21 Positional Chess Concepts - Chess Strategies You NEED TO KNOW - Chess Principles and Ideas

Here are 21 practical tips with examples to improve your positional chess thinking. While tactics in chess are super important, there is great value to beginners as well as intermediate and advanced players in understand the positional and strategic side of chess. By planning positionally long term, you will set yourself up to win more chess games!

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:35 - #1 (Avoid bad bishops)
1:02 - #2 (Isolated pawns are good targets)
1:32 - #3 (Double isolated pawns are even better targets)
1:57 - #4 (Rooks should control open files)
2:29 - #5 (NEVER trade a good bishop for a bad knight)
3:08 - #6 (NEVER trade a good knight for a bad bishop)
3:39 - #7 (Trade your BAD pieces for opponent’s GOOD pieces)
4:25 - #8 (Be CAREFUL moving pawns forward)
5:19 - #9 (Rooks are great on the 7th/2nd ranks)
6:11 - #10 (1 pawn can stop 2 pawns)
7:17 - #11 (Blockade and attack backward pawns)
8:42 - #12 (Create protected passed pawns)
10:06 - #13 (Trade off fianchettoed bishop with battery)
11:16 - #14 (Bait opponent to create pawn weaknesses)
12:29 - #15 (A good knight on an outpost is worth a rook)
14:04 - #16 (Sometimes you should sac a rook for a knight and pawn)
15:00 - #17 (Put pawns on opposite color from your bishops)
15:46 - #18 (Protect bishop with a pawn)
16:27 - #19 (Weak color complex)
17:55 - #20 (Blockade pawns with pieces to hinder development)
20:18 - #21 (Minority Attack)
22:30 - BONUS TIP

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