Analysis
How to read your own games honestly: what accuracy really measures, what game review hides, and where the engine number stops being the point.
What Is a Brilliant Move in Chess? The Gates a Move Has to Pass
A brilliant move is a real sacrifice that is also the engine's best move, leaves you no worse, and was not already winning. Every gate, with the numbers.
Lichess Rating vs Chess.com Rating: The Gap, With Actual Numbers
Chess.com ratings run roughly 300 points below Lichess at club level. Here is the honest conversion table, where it comes from, and where it breaks.
Chessigma Alternative: An Honest Head-to-Head
Chessigma is genuinely good free analysis. Where the free tier stops, depth-14 verdicts, no memory between games, is where the alternatives differ.
Chess Analysis Depth: What We Measured, and Why We Changed Our Minimum
We measured mistake detection at every Stockfish depth from 10 to 24, then tested the network against the depth. The second test moved our minimum.
The Chess Eval Bar, Explained: What It Measures and When to Trust It
The eval bar compresses an engine's search into one number in pawn units. What centipawns are, how they become winning chances, and when to distrust the bar.
The Best Chess Analysis App in 2026: An Honest Comparison
No single chess analysis app wins for everyone. The criteria that actually separate them, disclosed depth, both-sides review, and what happens next.
What Is a Good Chess Accuracy? How the Number Is Made, and When It Lies
There is no universal good accuracy, the number measures the game as much as the player. How accuracy is computed, when it misleads, and what to track instead.
Chess Time Management: Your Clock Data Already Knows Which Mistake You Make
Losing on time is an allocation problem, not a speed problem. The three clock mistakes club players make, and how your own games reveal yours.
Chess Game Review, Explained: What the Numbers Tell You, and What They Hide
What a chess game review actually tells you, how to read the numbers honestly, and the free tools worth using, from someone who builds one.