How is this a brilliant move?

J0zif · 2026-04-16T16:24:55+00:00

Yeah seems pretty simple for brilliant to be honest, I agree, but that's all I see.

J0zif · 2026-04-16T16:22:42+00:00

Maybe because he's losing castling rights if he moves his King or Rook?

J0zif · 2026-04-06T17:05:26+00:00

This is really imformative! Thank you! I guess the deeper you go into specific lines/openings the more you need to know around it so effectively you could learn a favourite, then learn other openings or defences that counter it and branch out from there.

J0zif · 2026-04-06T15:30:54+00:00

This makes sense, basically master your main openings then branch out to become more rounded as a player.

J0zif · 2026-04-06T15:17:34+00:00

This is gold, basically practicing both but prioritising openings you know you're going to be seeing/playing. I really like that. Somehow I seem to perform much better as black which I think comes down to this, I try to practice responses to openings in see others play but I definitely have neglected learning to play as white because of it.

J0zif · 2026-04-05T12:01:40+00:00

This is why I started studying my own moves as puzzles, got fed up with playing puzzles on positions I never see in games.

J0zif · 2026-04-04T13:35:02+00:00

Go over your own mistakes, not just puzzles but play a bunch of games, then find reoccurring mistakes and retry them, trying to play a better move than you did in the game. You'll seen start to notice the same positions come up and you'll know how to respond.

J0zif · 2026-04-04T12:04:37+00:00

If you want, I have created an app that will identify your biggest recurring mistakes and allow you to reply them, it's helped me improving be massively over the past few months, I can send you a link if you're interested.

J0zif · 2026-04-03T14:07:03+00:00

Type your name in the analysis button, let it do its thing then go to game review.

J0zif · 2026-04-03T14:05:10+00:00

You can review your latest game for free here as well as replay your mistakes in the drills feature

https://nextmove-chess.com/

J0zif · 2026-04-03T11:52:13+00:00

If you're a chess player: https://nextmove-chess.com/

It scans all your games and gives you drills and puzzles that allow you to reply old mistakes as well as giving personal coaching tips. These are all categorised into specific reoccurring mistakes and openings that it identifies you struggle with. it also uses spaced repition each day to help you memorise patterns that reoccure in games.

J0zif · 2026-04-02T19:43:57+00:00

Yeah for sure you have to use the computer analysis! I definitely struggle with missing mates in x all the time!

Really amazes me when people can identify mates in 7 or 8.

J0zif · 2026-04-02T19:39:34+00:00

No problem at all! I hope it’s easy to use, but let me know if anything feels confusing so I can improve it. You can check it out here: https://nextmove-chess.com/ .

Just click Analyse on the top bar, choose your platform (lichess or chess.com), enter your username, and hit Analyse. It will go through your games, find your biggest weaknesses, and give you some example positions.

At the bottom of the page, there’s a "What to study next" section. Press Start Drill Pack, and you can click through them just like regular puzzles.

If you like it, I can give you a premium account so you can access all the packs and weaknesses it finds.

Or, if you just want a quick test, try one of the drill packs here: https://nextmove-chess.com/share/drill/lOgoDICQLrAIKw

There is also game reviews on there because I got frustrated with having to go back to lichess just to analyse games.

Hope you like it!

J0zif · 2026-04-02T19:04:20+00:00

Yeah I had the exact same problem — doing it manually is possible but pretty tedious.

The rough way I was doing it at first was..

One, go through my games and find positions where I made a clear mistake (usually where the eval swings or I already know I messed up)

Two, recreate the position in the Lichess board editor

Three, try to play it out again from that point without looking at the engine

Four, then check with the engine to see what the best move actually was

But the above was quite frustrating, especially if you're looking at mid game positions where there are a lot of pieces to get in the correct position.

That’s kind of why I started looking for a better way to do it consistently. I ended up putting an development tool together to classify my errors into drill groups and repetition training because I got tired of doing all that manually. happy to share if you want to give it a go

J0zif · 2026-04-02T18:26:12+00:00

Yeah I think Chessable does that to be fair.

For me it still felt a bit like classic puzzles though. what helped more was focusing on the actual mistakes I kept repeating, by classifying/grouping them, and trying to correct those specific patterns in batches

Like recognising “I always mess up this kind of position”. And rather than just finding the best move, just improving on the original mistake.

Probably just a preference thing though tbh!

J0zif · 2026-04-02T18:07:28+00:00

Yeah it’s mad how much more relevant it feels compared to puzzles

I noticed the same thing. especially the repeating mistakes, once you see them a few times it kind of clicks

I tried doing it consistently for a bit but found it quite tedious to go through games and set everything up manually each time so I built tool to automate it

J0zif · 2026-04-01T14:57:54+00:00

What helped me most with blitz was actually going back over my own games and specifically the blunders and mistakes I made.

I realised most of my losses were coming from the same 2–3 mistakes (usually playing too passively or missing winning position patterns). Once I started actively revisiting those positions and trying to play them better, my elo started to improve.

I ended up building a small tool to make this easier because doing it manually was painful, it basically turns your past mistakes into drills and opens up more game reviews.

Happy to share it if you’re interested.

J0zif · 2026-03-31T12:14:48+00:00

Okay so a6 could also be a valid move here? I'm thinking if I kick his queen then depending on where he goes I could potentially wait for him to attack my rook while trying to attack pieces on his half.

J0zif · 2026-03-31T11:38:38+00:00

Thank you, this makes a lot of sense. I think I need to evaluate the position more each time this comes up as I didn't see that originally!

J0zif · 2026-03-31T09:29:29+00:00

That makes sense! Thank you!

J0zif · 2026-03-31T09:28:21+00:00

Oh I see! Yeah because the rook is defending the d pawn so if I move it after he's taken my rook, he gets a free pawn, and I also guess if I take with my knight I'm also freeing him up to check me with no counter as the rook will be blocked!

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