That was really well written about why one should annotate one’s games. I’ve played chess since before engines and the advice that you should analyze your own games have been there in all these years. But strangely, with engines, it seems like less people analyze their games properly. Or is it because there are a lot more adult improvers now? Or perhaps my generation never was as good at annotations as I thought ;-)
I agree words can be more important than lines. Especially computer lines. But I believe it’s a good habit to add at least one line with at least five ply. And sometimes a move isn’t bad per se but it simply is one much better move in the position.
You're on the right track. Mistakes provide us a "why" or the relevancy to learn and retain information. Without them, it's all noise. Also, you're making your own rules or learning how you play your chess. Critical steps in improvement
That was really well written about why one should annotate one’s games. I’ve played chess since before engines and the advice that you should analyze your own games have been there in all these years. But strangely, with engines, it seems like less people analyze their games properly. Or is it because there are a lot more adult improvers now? Or perhaps my generation never was as good at annotations as I thought ;-)
I agree words can be more important than lines. Especially computer lines. But I believe it’s a good habit to add at least one line with at least five ply. And sometimes a move isn’t bad per se but it simply is one much better move in the position.
Nice article. You might want to consider making that library public so that readers can check your annotation.
ha, I thought it was public already! Just fixed — thanks for pointing that out!
that was a crazy game. Nice tactic with Rc1+ to win back lots of material
You're on the right track. Mistakes provide us a "why" or the relevancy to learn and retain information. Without them, it's all noise. Also, you're making your own rules or learning how you play your chess. Critical steps in improvement