Atter a game I annotate te whole thing. What I was thinking, why I made a move, my plans, what moves did I miss. I only use a computer to identify any tactical misses, it's easy for that. Then I take positions where I made a bad move and store them to review in the future to try and prevent the same mistake. I don't use a single game to determine what to study, that's based more on common causes of multiple losses.
How do you analyze your games on your own?
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jlueke wrote:
Then I take positions where I made a bad move and store them to review in the future to try and prevent the same mistake.
That's a great idea. I need to do that too. Never thought of it.
This is a good question, I want to hear more from others. I don't have a method to analyse my games. I usually go through it slowly and try to remember what I was thinking at that point and then challenge if it was correct or not (based on analysis and how the game went).
One of the hardest thing for me to do is challenge a move I was proud of or thought was very good, I tend to pass over them but sometimes those moves aren't good and contain lessons, but you won't know it unless you challenge them too :)
orangehonda wrote:
One of the hardest thing for me to do is challenge a move I was proud of or thought was very good, I tend to pass over them but sometimes those moves aren't good and contain lessons, but you won't know it unless you challenge them too :)
Yeah this is hard when you're analyzing on your own. Especially positional aspects are hard to assess since computers can't help that much with that.
Apr 12, 2010
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When going back over the game, you will realize that certain moves/positions of your opponent were very strong. Then you go back a few moves to see how it could happen that he could make these moves, where you missed to prevent them.
There are basically two ways your opponent can win:
- forcing a better position by looking more moves ahead
- forcing a better position by taking advantage of your (small) mistakes
The last thing you can most easily prevent, but it is a matter of experience. By studying your own games, you will learn to recognize these positions in future games before it hurts.
tonydal wrote:
I used to use one of those blank books and just do it like it was a regular (real) book of annotated games...the only difference being that my games sucked and my notes were terrible. Other than that though, I was Alekhine. :)
lol 
Fiveofswords wrote:
Lately its pretty rare for the computer to notice any tactical blunders on my part, and often I just dont trust its 'positional' evaluation, so often times i just have no idea if a move i made was good or not.
Yes, this is also a problem that I find hard to remedy when analyzing on my own.
Apr 13, 2010
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I think teachers are invaluable for spotting what one does wrong positionally and strategically.
jlueke wrote:
I think teachers are invaluable for spotting what one does wrong positionally and strategically.
I think you're right about that. Too bad I can't really afford one.
Apr 13, 2010
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AtahanT wrote:
jlueke wrote:
I think teachers are invaluable for spotting what one does wrong positionally and strategically.
I think you're right about that. Too bad I can't really afford one.
Then it gets tougher. How can you or a book tell you where your thinking is a little off. Are you a little too passive, too agressive, misuing bishops or knights etc.
I'd like to know how others analyze their games on their own (If you're not lucky enough to have friends or a teacher around at that time). What do you write down? Good moves? Bad moves? Time used? Do you go through the whole game move by move and comment everything? When and how do you use the computer? How do you decide on which area to improve after looking at the game?