How To Impove Positional Chess ?!?!

Hello!

I am having problems with Positional play. I am having problems with making the correct positional moves when there are no tactics in the middle game.

My tactics is decent for my level but positionally I suck.

I tried a lot of Youtube Videos but they just play through games, they don't really SHOW me how to play positionally.

Please link me with an article that actually shows me good Positionally moves in specific positions.

I play the French defense a lot and it gets very positional quickly...

Please share some of youe knowledge with me

Sorry about my English.

Edit: I may have accidentally created myltiple threads like this... sorry I am using the chess app to post this abd I have accidentwly pressed submit several times

Pick one of the top two, and one of the bottom two. Also an annotated game collection can be very useful. As far as I've seen, any game collection by a world champion (or candidate) is excellent. Fischer, Reti, Alekhine, Kasparov, and Korchnoi come to mind.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Middlegame-Features-Algebraic-Edition/dp/1880673959

http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Chess-Strategy-Ludek-Pachman/dp/0486202909

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http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Chess-Endgames-John-Nunn/dp/1906454116

http://www.amazon.com/Dvoretskys-Endgame-Manual-Mark-Dvoretsky/dp/1936490137

You should learn to evaluate general strategic features of a position such as pawn structures, weak squares, good and bad pieces, open files, etc. You should also learn the common plans and ideas for both sides in the openings you play. As you have noted the French defense is great for positional play.

Two books I recommend are Chess Strategy for Club Players: The Road to Positional Advantage by Herman Grooten and Techniques of Positional Play: 45 Practical Methods to Gain the Upper Hand in Chess by Valeri Broznik and Anatoli Terekhin.

http://www.amazon.com/Chess-Strategy-Players-Herman-Grooten/dp/9056912682

http://www.amazon.com/Techniques-Positional-Play-Practical-Methods/dp/9056914340