Holding or Breaking the Tension: Your Path to Chess Strategy Mastery

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00:00 Introduction/Any Move Wins But Not That One
02:33 Blind Exchanges
04:06 Pawn Tension/Instant Release of the Tension
05:54 Pawn Tension/Awakening the Enemy Piece
07:11 Putting More Pressure and Maintaining the Tension
09:39 2 Choices: Avoid the Mistake
11:44 When You Should Break the Tension
15:09 Should You Keep or Release the Tension? WHY?

This video touches a very important area in chess: whether we should keep or release the tension on the board. As a coach, I have witnessed many casual and club players have big difficulty with this question. Tension happens when pawns or pieces are eyeing each other, i.e. they create contact where captures become possible. In those moments, most people want to release the tension immediately by capturing and clarifying the situation - but this is usually a big mistake!

This video explains WHY this is usually a mistake and gives concrete advice on when we should break and when we should preserve the tension in chess.