Coach Chesswick
Hi Goodness (bossgoodness)!
Snapshot of your journey
- Highest recorded Rapid rating: 2186 (2022-05-27)
- Performance trends:
What you are doing well
- Flexible opening repertoire. With 1.d4 e3 and 1…c5/…c6 you regularly steer the game into structures you understand.
- Willingness to complicate. In several wins you embraced pawn breaks (g-pawn thrusts, f-pawn storms) to seize the initiative. Example:
- Resourcefulness under pressure. Your recent Sicilian victory converted a messy middlegame into a mating net even with little time.
Main growth areas
- Clock management.
Five of your last eight losses were on time in roughly equal or better positions.
• Adopt a “move every 10 seconds” rule until the position really demands calculation.
• Practise incremental time-control games (e.g. 3 + 2) to build the habit. - Converting advantages. You win material early but sometimes let the opponent back in. Study simplification techniques and the principle of two weaknesses.
- End-game technique. Positions like the loss vs. elemen_ts13 reached a won pawn ending but slipped away. Review basic king-and-pawn endings and rook activity (the “side & behind” rule).
- Calculation depth. Tactics decide many of your games. Daily reps on a trainer plus annotated games will sharpen your vision of forks, pins and discovered attacks; see zwischenzug & zugzwang.
Action plan for the next two weeks
| Focus | Daily task | Goal |
|---|---|---|
| Time control | Play 5 rapid games with a visible clock and verbal countdown at 15 s. | No flagging in any game. |
| Tactics | 40 puzzles (20 easy, 20 rated). | 85 % accuracy. |
| End-games | Work through 1 chapter of “100 Endgames You Must Know” or similar. | Re-create the key positions on a board from memory. |
| Opening clean-up | Create a mini file (max 12 moves) for each of: Triangle Slav as White, Sicilian …e6 line as Black. | Know your first 8 moves by heart and the main ideas. |
Suggested study positions
1. Winning technique after 26.Rc6 in your win vs. SamDittmer (convert the extra passed pawn).
2. Defensive resource after 24…Qf6 in your loss vs. elemen_ts13—find the perpetual.
3. Typical Sveshnikov tabiya from move 10 of the loss vs. superultranoob—identify best square for the knight on f6.
Mindset reminder
“Play the board, trust the process, respect the clock.”
Keep enjoying the game, analyse every result, and feel free to reach out with questions. Good luck in your next session!