How it works

Frequently Asked Questions

The engine supplies evidence. Chess Confessions uses practical heuristics to decide what is worth reflecting on. These rules are designed to surface useful questions—not to replace a coach’s judgment.

Game review

Clock heuristics

Reflection and patterns

Coach access and privacy

The simple version

Your provider says what happened. The site chooses the moments. You explain why. Your journal reveals the pattern.

Open Game Journal

Frequently Asked Questions

Game review

Which PGNs can I import?

How are critical moments selected?

Why might an annotated mistake be left out?

What does the browser engine do?

Clock heuristics

How is think time calculated?

What counts as time trouble?

What counts as a move played too quickly?

What counts as an unusually long think?

Reflection and patterns

How do reflection categories work?

What if I do not understand why a move was bad?

What do opening totals represent?

What is included in the game wrap-up?

How do structured strengths work?

Why record opening familiarity?

Coach access and privacy

What can someone see through my coach link?

Is my coach link private?

The simple version