Anwesh Upadhyaya IM

Hi Anwesh, here is your personalised post-match review

What you are already doing very well

• Opening awareness and flexibility. Your recent wins show confident handling of both 1.e4 and 1.d4 structures. In the Accelerated Dragon game you steered the position to a favourable IQP + king-side attack with the creative manoeuvre Nc7–e8–d6–c8-a7.
• Tactical vision. Combined motifs such as forks, double attacks and mating nets are clearly a strength: 27.Re8⁺!!–34.Rf1⁺–38.Qh4# was a precise finishing sequence (see embedded PGN).
• Endgame technique when ahead. In several games against swathirai you converted extra material without allowing counter-play. Your rook endings in particular are convincing once you reach a technical phase.

Main growth opportunities

• Time management. Three of your last five losses (e.g. vs ChessLearner_200 and Niji183) happened with a winning or equal position on the board. You often spend ~40 seconds in the opening but have <10 seconds for complex endings. Consider switching a portion of your training to 3 + 2 or 5 + 3 to internalise a steadier move rhythm.
• Prophylaxis against counter-play. In the D30 loss you attacked on the kingside but allowed …Qf3/…Qg4 ideas that exploited dark-square weaknesses. Before launching pawn storms, add the question “What is my opponent’s next active move?”—often a single preventive move (e.g. h3–g4 only after Kh2) keeps the initiative.
• Transition choices. The English Defence loss shows a recurring theme: exchanging into queen endgames without calculating the opponent’s passed pawns. Practise pawn-up but opposite-colour bishop endings to sharpen your assessment of when simplification is genuinely favourable.

Three concrete action items for the coming week

1. Play 15 games of 3 + 2 and aim to keep >45 seconds after move 20 every time. Log how often you succeed.
2. Run the critical positions marked “?” below through an engine and then explain in your own words why the computer’s prophylactic move works. This strengthens your inner “no-rush” alarm.
   • D30: after 17…Be7
   • A15: after 25…Rxd1⁺
3. Do a daily mini-set of three pawn endgame studies. Focus on outside passed pawn and shoulder charging concepts; these exact themes flipped a won game into a draw vs Niji183.

Quick stats snapshot

Peak rating: 2837 (2020-02-04)
Hourly results pattern:

Glossary highlight

Remember to look out for the hidden tactical Zwischenzug before capturing—several of your successful combinations were possible only because you spotted this in time.

Your latest attacking masterpiece

Keep up the excellent work, Anwesh! Small refinements to your clock handling and prophylactic thinking will push you comfortably beyond 2750 blitz.