The difference between a bad move and a bad habit
A bad move hurts one game. A bad habit keeps wearing different disguises. Here is how to spot the pattern worth training.
EloNotes Journal
Ideas for adult chess improvement, real-game review, and better training loops.
Notes from the EloNotes team on chess learning, product decisions, launch updates, and the systems behind app-assisted training.
Why you win material and still lose the game
Winning material is only the start. The real skill is spotting counterplay before your opponent turns a “won” position into chaos.
Notes from the start
Here is a thing I have learned this year. Every chess creator above a certain audience size has the same pile of unanswered DMs. People asking, mostly politely, if the creator can look at their games. The creator usually can’t. There are too many. So most go unanswered, and the creator feels bad about it. […]