The Steps Method - Positional Play Step 3

In this series, I present all the chess concepts that form the fabric of the Steps Method.
This video focuses on Positional Play (Mini-Plans) in Step 3.
Positional play in the Steps Method is about increasing activity and exploiting vulnerabilities.
A piece is active when:
Has a lot of possible moves (mobility)
Is attacking something (king, material, square)
Controls squares (centre, opponents territory)
Is cooperating with other pieces
Cooperation means:
Pieces control the same squares or adjacent squares
Pieces support each other in attack
Pieces protect each other
Pieces divide the tasks amongst each other
Pieces do not get in each other‘s way
You can increase your activity by:
Bring all your pieces into the game
Improve the cooperation between your pieces
Play development moves that force your opponent to react
Improve your worst piece
Move a piece to a strong square
Move a piece to the centre or enemy territory
Rooks: open files or occupy seventh rank/files
Bishops: move pawns, that block bishops, forward
Release pieces from a crucial defending task
Unpin pieces
Control more squares & attack targets
A piece is vulnerable when it:
Can be attacked (unprotected or very valuable)
Has only a few possible moves
Is working alone
Is fulfilling a crucial function e.g defending mate
Is pinned
Typical vulnerabilities:
Double - Isolated - Backward pawns
The square f7 and e8-h5 diagonal in the opening
King in the middle / compromised pawn structure
Target that is hard to defend
Increasing your opponent‘s vulnerability:
Damage pawn structure
Trade opponent's key defenders / most active pieces
Build up tension

[@GUSTAVOGARCIA-jw6dr]

Like allways Master Han, clear explanation, and very instructive excercises, thanks for this videos!!

[@alexkay77]

Fantastic explanation and great examples, thank you for the video Han!

[@HanSchut]

I made a new Step 3 video for you:
ruclips.net/video/yUA_EGksSEk/видео.html

[@alexkay77]

Thank you Han!