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Point Count Chess Geoffrey Mott-Smith, Israel Albert Horowitz
Publisher: Allen & U

The book Point Count Chess states that three tempi is equivalent to a pawn. If you can find a cheap copy of the old, out-of-print Point Count Chess you might be intrigued by its approach, which works pretty well as a first approximation. I ordered a copy of Horowitz' Point Count Chess which is claimed to be easier to understand and, if so, will probably replace this book. Keeping track of what pieces have been captured, and who's winning the point count, is a crucial fundamental skill as you grow and become a stronger chess player. Don't spend a mint on it, though. Looking over the USCF's books for sale page this recently republished book caught my eye. The Complete Benko Gambit Fedorowicz P 1990 Ex $10. Maybe 40-some years ago there was a book called “Point Count Chess” where the authors tried to assign numerical values to such things as outposts, open files, backward P's, etc. Item(s):12 books for chess lovers and beginers. Simple Chess Stean P 2002 Ex $7. Storming the Barricades Christiansen P 2000 Ex $15. The framework of chess probably looks more like a tree than a bicycle. Point Count Chess Horowitz, Mott-Smith H dj B 1960 Ex/Ex $20. It's just a way to evaluate a position in terms of equivalent material, with pawns as the basic unit. Unfortunately, in my family I was the fractional child. In an attempt to help selecting a move. In an earlier post I According to Point Count Chess, black should have a advantage, yet current theory gives the position as clearly better for white. Point Count Chess by Horowitz and Mott-Smith. At the higher cognitive levels I suspect it to be fairly limited.