Coach Chesswick
Hi chakmatd!
Your recent games show an energetic, tactical style that scores spectacular wins—congratulations on climbing to 2497 (2025-04-01)! Below is a snapshot of where you shine and where a few small adjustments could yield big rating gains.
📈 Quick Performance Glimpse
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✅ Your Strengths
- Tactical radar: In your win vs Michael Mahoney you found 12.Qxc6+!! and 15.Qxb8+, converting flawlessly:
- Converting endgames: The rook-and-pawn win against mrpotatomanthesecond featured clean technique and zero blunders under time pressure.
- Opening flexibility as White: You handle both Open and Closed Sicilians, Alekhine-like set-ups, and Queen’s Gambit structures confidently.
🚧 Growth Areas
- Black repertoire coherence.
• Several losses came from French Winawer and Nimzowitsch lines where early queen forays (…Qa5/…Qa4) left you behind in development.
• In the Caro-Kann Exchange (vs Moneta_Attack) you drifted without a clear middlegame plan and resigned in an equal-material position.
➜ Action: Streamline to 1–2 bullet-friendly defences (e.g. solid …e6 French with 3…Nf6, or the classical Caro 3…Bf5) and learn the critical ideas rather than memorising move orders. - Clock handling.
• Four of the five listed losses ended by resignation in a position with play or on time while still competitive.
• Bullet rewards practical choices—aim to stay above 15-20 s until move 20.
➜ Action: Practise “soft-premove” sequences (checks, recaptures, forced replies) and adopt a rule: if the position is roughly equal and under 5 s, simplify instead of seeking the perfect move. - Defensive resilience.
• When opponents attack (e.g. 24…Rxh2!! in the Nimzowitsch loss) you sometimes continue proactive play instead of forcing simplifications.
➜ Action: Train on “Defend the Position” puzzles and focus on candidate moves that stop threats first (see tempo and parrying ideas).
📚 Targeted Study Plan (2-week micro-cycle)
| Day 1-4 | 15 min opening drill: French Classical & Caro Classical mainlines. 20 min tactics (rating 2400-2700). 10 min endgame technique (R+P vs R, K+P races). |
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| Day 5-7 | Bullet session (10-15 games) focusing on time management rules. Post-session: tag two positions where you hesitated & analyse alternatives. |
| Day 8-10 | Review three losses; for each, write one “critical defensive resource I missed.” Play sparring games at 3 | 2 to practise holding worse positions. |
| Day 11-14 | Mixed puzzle rush & endgame studies. Finish with a streak of five bullet games using only your new black repertoire. |
📝 Final Tips
- Keep an opening notebook with bullet-ready mini-lines and key ideas, not just moves.
- Refresh endgame fundamentals—good endings = free time on the clock because plans are clearer.
- Mental reset: after a blunder, breathe, hit the space bar twice, and play moves that require your opponent to prove the win. Many bullet games flip on persistence.
Stay tactical, tighten the defence, and your next push beyond 2500 is within reach. Good luck and happy attacking!