Coach Chesswick
Hi Bence!
You are already a very strong blitz player (current strength ≈ 2400 – 2481 (2025-02-12)), yet your recent results show clear thematic areas where a bit of focused work can bring rapid gains.
1. Big-picture strengths
- Versatile opening repertoire. You switch comfortably between 1.e4 and 1.d4/Nf3 and handle both sides of the Sicilian, the English/Réti and various Indian setups.
- Dynamic feel for initiative. Many of your wins (e.g. vs Defenstrator) arise from early pawn storms (f-pawn pushes, g-pawn breaks) and piece activity that drive the opponent’s king into the open.
- Resourcefulness in complications. The PGN against Hunninn shows how you kept posing problems under time pressure and converted the rook-and-pawn race with impeccable calculation.
2. Recurrent issues to address
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Clock management. Four of your last six losses were on time or involved severe time trouble. Even in winning games you often reach <10 s with dozens of moves left.
• Train “increment discipline”: make one good enough move every 2-3 s to bank the +1-second increment.
• Practise premove drills in dead-won positions to finish the game quickly. -
Conversion after gaining the advantage.
• In the loss to JEHUBNER you were up material but allowed counterplay because you kept queens on and pushed pawns without improving king safety.
• Adopt a “simplify when ahead” checklist: trade queens → stabilize king → activate last piece → push passed pawn. -
Handling of minor-piece imbalances in the Sicilian.
• Several games (e.g. vs GoltsevDmitry2000 and tarno17) show knights landing on d5/f5 against your Najdorf structures.
• Work on prophylaxis: when you play …e6/…d6 lines, be ready with …Nxd5 or …e5 to blunt those outposts, and avoid early …b5 if it weakens c6/d5 too soon. -
Endgame technique vs passed pawns.
• The most recent loss to MatiLandi84 slipped from an equal R+Q ending after you pushed your queenside pawn too late and allowed connected passers.
• Add 10-minute daily drills of “queen vs pawn-race” endgames (Lichess studies or Endgame Engine sets) to sharpen calculation.
3. Opening micro-fixes
| Position type | Suggestion |
|---|---|
| Nimzowitsch Defense with 3…d5 | Review the line where you played 6.e5 Ne4 7.Bd2. Engines prefer 6.O-O! followed by Re1, c4. Small tweak, but you’ll keep more central tension. |
| Najdorf with …g6 | Insert 10…Nbd7 before …b5 to reinforce c5; prevents White’s Nd5 jump that hurt vs chess_mad35. |
| London-style Réti (your White loss) | After 18.c5?! choose 18.Rd1 or 18.b4 to keep structure solid; the pawn sac was optimistic and cost tempi. |
4. Training plan (4-week block)
- Week 1: 50 puzzles/day set to “Endgame” theme + daily 10-min no-increment blitz to force faster decision making.
- Week 2: Analyse all Sicilian Najdorf games this month, annotate critical knight-outpost moments, and build a flash-card deck of typical plans.
- Week 3: Play 20 games of 3|2 exclusively with the aim of winning on the board with >20 s left; abort any game where you dip under 10 s early and restart.
- Week 4: Record yourself thinking out loud in three rapid (10|0) games; review to spot time-consuming habits and unnecessary calculation branches.
5. Useful reference links
• Prophylaxis • Outpost • Conversion technique
6. When you win most
Spot your hot streaks and schedule play accordingly:
Keep up the great work!
Your attacking flair already wins you many spectacular games. Couple it with sharper clock usage and a bit more endgame ruthlessness, and 2500+ blitz is within reach.