Myth #4 Strategy is not important for beginners

This is the fourth myth about some aspects of chess training and improvement. The three previous ones were discussed earlier. I call them "myths" as doubtful statements I am going to refute.

Now myth #4. Strategy is not important at the beginner level.

Let me say that strategy is the most important thing in chess. The logic of chess is in its strategy. After learning the rules the next step for the beginner is to learn the basic strategic principles. It may take a lot of time, therefore, the acquisition of this knowledge should begin as early as possible.

The beginner must develop the habit of placing the pieces properly and harmoniously. GM A. Karpov once said that his making of decisions over the board was based on intuition. Probably Karpov developed this skill very early in life.

During the first lessons the coach explains how to develop the pieces and the importance of the center. All this has to do with strategy. I would say that strategy comes first as a more fundamental part than tactics.

When you build a house, you must build its foundation first. Your knowledge of strategy, to a great extent intuitive, is the foundation on which your play will stand with all its tactical embellishments.

I wonder what the 800-1400 rated special experts, wannabe authorities and connoisseurs of chess can reply to this.

"... 1. ... 2. ... 3. ... 4. At first, attack and threats are all you’ll do. But after a while, try to spend a bit of time (just a bit...you can look deeper in the future) understanding basic positional concepts. 5. ..." - IM Jeremy Silman (2018)

https://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-start-out-in-chess

Lasker said: "A bad plan is better than no plan at all."

Even beginners need to develop/have some idea of what they are trying to do. 

Thats not what strategy is, but dont let that stop you from making stuff up..

https://www.chesscentral.com/pages/learn-chess-play-better/chess-strategy-for-chess-openings-and-chess-principles.html

The underlying principle of chess strategy in the opening phase is control of the board's center squares.

Center occupation and central control, getting the King castled to safety; these are the two principles of chess strategy behind all popular chess openings.

Good Positional Chess, Planning & Strategy Books for Beginners and Beyond...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/introduction-to-positional-chess-planning-strategy

Actually, chess strategy is about the logic soundness behind the plans chosen to evolve a situation into a better one. This concept applies to the openings too.

Concepts such as center occupation, King's safety, or developing a piece with each move during the opening, are valid only in some openings' lines and fall short when trying to explain the strategy and logic supporting the following game (annotated by GM P.H. Nielsen):

Or the following one (annotated by GM Y. Seirawan)

Trying to explain chess using only Steinitz and Tarrasch is similar to trying to explain the Universe based on Newton alone (disregarding Faraday and Einstein, to name a couple).

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I know theres 1000 websites with garbage on them...heck,even wiki is wrong.

Strategy is much bigger picture. 2 people fighting: the strategy is to incapacitate the other. At its root is deterrence. Then that has aspects/parameters of it. For example, 1 e4 e5 2 Qh5...in strategic terms this is onsides, and thus giving value to a counterattack. Its not called "onsides" of course, its called supported/unsupported.

Its not the exact squares that deployment refers to in strategy. It goes back to symmetrical/overwhelming force or asymmetrical.Sure, if pawns can undermine other pawns and create an overwhelming force, then thats strategy.

What you are referring to is positioning, which is a whole other topic.

I read some of this and its basically on point even though what you are talking about is positioning:

https://fs.blog/2018/08/strategy-vs-tactics/