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How to analyze our own games?

#1

Hello everyone, I am a serious chess player i just wanted to know how do we analyze our otb games in depth
I just end up staring at my game not sure what exactly to do
Thanks in advance

Hello everyone, I am a serious chess player i just wanted to know how do we analyze our otb games in depth I just end up staring at my game not sure what exactly to do Thanks in advance
#2

Use the board editor at https://lichess.org/editor to load your game then review it using the analysis board link

Use the board editor at https://lichess.org/editor to load your game then review it using the analysis board link
#3

For more in depth analysis, I would rather suggest importing the game as a chapter into a study. That way you can annotate the moves, add comments to them, explore multiple variants, draw arrows or mark squares, ... And, most important, everything is saved for later use.

For more in depth analysis, I would rather suggest importing the game as a chapter into a study. That way you can annotate the moves, add comments to them, explore multiple variants, draw arrows or mark squares, ... And, most important, everything is saved for later use.
#4

@KingHitMan said in #2:

Use the board editor at lichess.org/editor to load your game then review it using the analysis board link
I wanted to analyze without the engine

@KingHitMan said in #2: > Use the board editor at lichess.org/editor to load your game then review it using the analysis board link I wanted to analyze without the engine
#5

@mkubecek said in #3:

For more in depth analysis, I would rather suggest importing the game as a chapter into a study. That way you can annotate the moves, add comments to them, explore multiple variants, draw arrows or mark squares, ... And, most important, everything is saved for later use.
Thanks for the suggestion

@mkubecek said in #3: > For more in depth analysis, I would rather suggest importing the game as a chapter into a study. That way you can annotate the moves, add comments to them, explore multiple variants, draw arrows or mark squares, ... And, most important, everything is saved for later use. Thanks for the suggestion
#6

Artur Yusupov on Analyzing Your Own Games

Our own games are nearer to us than any others. We played them, and we solved the problems which were put in our way. In analysis it is possible to examine and to define more precisely the assessments by which we were guided during the course of the game, and we can establish where we went wrong and where we played inaccurately. Sometimes our opponent punishes us for the mistakes we make, but often they remain unnoticed and may only be brought to light by analysis. So, what do I consider are the important points to pay attention to when you analyze your own games?

Above all, you need to find the turning- points - to establish where mistakes were made, where the assessment of the position changed, or where an opportunity to change the situation on the board abruptly was not exploited. The ability to find the critical moments of a game during analysis is itself exceptionally important, since this will also help you to track down such moments during actual play. This is perhaps the most difficult aspect of chess - recognizing the critical turning-point in a game, the point when it is necessary to think really hard and to solve a problem; when the outcome of the whole game depends on a single move.

The second point to which you should pay attention when analyzing your games is the search for the reasons for your mistakes. By revealing your mistakes you will gradually come to realize what they might be associated with, and you will see the deficiencies in your game. Of course, it is easier if you have a trainer who can help you. But you will feel the benefit only when you yourself begin to sense the reasons for your mistakes acutely and no longer wish to put up with them. An objective awareness of one's own weaknesses is a necessary first step in the serious business of correcting them.

The third aspect that I wish to mention is that it is very important to look for new possibilities, moves which in the course of the game you paid no attention to because you were fascinated by other ideas. After analysis you begin to get a better feeling for the type of position being studied, you master the strategic and tactical methods which are typical of such positions. And the conclusions that you arrive at independently imprint themselves on your memory much more permanently than those obtained from other sources.

A final point. When analyzing a game you have played, you need to give considerable thought to the opening phase, to try to improve on your play, especially if you were not entirely satisfied with the outcome of the opening. By adopting a critical approach to the problems that you faced in the opening it is possible to improve your knowledge, to outline new plans and to think up important novelties.

Artur Yusupov, Training for the Tournament Player

Artur Yusupov on Analyzing Your Own Games -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our own games are nearer to us than any others. We played them, and we solved the problems which were put in our way. In analysis it is possible to examine and to define more precisely the assessments by which we were guided during the course of the game, and we can establish where we went wrong and where we played inaccurately. Sometimes our opponent punishes us for the mistakes we make, but often they remain unnoticed and may only be brought to light by analysis. So, what do I consider are the important points to pay attention to when you analyze your own games? Above all, you need to find the turning- points - to establish where mistakes were made, where the assessment of the position changed, or where an opportunity to change the situation on the board abruptly was not exploited. The ability to find the critical moments of a game during analysis is itself exceptionally important, since this will also help you to track down such moments during actual play. This is perhaps the most difficult aspect of chess - recognizing the critical turning-point in a game, the point when it is necessary to think really hard and to solve a problem; when the outcome of the whole game depends on a single move. The second point to which you should pay attention when analyzing your games is the search for the reasons for your mistakes. By revealing your mistakes you will gradually come to realize what they might be associated with, and you will see the deficiencies in your game. Of course, it is easier if you have a trainer who can help you. But you will feel the benefit only when you yourself begin to sense the reasons for your mistakes acutely and no longer wish to put up with them. An objective awareness of one's own weaknesses is a necessary first step in the serious business of correcting them. The third aspect that I wish to mention is that it is very important to look for new possibilities, moves which in the course of the game you paid no attention to because you were fascinated by other ideas. After analysis you begin to get a better feeling for the type of position being studied, you master the strategic and tactical methods which are typical of such positions. And the conclusions that you arrive at independently imprint themselves on your memory much more permanently than those obtained from other sources. A final point. When analyzing a game you have played, you need to give considerable thought to the opening phase, to try to improve on your play, especially if you were not entirely satisfied with the outcome of the opening. By adopting a critical approach to the problems that you faced in the opening it is possible to improve your knowledge, to outline new plans and to think up important novelties. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artur Yusupov, Training for the Tournament Player
#7

What I do is:
make a study with the game,
type in my thoughts, ideas, analysis then
Look up the opening in a book and add the book lines then
do the same if a book endgame occurs then
turn on computer analysis then add that then
if the computer see stuff I dont understand try playing the position vs it on one or both sides.

What I miss is going over the game with my opponent.
Bill

What I do is: make a study with the game, type in my thoughts, ideas, analysis then Look up the opening in a book and add the book lines then do the same if a book endgame occurs then turn on computer analysis then add that then if the computer see stuff I dont understand try playing the position vs it on one or both sides. What I miss is going over the game with my opponent. Bill
#10

@StrongDoubleBishop said in #1:

I just end up staring at my game not sure what exactly to do

This may help you get started, "Game Self-Analysis, an Exercise in Self-Improvement":
https://lichess.org/@/CaseyReese/blog/game-self-analysis/LJrWh0Zi

@StrongDoubleBishop said in #1: > I just end up staring at my game not sure what exactly to do This may help you get started, "Game Self-Analysis, an Exercise in Self-Improvement": https://lichess.org/@/CaseyReese/blog/game-self-analysis/LJrWh0Zi

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