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What’s going well

You’ve shown solid opening understanding and strong results in several lines. You’re comfortable handling dynamic positions and keeping pressure on your opponent, which helps you convert advantages in longer games.

• Your opening choices, especially in the Slav Defense and some Queen’s Gambit Declined variants, indicate good practical play and solid preparation.
• You tend to keep pieces active and look for tactical chances, which often leads to decisive moments or favorable trades.
• When you simplify into endgames with activity, you usually maintain or improve your chances to win.

Key strengths to build on

• Opening repertoire: You’ve had success with several lines. Focus on two to three openings that fit your style and deepen your understanding of their typical middlegame plans.
• Tactical awareness: You consistently spot forcing ideas and conversions, which helps you seize initiative in complex positions.
• Endgame feel: Your ability to press in rook and minor-piece endings is a strength you can continue to leverage as you gain positionally.

Areas to improve

• Middlegame decision points: There were moments where trades reduced your initiative. Work on evaluating exchanges by asking: do I keep more active pieces, or can I create a new target for pressure?
• Endgame technique: Practice converting advantages in rook endings and minor-piece endings, with an emphasis on king activity and pawn structure planning.
• Time management: In longer games, allocate time for critical decisions and avoid getting into time trouble. Quick checks of candidate plans at key moments can help.

Opening performance snapshot

You’ve shown especially strong results in several lines. These are good anchors for your study, but remember that small sample sizes can exaggerate results, so use them as guidance rather than guarantees.

• Slav Defense and Queen’s Gambit Declined family lines: steady results, good understanding of typical pawn structures and piece development.
• Two Queen’s Gambit Declined variations including Hastings Variation and a line with early bishop development: promising, worth deeper study for middlegame plans.
• Bishop’s Opening in the Vienna Hybrid and Hromádka Variation: very strong showing, continue reinforcing these lines with principled development and typical tactical themes.
• Other dynamic openings such as certain Sicilian lines and QGD 4.Nf3 lines show you can handle sharp positions; aim to normalize your responses in these lines too.

Training plan for the coming week

• Choose two openings to anchor your repertoire and study 3 representative games for each, focusing on typical middlegame plans and common structures.
• Practice 2–3 tactical puzzles daily that reflect motifs you’ve seen in your openings (double attacks, pin-and-win, and open-file pressure).
• Endgames: complete 2–3 rook-ending drills and 2 minor-piece endings to strengthen conversion skills.
• Review a recent loss: identify the key decision point, consider alternative plans, and write a short note on how to avoid similar mistakes in the future.