Okay, the two groups of links (Advantages and Disadvantages), below, contains the refined goodness from my discussions, with Ken Wilsdon, about H&M-S’s principles of strategy, found in Point Count Chess (PCC).
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How it works:
- 1Play alone
- 2Play with AI
- 3Play in room
- 4Watch the rooms
- 5No Ads, Clean Play Room
They’re laid out in the same way, as they were in the Positional Point Count Table*, found on page 8 of PCC.
* albeit with the addition of Two Against One In The Center, which H&M-S do mention as a countable advantage, but for some reason they don’t list in their Table.
Play Chess Online - Free Games
How it works:
- 1Play alone
- 2Play with AI
- 3Play in room
- 4Watch the rooms
- 5No Ads, Clean Play Room
Advantages : Point Count Chess (Plus Points)
- Control of the Center
- Pawn on 4th v. Pawn on 3rd
- Two Against One In The Center
- Mobile Pawn Wing
- Strong Outpost Station
- Superior Development
- Greater Space
- Bishop-pair
- Bishop v. Knight
- Half-Open File
- Control of Useful Open File
- Rooks on the 7th Rank
- Passed Pawn
- Outside Passed Pawn
- Protected Passed Pawn
- Advanced Pawn
- Qualitative Pawn Majority
- Advanced Chain
- Advanced Salient
- Better King Position
- Offside Pawn Majority
Disadvantages : Point Count Chess (Minus Points)
WEAK PAWNS
WEAK SQUARES