Amit Bhatt

Hi Amit!

You play entertaining, forward-moving chess and your rating graph shows steady progress. Below is personalised, practical feedback drawn from your latest wins and losses.

What’s already working

• Tactical awareness. Your wins often feature sacrifices such as 7.Bxf7+ or rook lifts (29.Rf1+–32.Rf3#). You spot mating nets quickly—keep sharpening this edge.
• Fast development & castling. In almost every game you reach a safe king before move 10, allowing you to seize the initiative.
• Willingness to invest material. You sacrifice pawns (and sometimes pieces) for open lines. In rapid time-controls this is a very effective strategy.

Biggest improvement themes

1. Black repertoire vs 1.d4.
   In the loss to kharola001 you mixed …e6, …g6 and …c5 ideas without a coherent plan and were punished on the dark squares.
   – Pick ONE main defence (Queen’s Gambit Declined, King’s Indian or Nimzo/Benoni) and learn 10 “tabiya” positions.
   – Focus on typical pawn breaks rather than memorising move orders.
2. Over-extension in the Italian.
   Several defeats (e.g. vs mix1963) started with e4–e5 followed by f-pawn pushes while pieces lagged. Before advancing centre pawns ask “Are my back-rank pieces active yet?”
3. Defensive patience.
   You tend to resign/abandon once worse. Train with puzzles labelled defense and play the “save-the-game” drill: start from a bad position and hold for 30 moves.
4. Converting winning positions faster.
   In the win vs someone117502 you needed 20 moves to mate with queen+two rooks. Study Lucena & Philidor rook endings so you can finish efficiently and avoid flagging.
5. Clock management.
   Average time left at move 30 is under one minute in both wins and losses. Try the 40-20-20 rule: 40 % opening; 20 % middlegame transition; 20 % endgame; keep 20 % as emergency reserve.

Homework for the coming week

• Solve 15 tactics/day focusing on double-check & deflection motifs.
• Play three 15 | 10 rapid games as Black using the Caro-Kann; self-annotate, then engine-check.
• Find a stronger continuation for Black in the critical moment below (you resigned three moves later):
  
  

Your performance snapshot

Blitz peak: 1250 (2020-09-01)
Rapid peak: 1297 (2023-12-19)

When you win / when you lose

Final thoughts

Keep nurturing your attacking flair—it is your signature strength. Add one solid Black system, a bit of defensive grit, and smoother end-game technique, and the next rating jump will follow soon. Good luck in your upcoming games, Amit!