Augusto Lorenzetti

Hi Augusto Lorenzetti!

You’ve racked up an impressive number of decisive games lately, and your attacking style is great fun to watch. Below is a quick performance snapshot, followed by concrete advice to help you climb to the next level.

Quick stats

• Highest blitz rating so far: 662 (2024-11-12)
• When you usually score best:
• Your most productive weekdays:

What you already do well

1. Tactical alertness. In your win against nicomendoza97 you spotted the 17…Qc1+ fork and finished the game with Qxe1#. Quick, forcing play is clearly one of your trademarks.
2. Active endgame play. The queen-and-pawn ending versus nippleflarps69 shows good technique: you pushed the passed b-pawn, used checks to gain tempi and converted with 69.Qb7#.
3. Willingness to fight. Even in slightly worse positions you seek counter-chances instead of passive defence—an excellent habit to keep.

Key areas to focus on next

1. Opening discipline.
   • Losses against 체 스 and alwaysbymysid started with early queen adventures (7.Qd4, 7.Qd4 again) that ignored development principles.
   • Pick one solid reply as Black to 1.e4 (e.g. the Petroff, which you already play, but learn the main ideas) and one to 1.d4 (King’s Indian or Queen’s Gambit Declined).
   • As White, avoid the speculative Englund-type gambits until your piece coordination is stronger.
2. King safety.
   In several defeats you castled late (see the Sicilian loss vs. kkat17 where 14.Be3/16.Ke2 left your monarch in the centre). Make it a rule: if the centre is open, castle before move 10 unless there is a concrete tactic.
3. Avoid loose pieces.
   Many swings come from hanging pieces (the famous chess adage “LPDO”). Add a three-second “blunder check” before every move: “What did I just leave undefended, and what did my opponent’s last move threaten?”
4. Time management.
   A few games were lost on the clock or abandoned in equal positions. Try the 5 + 5 or 10 + 5 pool once a day; the increment trains you to slow down at critical moments.

Training plan

• Puzzles: 15–20 tactics per day, aiming for 80 % accuracy. Focus on forks, pins and zwischenzug themes.
• Model games: Play through one annotated classical game nightly; note how masters finish development before launching attacks.
• Self-review: Right after each session, spend five minutes with the game review tool and flag the single biggest mistake. Keeping a short “mistake log” is more effective than lengthy analysis you never reread.

Illustrative mini-lesson

Compare these two snippets:

Black grabs pawns, falls behind in development and soon loses to e4–e5.

Same first three moves, but here Black stays solid, castles and reaches a playable middlegame.

Next steps

Stick to the plan for two weeks, then send me three fresh games (one win, one draw, one loss) and we’ll reassess. Small, consistent improvements beat dramatic overhauls.

Good luck, Augusto—enjoy the journey and keep those tactics rolling!