Coach Chesswick
Hi cesarabivoltous! Here’s a personalised improvement plan
Your current profile
- Peak blitz rating: 814 (2025-03-16)
- Favourite openings: London-style 1 d4 Bf4 and tactical 1 e4 games that chase an early mate.
- Typical game length: 15–30 moves; you often decide the result quickly through tactics (for or against you!).
What you already do well
- Tactical alertness – quick to spot mates like Qxg7# and back-rank ideas.
- Active piece play – bishops and knights usually leave their home squares early.
- Fighting spirit – you’re not afraid to sacrifice (e.g. 19.Bxh8! on 5 May).
Biggest improvement priorities
- King safety & blunder check
Your 3 Jun loss ended with …Qd2#, a single-move mate you could have parried by asking “what is my opponent threatening?” before every move. - Opening discipline
Early pawn stabs g4/h4 cost time and dark-square safety. Castle first, fight in the centre later. - Reliable defences with Black
The Modern (…g6 Bg7) often leaves you cramped. Try simpler structures:
• vs 1.e4: 1…e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 (Italian “Giuoco Pianissimo”).
• vs 1.d4: 1…d5 2.c4 e6 (Queen’s Gambit Declined). - Time management
One April game was lost on time while better. Set a “minimum move pace” (e.g. stay above 15 sec in 3-min; 1 min in 10-min games).
Suggested weekly routine
| Day | Activity | Minutes |
|---|---|---|
| Mon/Wed/Fri | 10 tactics (forks, pins, back-rank) with 90-sec limit | 30 |
| Tue | Replay one master London or Italian game & write 3 ideas | 20 |
| Thu | Endgame drill: K+P vs K, basic rook/queen mates | 20 |
| Weekend | Play one 15 | 10 game and self-annotate before engine | 45 |
Opening starter files
White – safer London move-order
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 c5 5.c3. Holding back the c-pawn prevents …Qb6 tricks.
Black – Classical Italian set-up
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.c3 d6. Equal, solid, little theory.
A model win to copy
The double-rooks on the open d-file and a final back-rank mate show textbook technique. Aim to reproduce this pattern in slower games until it feels automatic.
Track your progress
Schedule practice for the times you traditionally score best:
Key concepts to review next
- Back-rank mating nets – back-rank mate
- The surprise reply – zwischenzug
- Endgame “square of the pawn” rule for pawn races