This is the #1 Positional Mistake Lower Rated Players Make CONSTANTLY

Club Players (to be clear I mean lower rated players) have a tendency to release the tension too often in positions, resulting in small positional concessions, typically multiple times per game. Tension is when two pieces (think pawns, heavy pieces along an open file, or even a pin) are threatening to capture each other. Tension should be maintained and built upon until releasing it improves your position relative to other options. Most players know that every capture is a material transaction (e.g. pawn =1, knight = 3) and that you want to come out ahead, but don't realize that every capture is also usually a positional transaction that changes the pawn structure, minor piece arrangements, or control over open files. Understanding the resulting positions and evaluating the consequences of tension in chess is CRITICAL to improvement! Good luck out there, it's a tense world! Intro: 00:00 Ex #1: 04:20 Ex #2: 05:11 Ex #3: 10:55 Ex #4: 14:18 Ex #5: 21:07 Ex #6: 28:10 Outro, Shabalov Story and a Sweet Paisley Shirt: 40:03 See the study here: https://lichess.org/study/L9AV4B1F/9j...