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Pretty cool pirate story ! But I prefer chess to comprehend strategy vs. tactics.

Tactics:

https://chesstempo.com/tactical-motifs.html

Strategies: https://chesstempo.com/positional-motifs.html

I am decent at chess, as in, I will generally beat any casual player and lose to any professional player. I have no feeling of "strategy" in chess. The only "strategical" difference is that I brute-force pressure newer players by moving pawns up in a diagonal and forcing them into a corner. Whereas vs good players I just do the "right" thing all the time and try to force dilemmas. At that point its just tactics the whole game.

So probably will loose against any club player.

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