GW-KW, Point Count Chess Raw Discussion, File #1:
Part of the Advanced Beginner's Chess Guide (Section 2)
With so much information to take in, there were quite a number of issues, from Point Count Chess, I still hadn't fully grasped ...
What I understood (or thought I did) ...
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[+] Pawn on 4th v. Pawn on 3rd [+] Superior Development [+] Greater Space [+] Rooks on the 7th Rank [+] Passed Pawn [+] Protected Passed Pawn |
[+] Offside Pawn Majority [-] Doubled Pawn [-] Isolated Pawn [-] Holes [-] Cramped Position |
What I needed Ken to clarify ...
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[+] Control of the Center [+] Strong Outpost Station [+] Bishop-pair [+] Bishop v. Knight [+] Half-open File [+] Control of Useful Open File [+] Outside Passed Pawn [+] Advanced Pawn |
[+] Qualitative Pawn Majority [+] Advanced Chain [+] Advanced Salient [+] Better King Position [-] Backward Pawn [-] Compromised King-side [-] King Held In Center [-] Bad Bishop |
What I just didn't get ...
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[+] Mobile Pawn Wing [-] Hanging Pawns [-] Hanging Phalanx |
[-] Crippled Majority Wing [-] "Weak-Square Complex" |
Next came another wave of analysis, with me attempting to take on board Ken's replies on May 18th ...
Moving On: File #2.
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