Zettelkasten is a German word... "Zettel" (slips of paper) + "kasten" (storage box).

This Website covers the Process and Methods (or "Modes" as I like to call them) for ANY Subject of Study
and how the "modes" within a Chess Game (Strategy, Tactics, Blunders, etc.) are also evident in other areas of life and study.  This is a personal Research site for my own continued learning and possible yours!
But yes, there will be MANY links to things "chess".

A man named Lazlo Polgar taught his daughters using a Index Card Catalog System like at a library. His  three daughters Susan Polgar , Judit Polgar and Sophia Polgar used this system and each became Grand Masters in their own right with credentials to back it up. I find that learning from index cards or "zettels" (slips of paper in varying sizes) is best for me, as I can grab a stack of cards in varying subjects or just one, to take with me in those "dead times" when out and about, to review them by Rote Memorization.

It has helped me to get many A's in my actual schooling. It has expanded my knowledge of subjects that interest me over the years by repetitive/rote memorization and Mnemonics.


I made this Website for my own research purposes to be a ONE-STOP site for my interests.
Maybe you share one or more of mine and can benefit from my 50+ years of Academic Learning.

I utilize an Antinet" Zettelkasten ("ZK") 3x5 and 4x6 Index Card process customized for different types of research, sans German Sociologist Niklaus Luhmann. I keep my ZK's seperate from each other for reasons that I'll cover on the website. I will be posting examples of how I write out my index cards. I include the information for a subject on the cards for any subject I study like Genrikh Kasparian did painstakingly for Chess over his chess career. Absolutely an incredible accomplishment! Go to this YouTube page by
Chess with Suren to see the Index Cards Kasparian made!

Like Modes in Music Theory, I have 7 things I have always studied:

The Bible - Animation - Music - Journaling - Chess - Engineering - Expedition Cycling

My HOBBIES are numerous. Maybe that's why a Navy Friend calls me "Mundo" and my sister calls me "Markelangelo"! Can't even imagine what a man like him or Leonardo Da Vinci would do with a ZK.

Which reminds me...

" Do I have them in my Zettelkasten? "

I started this website on June 3, 2026. I will be making updates often.


Please report broken links via the CONTACT page so the site stays functioning 100% :)

So now, let's go to the CARD CATALOG and Surf around !!