ADVANTAGE

It presupposes a favourable imbalance of powers and conditions for attacking initiative over the board. Superiority in the number or the so-called total weight of pieces is called material advantage. Positional advantage implies a better positioning, development and interaction of the pieces control over strategic areas and possession of playing lead. Time advantage in the early stages of games, gives way for faster development, thus, contributing to augmentation of positional advantage, and, perhaps, conversion into material advantage.