Personalised Chess Feedback for Pablo Urriza Iricibar (apuwins)
At-a-Glance
- Peak Blitz Rating: 2497 (2025-05-30)
- Typical style: energetic, initiative-oriented, not afraid to sacrifice material.
- Most successful hours: see .
- Weekly performance trends: see .
Core Strengths
- Fast development & initiative. In several wins (e.g. vs. Marton Braun) you mobilised pieces quickly and kept Black under constant pressure.
- Tactical alertness. Motifs such as forks, pins and the classic Bxh7+ sacrifice appear frequently; you convert small tactical shots into larger attacks.
- Practical decision-making under time pressure. Even with under a minute you often choose forcing continuations that limit the opponent’s counter-play.
Key Improvement Zones
- Time management in technical positions. Four of your last five losses were on the clock or in positions that became lost after time scrambles. Aim to keep ≥40 s for critical endings.
- Defensive resilience. Games against omeramirakdag and gewoon_arnold show difficulty neutralising pressure after …f5 Dutch structures. Work on prophylaxis.
- Pawn-structure awareness. Benoni/Benko-type setups (…c5, …b5) left you with weak light squares and backward pawns. Review model games by Ulf Andersson to understand these nuances.
- End-game technique. In the loss to simplesimpson03 you reached a drawable rook-and-pawn ending but drifted. Sharpen rook-endgame fundamentals (the “four-point rule,” cutting the king, etc.).
Illustrative Moment
The following fragment from your game against OmerAmirAkdag highlights the need to prioritise king safety before pawn grabs:
[[Pgn|1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Bf4 d6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e4 e5 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Qd2 Be6 10.Rd1 O-O 11.Be2 Qb6 12.O-O Rfd8 13.b3 h6 14.Be3 Qc7 15.f3 Rac8 16.Qe1 d5 17.Na4 dxe4 18.fxe4 Nxe4 19.Bf3 Nd6 20.Nc5 Bf5 21.c4 Bg6 22.Bf2 Nf5 23.g4 Nd4 24.Bxd4 Rxd4 25.Ne4 Rcd8 26.Qe2 a5 27.Ng3 Bc5 28.Kg2 Bb4 29.Rf2 f6 30.Rxd4 Rxd4 31.Nf5 Rd8 32.Qe4 c5 33.Nxh6+!]|Advanced pawn grab created weaknesses on dark squares; 33…Kh7 followed and Black never consolidated.]Opening Map
• As White: You score well with e4-systems that transpose to the Scotch and Alekhine’s Four Pawns. Keep them, but add a solid backup like the Italian Giuoco to avoid early queen exchanges.
• As Black: Your two main defences are …f5 Dutch-style and early …c5 pawn thrusts against 1.d4. Results are swingy. Introduce one classical line (e.g. the Slav) for better structure practice.
3-Week Action Plan
| Week | Focus | Exercises |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clock discipline & defensive techniques | • Play 10 games at 5|5, aim to reach move 20 with ≥2 min. • Solve 30 puzzles featuring back-rank motifs & pawn storms. |
| 2 | End-game fundamentals | • Daily 15-min on rook endings (Lucena, Philidor). • Analyse two recent lost endings, try to hold vs engine. |
| 3 | Positional pawn structures | • Study 5 games by Karpov on the isolated-queen-pawn. • Play training games starting from IQP positions vs a friend/engine. |
Next Steps & Motivation
Your attacking flair already beats titled players; polishing defence and end-game play could realistically push you 100-150 points higher. Keep a journal of critical positions, annotate one game per day, and revisit this feedback monthly to track progress.
“An attack is only as good as the foundation beneath it.” – Embrace the complete game!