I’m FM Michał Redzisz, a FIDE Master who has been playing chess since the age of seven and competing regularly in international tournaments. Over the years, I’ve seen how much strong players can gain not only from talent or intuition, but from a training process that is structured, honest, and repeatable.

The biggest leap in my own development came between 2019 and 2021, when I improved from roughly 2000 to 2300+ FIDE. What helped most during that period was not random volume, but consistent work: tracking sessions, reviewing games carefully, returning to critical positions, and building habits around serious study instead of relying only on inspiration.

Since childhood, I used to draw diagrams by hand in a notebook. That habit was valuable because it forced me to stop, look carefully at important positions, and treat them as something worth remembering. But looking back, I also think that method was not as effective as it could have been, because very often I never returned to many of the positions I had diagrammed.

And that is really the whole point: not just to collect positions, but to come back to them, review them, test yourself again, and gradually turn them into practical chess strength.

One of the most valuable parts of that work was training with diagrams. A well-chosen position can compress a huge amount of chess understanding into a single moment: calculation, evaluation, candidate moves, typical patterns, defensive resources, and practical decision-making. In serious training, even one diagram in an hour can be enough, provided that the work is focused and honest.

For me, diagrams were never just puzzles to “get right”. They were a way to slow down, think deeply, and come back to the kinds of positions that actually decide games. Used well, they help turn vague chess knowledge into concrete practical strength.

KnightLog was built from that experience. I wanted one place to log training, store important positions, revisit patterns, organise flashcards, and see clearly what kind of work was actually being done.

This is a tool created by an active player and coach, designed mainly for serious chess players rated 1800+ and for ambitious players who want their training process to be more structured, measurable, and genuinely useful over time.

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