anirudh

Hi anirudh!

Great to see you playing a lot of games and experimenting with ideas. Below is some personalised, constructive feedback to help you climb beyond the 150-rating ceiling and build a solid foundation.

Quick Snapshot

• Your current rapid rating hovers around 140-150 with a 297 (2025-04-26) of roughly the same.
• You have a healthy win–loss ratio at certain hours – see
  – but performance dips in others (check
  ).

What you’re doing well

1. Fighting spirit: You rarely shy away from complications and are willing to calculate sharp material-grabbing lines.
2. Tactical alertness (when attacking): Games like your win vs. rendraintro show that if opponents leave pieces hanging you’re quick to punish them.
3. Opening variety: You have tried the French Defence as Black and various 1.e3/1.d4 systems as White. Exploring openings is good; now we’ll channel that curiosity into more principled play.

Key areas to improve

1. Early-queen adventures.
   In almost every PGN you push your queen out on move 2–3 (Qh5/Qe5/Qxe5). This sometimes nets pawns but often backfires (see your loss to mrgoldctv). Moving the queen repeatedly:
   • lets the opponent develop with tempo,
   • keeps your own pieces stuck, and
   • delays king safety.
   Action: For the next 20 games, set yourself a rule: “No queen moves before move 6 unless it is a clear winning tactic.” Focus on knights, bishops and castling early.
2. King safety & basic opening principles.
   Several defeats stem from an uncastled king. Memorise these principles:
   • Control the centre with pawns and pieces.
   • Develop both knights and bishops before moving the queen.
   • Castle by move 10 whenever possible.
   Try Classical lines such as the QGD with White and the French or Scandinavian with Black so you can rehearse sound structures.
3. Handling counter-tactics.
   You spot tactics for you, but sometimes overlook opponent threats – especially forks and pins. Incorporate 10–15 daily puzzle attempts and always use the “blunder check” routine before moving:
   1. What changed after my candidate move?
   2. What are my opponent’s forcing replies?
   Tag mis-tactics you miss (e.g., knight forks like fork) in a notebook.
4. Time management in daily vs. live chess.
   Your only daily game lasted a week but you still played very fast within each turn. Use that extra time to calculate deeper; it’s free training for your calculation muscles.

Training plan (4 weeks)

Reference game (your last win)

Notice how quickly you won after Black’s early …g6? Yet you still moved the queen six times in eight moves. Try to imagine how to achieve a similar result with fewer queen moves.

Next steps

• Play longer games for deeper thought.
• Stick to one main opening with clear plans until 1,000 rating; depth beats breadth.
• Keep a “mistake journal” – write each blunder type (hanging piece, missed check, etc.). Pattern recognition grows fast this way.

Keep the passion high, follow the plan, and expect steady progress. Good luck, and feel free to share your next set of games for another review!