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LatestIssue 012 Review 10 min read

How to analyse your own games without letting the engine think for you

Turning on the engine first is the most common way to waste an hour. The engine tells you what happened. It will never tell you why you did it.

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White to moveWhere the game was actually decided is rarely where the evaluation moved. The engine can show you this position. It cannot tell you why you steered into it.

How to prepare for an opponent you have never played

You get their name and about forty minutes. That is enough, as long as you spend it looking for habits rather than for novelties.

Prep30 MAY 202610 minRead issue 011

Every analysis issue2 published

No.	Title	Topic	Published
012	How to analyse your own games without letting the engine think for you	Review	14 June 2026 10 min
011	How to prepare for an opponent you have never played	Prep	30 May 2026 10 min

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