Florian Mostbauer FM

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Quick snapshot

• Peak Rapid rating: 2409 (2023-10-06)
• Typical openings: Reti/English set-ups with White, Caro-Kann & Sicilian (Alapin) with Black.
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What you already do well

1. Tactical awareness. Your win against suneyed (Panov Attack) showed alert calculation and the confidence to transform advantages:
   
   
2. Good conversion technique. When you reach favourable endings you keep things clean – e.g. promoting the f-pawn in the same game, or the precise king walk in the Chess960 win vs BchitRaMgr.
3. Broad opening palette. Playing both 1.d4/1.Nf3 systems and 1…c5 / 1…c6 as Black makes you hard to prepare for and helps your overall chess understanding.

Main growth areas

1. Time-management under pressure

You often reach move 25 with under 30 s, relying on the +2 s increment. While it works (several opponents flagged), it also costs quality – see the loss vs mirkich: with 1:44 on your clock you allowed …Rxc5 and the game collapsed.

To practise: play a few 10 | 5 games forcing yourself to stay above 50 % of your initial time after move 20. This will build the habit of pausing to re-evaluate critical positions.

2. Defensive resourcefulness in unfamiliar structures

When positions stray from your typical plans, you sometimes choose passive or weakening moves. Two examples:

• Dutch Defence, Anti-Stonewall
  
  – here 22…Rac8, keeping files closed, was safer. Study thematic pawn breaks (…e5, …b6) so you recognise them faster.
• Chess960 loss vs Jirko64 You castled long into danger and fell to a minority attack. Train with “no-castle” sparring games to improve king-safety judgement.

3. Calculating forcing sequences to the finish line

In several wins you had a much faster mate or cleaner route (e.g. vs lackkov you could have simplified to an elementary queen ending on move 34). Developing this skill will turn narrow time-wins into convincing over-the-board victories.

Drills: 10 daily puzzles of depth 6-8 moves + regular Zwischenzug pattern studies.

Opening notes

Suggested training plan (6 weeks)

1. Week 1-2: 30 min/day on defensive technique (Chessable “Stop Losing Early” or similar).
2. Week 3-4: Analyse 15 of your rapid games with an engine; create a personal mistake database.
3. Week 5-6: End-game circuit: 100 basic rook & pawn studies + 20 practical queen endings.

Motivation corner

Your current peak (2409 (2023-10-06)) is already master-level territory. Ironing out a few structural blind spots and improving time-usage could realistically add 80-100 elo. Keep the curiosity high and the blunder-rate low – the next milestone is within sight!

Good luck, and happy training!