is writing notes helpful to get better at chess.
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I’m new to chess and wondering if writing down chess stuff I’ve learned is helpful.
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No. The language of chess is patterns and move sequences, not words.
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@tygxc I thought it can still help with opening theory, like for remembering lines in some openings. Not sure though
#3 is completely wrong. It's VERY good to have a training journal in which you write down the lessons you've learned. This helps you learn, because you're putting it in your own words and because you can check it again later. This is also very true for someone doing regular analysis of your own games, when you get to it. If you write down what went wrong during the game, both from a chess point of view and a mental point of view, you'll much more easily recognize certain patterns and are in a better position to work on your leaks. To have a training journal is a validated training method that I know has helped certain players become very strong players indeed.
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willy4orr wrote:
I’m new to chess and wondering if writing down chess stuff I’ve learned is helpful.
Absolutely yes, and not just for chess. If you write something - it gets clearer, and you remember it better because you "touched it" - things a person do with his hands / body, are easier to remember, the classical example is "riding a bicycle".
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RAU4ever wrote:
#3 is completely wrong.
Strangely, so many of his posts are wrong...
I don't like ganging up on a person to put them down, but it annoys me when people give beginners unusually bad advice, because beginners can't tell the difference.
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willy4orr wrote:
I’m new to chess and wondering if writing down chess stuff I’ve learned is helpful.
It is very beneficial. You took notes in school right?
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pfren wrote:
RAU4ever wrote:
#3 is completely wrong.
No surprises. Look who's the author.
Yeah, there goes every chess book ever written.
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#11
I thought the "modern" mindset to chess improvement was to play speed chess, memorize openings, and post counting games in forums?
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tygxc wrote:
#1
No. The language of chess is patterns and move sequences, not words.
For some reason I had this crazy belief that one can write down or draw patterns and move sequences on pieces of parchment.
I think to assist in this, someone ought to come up with some standard notation for describing chess games, like "King takes Knight whilst castling" could be KooxoK for example 
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#13
pfren wrote:
Ziryab wrote:
Ask Wesley So.
Writing notes on your scoresheet is a totally different story.
And an interesting one.
Taking notes while learning is as old as cuneiform.
Wcndave wrote:
tygxc wrote:
#1
No. The language of chess is patterns and move sequences, not words.
For some reason I had this crazy belief that one can write down or draw patterns and move sequences on pieces of parchment.
I think to assist in this, someone ought to come up with some standard notation for describing chess games, like "King takes Knight whilst castling" could be KooxoK for example
Maybe also some sort of program where you can setup a specific position you'd like to remember and which you can save, I don't know, maybe some sort of database? Oh and it would be amazing if you could also put some comments next to the moves, that'd be great. Maybe if someone could make that and, maybe, ask like $300 dollars for it?
All jokes aside, I don't think someone is always wrong or always right and I welcome people that think differently. For example, in the ...a6-discussion the other day, I didn't think it was extremely wrong to suggest that ...a6 was always going to be a bad move in the context of a discussion of a question posed by a lower rated person. But that's all neither here nor there.