought that was a running count of how many blunders I've played in my 68-and-counting games here on chess.com.
In a sense it is....
Eebster wrote:
Out of curiosity, does posting in this thread still raise our postcounts? It seems like maybe it shouldn't . . .
Why not? It's a thread in the "Off-Topic" section of the forum.
DukeOfNature wrote:
Ok, now I will try to answer Phobetrix's question:
A positional player will play for the board. Mostly to gain "territorial" advantage. They will take key positions that are known for attack or defense capabilities with the different pieces.
A tactical player will play on the moment. They will adapt to a situation and either integrate attack, defense, or positional moves accordingly. Usually, they will have short plans of attack that last about five turns max.
A strategical player will play for the long term game. They have a goal that cannot be completed as quick as a 5-turn tactic. Checkmate sounds good, but strategical players (if there are any) will read ahead many turns to determine ways to obtain captures, checkmate, fork, etc. (This is my theory on strategy in chess, as I am not a strategical player, I do not know.)
I hope this helps. It might be the best answer I can give you, unless you have a more specific question.
These definitions are interesting - many thanks! It is only that I personally find it very difficult to distinguish positional play from tactical, since in my book a positional style includes tactics, and vice versa. Which is why I posed the question. However, I've noted that the distinction is apparently very clear for many, and that some WC's have even been categorized in this way.
DukeOfNature wrote:
Eebster wrote:
Out of curiosity, does posting in this thread still raise our postcounts? It seems like maybe it shouldn't . . .
Why not? It's a thread in the "Off-Topic" section of the forum.
It's standard practice for "off-topic," "random," "fun," and "spam" forums not to contribute to postcounts. Standard, but not universal.
Still, we all deserve a pat on the back for keeping this particular flame going.
I made my attempt at staying on-topic. Anyways, aren't all these posts off-topic and unnecessary? (Including this one) So why do we even post in here anymore? As the Foo Fighters once said, "Let it Die."
You "had" to? Do you mean the forces of the universe left no alternative, or just that you have no self-control? If your problem is the latter, there are pills for that.