Coach Chesswick
Adel, here is some tailored feedback based on your recent blitz sessions
At-a-glance
- Current trajectory: solid 2500+ blitz, flirting with the next tier – keep the momentum.
- 2630 (2024-08-07) shows you are within touching distance of a new peak; small fixes will tip you over.
- Activity pattern:
Your consistent strengths
- Tactical alertness. In the Win against igor0073 you exploited 22…Qxe1+! to win a full rook and convert calmly. You regularly spot intermediate moves and zwischenzugs.
- Piece activity from the opening. Your Sicilian wins (e.g. vs. browtzy) show quick …a6/…b5 thrusts, harmonising rooks and bishops.
- Confidence in dynamic pawn breaks. Pushes like 20…b5 (vs. Lovekie) demonstrate a willingness to seize space and open files.
- End-game technique. The Q+P vs. R ending you converted against Lovekie was model: you used checks to force pawn promotion and kept king safety in mind.
Key growth areas
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Time management.
Two of your four latest losses were pure time forfeits with equal or winning positions (vs. Oliver Dimakiling, Mauricio Ramirez).
• Adopt a “speed limit”: aim never to drop below 15 s before move 20.
• Practise bullet puzzles to hard-wire pattern recognition and save clock. -
Premature pawn storms when undeveloped.
In the loss to eternalreq the early 10.b4 16.a4 left dark-square weaknesses that Black exploited with …Ba3/…Nh5.
Guideline: before launching wing pawns, tick three boxes – (1) king castled, (2) rooks connected, (3) opponent’s centre fixed. -
Over-extension in the Lion/KID structures.
Game vs. chargemax23 featured 11.O-O-O?! plus f4/e6 tension that back-fired. Review typical plans in the Lion Defence and modern KID. -
Bishop pair mis-coordination.
Against Scuratov you played …g6/…Bg7/…e5 but then locked the diagonal with …f5. Make sure your pawn chain points away from your bishops.
Drill: set up random Sicilian middlegames vs engine and play only bishop moves for five plies – trains you to visualise future diagonals.
Opening menu – quick tweaks
| Opening | Result trend | First fix |
|---|---|---|
| French as Black (Winawer/Exchange) | Good (3-0) | Add the thematic …h6/…g5 idea you used vs. igor0073 earlier; it scores well in blitz. |
| Queen’s Gambit Declined as White | −1 vs. eternalreq | Replace 10.b4 with the main line 10.Qc2 & 11.b3 – keeps structure sound. |
| English / Réti set-ups | Mixed | Study model games by Kramnik to understand when to break with d4 versus c4-c5. |
Illustrative moment
From your win against Hedgehogtheking – a textbook mating net:
[[Pgn| 55... b2 56.Rf7#]]
Notice how every piece joined the attack; use this as your personal “gold standard” for coordination.
Training plan for the next two weeks
- Daily: 15 mins of mixed motifs puzzles, forcing yourself to move in <30 s each.
- Alternate days: play TWO 5|0 games without premoves; speak the candidate moves out loud to slow impulsive choices.
- Week-end: analyse one loss in depth (30 min) – first alone, then with engine. Focus on the “Decision before the blunder”.
Mindset nugget
“Blitz rewards pattern recall more than calculation. Turn your weaknesses into patterns, and the clock will take care of itself.”Keep pushing – the 2600 badge is within reach!