MAKE IT A HABIT TO ANALYZE YOUR LOSE AND WIN GAME TO GET BETTER

MAKE IT A HABIT TO ANALYZE YOUR LOSE AND WIN GAME TO GET BETTER

You have to analyze your own games. Analyzing your own games is vital for your progress because that's the ultimate source of inspiration.

And when I say inspiration, it's more like a learning experience. But if you want to understand how to get better, you have to look exactly at the moves you made, and find out the nature of your mistakes. But also to understand why you made good moves in certain positions.

When it's over, you have to analyze it while it's all fresh in your mind. You try to understand what's happened in the game.

And you have to find out what did go wrong. But also you have to find out what did go wrong with your opponent. Because if you won the game, it doesn't mean that you haven't made a mistake. Most likely is because your opponent made the last mistake. It's very important that you find these mistakes, opponent's mistakes and your mistakes.

The greatest danger it's what I call gravity of your past success. If we win, we're always tempted to consider it as a result of our greatness. We made great moves. We crushed our opponent. Let's move on. But I bet you there is a mistake. And if you don't find these mistakes, if you didn't find what's went wrong in your game before they did, they will be ahead of you next time.

Garry Kasparov (World Champion 1985-2000)