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Chess history notes
Practical writing about reading your own Chess.com and Lichess games: openings, sample sizes, and habits — not engine grades.
Train the opening forks you actually leak points on
Puzzles from a tactics book are someone else’s positions. Chessigma drills the decision where your history says you keep choosing the worse of two familiar moves.
Read articleWhat a Chess DNA report actually measures
Colour, time control, and opening splits only mean something when they beat your own average by enough games. That is the Chess DNA report.
Read articleBuild a chess opening repertoire from the moves you already play
A repertoire you will actually use starts with the lines in your own PGN, not a file of engine-approved variations you have never reached.
Read articleHow many chess games before a pattern actually counts?
Sample size is the difference between a habit and a story. Here is how Chessigma decides a repeated opening choice is worth reporting.
Read articlePersonal chess history vs engine review: which question are you asking?
Engine reviews grade one game. History analysis asks whether a choice you repeat is scoring worse than your usual move. They answer different questions.
Read articleHow to find recurring chess opening mistakes in your own games
Use your Chess.com or Lichess history to spot opening choices you repeat and underperform, without treating a single engine label as a diagnosis.
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