Not sure analysis is good for beginners

I doubt the utility of analyzing your games when you are a beginner. There's not really anything to analyze. I'm at 1200+ (Daily, no book reference (I just found out that Daily is an open book test), just my enormous brain, preparing to take the time to start playing Rapid and Tournaments) and I'm still a beginner. I have learned all of the basic principles of chess and am now able to hone my game being able to play against a bunch of different people, something I have never been able to do. I can analyze my games and identify where my weaknesses lie. My end game pretty much sucks. Until you know what you're doing analyzing a bunch of bad moves doesn't teach you anything. I think it will only lead to confusion. We need to start a new category of Learners. People who don't know how to play the game aren't even Beginners. I'm a beginner and I'm 64 years old, been playing the game my whole life, studied in my thirties and now I'm really learning how to play the game. Learn the standard game development- Only move 1 or 2 Pawns, preferably the centers, get your Bishops and Knights out ahead of your Pawns and fighting for you along with your Queen. Clear the first rank, Castle as fast as you can, Rooks communicating, most games the castleing starts at around the 10th move. Do not attack frivolously with your Pawns, try to solve the situation with your major pieces. Keep your pawn wall intact backed up by your Rooks- you need those Pawns for the end game. Backup your major pieces with Pawns, not the other way around. I see an opponent start throwing a whole bunch of Pawns forward and I know all I have to do is get a Bishop or a Kkkkkkkknighit in behind them and I can wipe them out. I have gotten through entire meltdowns after we each only moved one Pawn. You are fighting to control the center, but the fighting can often end up in the wings. Learn to watch out for forks and spikes (Bishop firing down on two Rooks- not sure if 'spike' is an official term). Count the number of pieces hitting any one square- whoever has more is controlling that square. Identify weak squares in your territory and realize that your opponent will take advantage of those. Likewise, do the same to your opponent. Above all attack, attack, attack! Study, study, study! Attack, attack, attack! Read Capablanca or Nimzovich or one of the Master's books. Capablanca and other chess manuals are available for free at archivedotorg, the Internet Archive. Get a coach, or, at least, someone that knows a little bit about what's going on here. Let me know when you find him, or her, 'cause I'd like to know. Study a bunch of old classic games which are all over the Internet. Study Fischer's games. Go through the tutorials and puzzles on chessdotcom. After you've learned the "standard" development you can start playing around with all the different variations. Of course, there are a million different variations on these general rules, but you will find these will let you play a better game. I am realizing that there is a combination of using your pawns in league with your major pieces, in just the right way, to overcome your enemy, which is what makes the Masters the Masters. I'm not there, yet. Before the end game I tend not to move a pawn unless I absolutely have to, or maybe pop a wing to stop a Bishop and give refuge to my Bishop or King. Usage of pawns by the Masters may be one of the best fields of study to concentrate on. Happy Mating

Keep your pawn wall intact backed up by your Rooks- you need those Pawns for the end game. Backup your major pieces with Pawns, not the other way around. I see an opponent start throwing a whole bunch of Pawns forward and I know all I have to do is get a Bishop or a Kkkkkkkknighit in behind them and I can wipe them out. I have gotten through entire meltdowns after we each only moved one Pawn. You are fighting to control the center, but the fighting can often end up in the wings. Learn to watch out for forks and spikes (Bishop firing down on two Rooks- not sure if 'spike' is an official term). Count the number of pieces hitting any one square- whoever has more is controlling that square. Identify weak squares in your territory and realize that your opponent will take advantage of those. Likewise, do the same to your opponent. Above all attack, attack, attack! Study, study, study! Attack, attack, attack! Read Capablanca or Nimzovich or one of the Master's books. Capablanca and other chess manuals are available for free at archivedotorg, the Internet Archive. Get a coach, or, at least, someone that knows a little bit about what's going on here. Let me know when you find him, or her, 'cause I'd like to know. Study a bunch of old classic games which are all over the Internet. Study Fischer's games. Go through the tutorials and puzzles on chessdotcom. After you've learned the "standard" development you can start playing around with all the different variations. Of course, there are a million different variations on these general rules, but you will find these will let you play a better game. I am realizing that there is a combination of using your pawns in league with your major pieces, in just the right way, to overcome your enemy, which is what makes the Masters the Masters. I'm not there, yet. Before the end game I tend not to move a pawn unless I absolutely have to, or maybe pop a wing to stop a Bishop and give refuge to my Bishop or King. Usage of pawns by the Masters may be one of the best fields of study to concentrate on. Happy Mating

After you've learned the "standard" development you can start playing around with all the different variations. Of course, there are a million different variations on these general rules, but you will find these will let you play a better game. I am realizing that there is a combination of using your pawns in league with your major pieces, in just the right way, to overcome your enemy, which is what makes the Masters the Masters. I'm not there, yet. Before the end game I tend not to move a pawn unless I absolutely have to, or maybe pop a wing to stop a Bishop and give refuge to my Bishop or King. Usage of pawns by the Masters may be one of the best fields of study to concentrate on. Happy Mating

Sorry, I totally lost the paragraphs. It's a bit hard to post anything coherent on here when you can't have proper editing.

The analysis is actually really useful in sharp situations where you can see if you missed a tactic, or if you were supposed to go for a pawn break in the opening, etc… There are lots of thing to analyse. Obviously seeing your obvious blunders don’t really help but you can see lots of other small mistakes.

I find the score keeping somewhat interesting but I don’t always agree with the analysis (likely an indication of my inexperience!). More important to me, I wish there was a way to move through the analysis move by move. Stopping only at the consequential moves means that I’m often uncertain or can’t quite remember what preceded those turning points.

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Super Sol- You should be able to go back-and-forth through the game in the analysis. You can also save your games as PGNs and then load them and flip through them. Another way to play through positions is to go to the Learning tab and then do a custom set up.

Learn tab/ Practice/ Custom position- An excellent learning tool.