If you don't learn chess this way, you won't learn it in ten years

                                                         If you don't learn chess this way, you won't learn it in ten years

We have many chess players do not know the importance of double play analysis, or do not grasp the correct method of double play analysis, so the mistakes made will be repeated, affecting their progress. In fact, the self-review analysis after each game or important game is very important, equivalent to job correction, we have to find out the deficiencies in the game, mistakes, and improve, over time, your level will be a new level.

I've talked about assessing situations before. Today's topic is a little different, even if it seems similar: Today we're going to talk about how to correctly return your match. The main difference between the two is that this time, we will concentrate on the analysis of the whole game immediately after the game, rather than the previous, say a situation in the game to take out for analysis and evaluation.

Before I teach you how to repeat a game, the first thing I want to tell you is: don't plug the game into a computer engine to analyze it to see where you went wrong. In fact, you learn almost nothing this way. It's like using the FRITZ engine to do tactical problems.

We all want to improve our game, become better players and win more games. Review analysis is an important tool, or a powerful personal technique, that, when used correctly, can help you overcome your weaknesses and build on your strengths.

The game ends with either a win, a draw, or possibly a bitter loss. Regardless of the outcome and feelings, you must immediately reanalyze your game like a professional player in order to get the most out of your game. You should write down a brief record of the game as early as possible, while you still remember it. In particular, the parts of the game where you have to make difficult decisions, as well as those dramatic steps, such as the important part of the situation, tactical change, need to be carefully recorded.

We divide each game into three parts: the opening game, the middle game and the end game. It is a good method to analyze and deal with each part separately.

1 Start

When starting a game, you need to first think about whether this is the opening weapon you have prepared at home, or an unfamiliar opening because your opponent has gone through different changes in the game, or those changes between familiar and unfamiliar.

Please write down your thoughts when choosing a change. What about the change you chose? Only when you have written down your ideas can you test the existence of this change in theory against the opening database. You may be disappointed to find that your opponent's move is not very good, but you still can not win, and you need to pay attention to this, which actually means that you have gained nutrition from the game. You need to carefully refer to the review articles of several games of the same opening changes, of course, it is best that these chess are the works of high-level chess players, so you will have something, it can make you correctly adjust your opening ideas. The next time you come across an opening like this, it's the one you've prepared for.

2 Mid Games

This is what happens when the first part of the theory is over.

Write down the reasons why you decided to go this way or that way. You can also indicate how and for what reasons you chose among the changes available to you (e.g. : I want to go Bd7, but I am afraid of his e5 forming a strong initiative, etc.) Write down the tactical means you see, as well as possible abandonment, etc. In the game, it is very important to make a plan of the move, such as the small son attack, the wing soldier attack, the pressure on the lone soldier, etc. Remember what Botvinick said: A bad plan is better than no plan.

3 End Game

In the end game, you need to pay attention to the beginning of the end game, and after the game plan to win, of course, if your situation is not good, you need to have a draw plan.

If you have trouble with time stress, you also need to summarize what decisions you are making that are causing you to spend a lot of time. Avoiding time stress is also a very important aspect of playing chess.