‎In this paper‎, ‎we introduce the notion of strongly $k-$spaces (with the weak (=finest) pre-topology generated by their strongly compact subsets)‎. ‎We characterize the strongly $k-$spaces and investigate the relationships between preclosedness‎, ‎locally strongly compactness‎, ‎pre-first countableness and being strongly $k-$space.

Using the game approach to fragmentability, we give new and simpler proofs of the following known results: (a) If the Banach space admits an equivalent Kadec norm, then its weak topology is fragmented by a metric which is stronger than the norm topology. (b) If the Banach space admits an equivalent rotund norm, then its weak topology is fragmented by a metric. (c) If the Banach space is weakly ...