Overview...

  Spatial Advantages

  Material Advantages

  Development and Initiative

Pieces - what do they control, attack and where can they go?

  Pawn Structure

  Bishops (his/mine)

  Knights (his/mine)

  Rooks (his/mine)

  Queen (his/mine)

What does that mean?

  Key Squares

  Key Diagonals

  Key Files

Where are the imbalances?

Where are the weaknesses?

What is he trying to do?

What is my goal for Q, K and CTR?

Testing the move...

What pieces does this protect?

Can I be put into check?

(Based off of Silman's "Reassess Your Chess")