My coach gave me the following evaluation process:
1. King Safety
2. Pawn Structures (square control, side of the board to play, pawn breaks, weaknesses/targets)
3. Material (minor piece imbalance)
4. Piece Activity/Mobility
Which has been very helpful for creating a plan. So in the first position, both kings are safe as the position is pretty closed. Black has a queen side space advantage but at the cost of doubled b pawns; however, this has allowed blacks rook to already be quite active on the a file. Blacks c pawn appears like a potential target for black. Material is even including the type of minor pieces. But blacks minor pieces are more active and have clear plans for improvement (Bd3) where as whites only good minor piece is it's DSB and the knight eyeing e5.
So my initial candidate moves are based on blacks queen-size space advantage and potential weaknesses of the a and c pawns and would play Ba3, or getting my LSB to Bd3 a great outpost that prevents white from castling kingside for now. Other plans to keep in mind for the future Nh5 to trade off whites DSB, whites best minor piece, with f6 to take control of E5.
My coach gave me the following evaluation process:
1. King Safety
2. Pawn Structures (square control, side of the board to play, pawn breaks, weaknesses/targets)
3. Material (minor piece imbalance)
4. Piece Activity/Mobility
Which has been very helpful for creating a plan. So in the first position, both kings are safe as the position is pretty closed. Black has a queen side space advantage but at the cost of doubled b pawns; however, this has allowed blacks rook to already be quite active on the a file. Blacks c pawn appears like a potential target for black. Material is even including the type of minor pieces. But blacks minor pieces are more active and have clear plans for improvement (Bd3) where as whites only good minor piece is it's DSB and the knight eyeing e5.
So my initial candidate moves are based on blacks queen-size space advantage and potential weaknesses of the a and c pawns and would play Ba3, or getting my LSB to Bd3 a great outpost that prevents white from castling kingside for now. Other plans to keep in mind for the future Nh5 to trade off whites DSB, whites best minor piece, with f6 to take control of E5.