Hi,

I have often read about (top) players keeping a chess notebook, where they record opening repetoire analysis, ideas for further research, illustrative games/cuttings etc etc. Ok, i suppose many players nowadays have an electronic version of an actual book - shame :(

I was wondering if any of you good players on this site keep such a note book and if you have any suggestions of how to go about creating one and whether they are worthwhile in the first place.

I am serious about improving my chess and i feel this could be of some assistance.

Thanks.

One neat idea is to create a clip book of your typical errors. Dan Heisman has advertized this idea. The strategy is to have a look at your "standard errors" once in a while to make sure that you don't reuse them

I think a note book is a great idea coz you cannot bring your computer all the time. I keep some of my chess training to-do lists and most of my own training reports in a simple notebook. Also, I print out some games and positions and clue it into the notebook.

I am a writing equipment junkie so I really like to write things down but I do think I have reached a few insights from keeping a training diary.

Give it a try!

I don't know if you would consider me good.  But, I have just started making a notebook.  I have an opening prep section.  Openings i tend to have trouble with. 

Some miniatures I have played and analysis of games I have won and lost, instructive endgames, etc.  It can be as in depth as you want it to be.  Just put some general categories so that when you want to work on something specific you will know where to go 

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 MMM...jelly filled chess notebook. 

It's what I use my iTouch for when I bring it to games.

I always keep notes on it, mainly for chess.  I never look at it during the game, but before the game it's a great refresher to look at all the basic principles in chess, remember them clearly, and then play them.