Think Twice Before Capturing! How Mindless Materialism Ruins Your Position
My Chessable course Chess Crime and Punishment covers this issue: https://www.chessable.com/chess-crime... 🔵 My Chessable Courses: https://chessable.com/drcan ♟️ Find me on Chess.com: canka19 ♟️ Find me on Lichess: cantosh 🏆 2022 Chessable Community Author of the Year! https://www.chessable.com/blog/announ... 00:00 Introduction 00:37 Mindless Pawn Grab 04:26 Not Giving Yourself Choices 06:56 Material & Quality & Time 07:25 Extra Material Causes Passivity 09:30 Conclusions/AlphaZero connections This video attempts to help resolve the issue around mindless materialism. Whenever there is an opportunity to grab free material, many casual/beginner players lose objectivity and miss the central theme of the position. They grab the material but often lose time or the quality of their positions worsens. This video highlights these with instructive positions.

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