Socratic Chess
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Notes on chess coaching and honest game review.

Contents

How to analyse your chess games (a 10-minute method)

22 July 2026

Most players either skip the review or nod along to the engine. A ten-minute method that actually changes your next game.

Why do I keep losing at chess?

20 July 2026

The honest answer is almost never openings. Here's how to find the specific way you keep losing, from the games you already played.

Chess engines are honest. They're not helpful.

12 July 2026

An engine will tell you a move was a blunder. It won't tell you why. Here's the actual case for why that gap exists, and why it's fixable.

How Socratic Chess got here

10 July 2026

It started as a proof of concept for myself. Here's the actual timeline of what I got wrong, what I learned, and what changed because of it.

Why your game review doesn't help you improve

10 July 2026

A list of blunders and inaccuracies tells you what happened. It doesn't tell you why, or what you were actually thinking.

Why a good coach asks questions, not answers

10 July 2026

Human coaches rarely open with the right move. They ask what you were thinking, first.

Why we'd rather our coach say nothing than guess

10 July 2026

A coach that's fluent but wrong is worse than one that stays quiet. So every claim ours makes is checked before it's said.

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