AlQuadir NM

Feedback for AlQuadir

Your current status

• Peak rating so far: 2498 (2020-04-28) (great job breaking into the 2300-2400 bracket!).
• Consistently high win-rate during late-night sessions – see

What you already do very well

1. Initiative-driven openings
   Your preference for 0-0-0 with White (Pirc crush vs. BOZZOCHESS123) and dynamic Sicilians with Black generates rich positions where your tactical eye shines.
2. Pawn storms & piece coordination
   Typical sequence: h/g-pawn thrusts, queen lift (Qh6/Qh7), and a rook swing – 33.Rh1# was textbook.
3. Tactical alertness
   You spot forcing continuations quickly. Several games feature timely deflections and zwischenzugs (Zwischenzug).
4. Practical decision-making
   You rarely hesitate to sacrifice material for initiative (24.Bxg7, 27.h4, etc.), a critical quality in fast chess.

Key areas to improve

1. Clock management – Three of your last six losses were on time, often in favorable positions (e.g. vs. vadzka and fgaefaf2). A simple time-budget rule (≤15 s by move 20, ≤5 s by move 30) will save many points.
2. Endgame technique
   • Lost rook endgame vs. oliversick from a drawable position.
   • Allowed perpetual-check chances before flagging.
   ➜ Add 15 min of rook-and-pawn drills to each study session; practice winning “extra-pawn” rook endings and defending Philidor/Lucena.
3. Defensive awareness
   Aggressive setups sometimes leave back-rank or dark-square holes (see 26…Rea8?! in the B54 loss). Inject one move of prophylaxis during calculation – “What does my opponent want?” – before committing to the next attacking push.
4. Opening depth vs. strong opposition
   Your repertoire is sound but occasionally drifts out of book early (fast g-pawn Dutch, Scandinavian sidelines). Refresh critical lines up to move 10–12 with engine aid and build a concise memory palace of typical motifs rather than raw moves.

Action plan (next 4 weeks)

Mindset tips

• Enter each session with a goal (e.g. “play solidly with Black”); leave when fatigue sets in.
• After every loss, tag the single worst decision instead of re-living the whole game – this keeps reviews short and focused.
• Remember that sacrificing ten seconds to find a clean conversion often saves the game compared to blitzing and flagging.

Keep harnessing your natural attacking flair while tightening the technical screws – minor time and endgame upgrades will push you well beyond your current 2498 (2020-04-28). Good luck!