Analysis

Hi everyone,

first i would like to say im a beginner at chess and i have much to learn so i have one or two questions that really bugs my mind.

Lets say you played a game and now your analysing. And found a move that was wrong and correct it.........How is this helping?!!!?

My opinion is that analysis would only work if u play the exact same opening hence to have more chances to make the same moves over and over again?

P.S: i know this questions are rather  silly but would approciated any feedback

As with anything you learn, you should generalize each lesson learned as much as possible (but not more). For example, if you lost a tempo retreating your bishop after the pointless check Bb5+ ...c6, then that will apply to the kingside as well, even if there is no check involved (Bg5 ...f6), and both of those cases apply if you're Black, too (...Bb4+ c3, or ...Bg4 f3). You could even generalize to "Don't make a move that immediately loses a tempo" or even "Usually develop knights before bishops", but don't wrongly overgeneralize to something like "Don't ever play Bb5."

In general analysis is about asking questions and then answering them by analysing and evaluating concrete variations.

Some of the questions you might ask are:
What were my mistakes? Why was it a mistake? What moves were better than the one I played?

Who is better in a particular position?

Is a particular trade better for White or Black?

My piece/pawn is being attacked. Should I move it, defend it, exchange it, block the attack, or create a counter-threat?

What if my opponent played a different move to the one he played in the game? 

So you ask yourself a question, then you try a number of moves and variations and evaluate the positions you reach to try to answer that question. The process of analysis helps to develop important chess skills and is in itself as helpful as anything you might learn from the analysis.

One of the most important skills in chess is pattern recognition.

Most errors at our level of play are tactical errors... I-go-here, he-goes-there-WHOOPS!...and tactics breaks down easily into repeated patterns.

So by analysing and finding your tactical mistakes, you can identify not just a move but a pattern to avoid (in your own position) or create (in your opponent's position).

If you aren't sure what I mean by "pattern", I'll try to explain...

Start with an easy mating pattern:

Then make it a bit harder:

Then harder:

Then harder:

All of these mates are a bit different, but they all share a common pattern based on the weak dark squares around Black's King, and on White's advanced Pawn at f6.

There are several families of these "Model Mates", and tey are well worth studying at our level.

Thanks everyone for the answears i will try to follow your advice. About patterns they are really hard to remember but i guess repetition is the way to go