Aglipay 8 Oberio NM

Constructive Feedback for Aglipay 8 Oberio

Your Current Profile

• Peak Rapid rating: 2204 (2023-10-14)
• Preferred openings: Ruy Lopez, English, early-fianchetto Sicilians, and the King's Indian Defense as Black.
• Typical game shape: dynamic middlegames with pawn storms on one wing and frequent queen-side castling as White.

What You Already Do Well

• Initiative & Attack. In your 30 Oct win against Michael Concio Jr. you handled the Cozio Ruy with model piece activity. Notice how the sequence 21.Ng4 22.Nxh6+ grabbed the initiative and never let go.
• Opening Variety. You can steer the game into Open Sicilians, King’s Indian structures or English setups and are not afraid of off-beat moves like 6.c4 in the Ruy or early f-pawn pushes. This makes you difficult to prepare for.
• Conversion with Material Edge. Several wins end in clean technical finishes once you are ahead, e.g. the rapid game that concluded with 57…Qg3# after a long rook endgame.

Key Areas to Improve

1. Time Management.
   Two recent losses (26 Oct vs SuperGreenTea and 26 Oct vs Aleksey_Sorokin) show fully playable positions that collapsed in the last minute. Make “stop-and-think” checkpoints (after the opening; before every forcing sequence) but move faster in familiar positions. A simple 80-20 split — 80 % of your time for moves 15-35 — would already cure most of the flagged games.
2. King’s Indian as Black — structural understanding.
   In the 30 Oct loss to jakopogi you followed standard moves but mishandled the …c5 / …e6 / …f6 break order and allowed White’s space-gain plan (Rad1–f4–Kh1). Review thematic plans:
   • Queenside counterplay with …b5 needs preparation by …a6/…Rb8, not early …Qa5.
   • Avoid piece congestion: your rooks doubled three times on d-/e-files without finding an entry square.
   Annotate five model games by Radjabov or Gelfand vs. the Smyslov & Petrosian systems to internalise proper pawn breaks.
3. Najdorf with White — prophylaxis.
   In your 0-1 vs Aleksey_Sorokin you lost grip after 22.e5? dxe5 24.Nd3 e5!. The key concept you missed: after you play e4–e5, you must halt …d6-d5 or …f7-f5 breaks. Compare with model game Adams–Topalov 2006. A quick fix: in similar structures insert f3 or Qe3/h3 to over-protect e4 before pushing e5.
   
   Critical fragment to study:
   
   
4. Endgame Technique vs Stronger Opposition.
   In several losses you reached roughly equal rook-and-minor endings but drifted (e.g., 30 Oct KID loss after 40…Rxd5?). Work on:
   • Opposite-bishop & rook endings — keep rooks active, avoid passive defence.
   • Clock discipline: decide early whether to simplify further or hold with activity.
   Play a weekly 15 + 10 training session focused only on endgames; pause and “guess the move” for both sides.

Action Plan (Next 4 Weeks)

1. Pick one Black system vs 1.d4 (either pure King’s Indian or a more solid Queen’s Gambit Declined). Build a 15-game database and annotate each game yourself.
2. Daily 15-minute puzzle rush but add one full-game calculation exercise from a classic (Karpov, Kramnik).
3. Once a week, play two rapid games with the specific goal “no move under 15 seconds before move 20.” Review them immediately.
4. Replace bullet/blitz volume with 5 long games and analyse them with a clubmate or coach — human feedback accelerates pattern learning.

Progress Tracking

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Final Thoughts

Your attacking flair is clear; bringing the same clarity to slower, strategic positions will push you well beyond the 2300-rapid barrier. Good luck, and enjoy the climb!