I'm already keeping track of the kings and rooks for castling reasons. Remembering whether any of the 16 pawns has moved is too overwhelming and turns IRL chess into a game of who can get away with the other player's bad memory.
Just looking loosely at the board I can see he's controlling the center in 2 if not all 3 pictures, so he's at least got good fundamentals. Would be fun to know his rank.