Adeline Uta WFM

Hi Adeline Uta!

Great work on your recent games – the willingness to play sharp positions and look for tactical solutions is one of your trademarks. Below is a personalized roadmap to help you climb to the next level.

What you’re already doing well

• Active openings. You consistently choose ambitious systems such as the Closed Sicilian (…g6, …Bg7) and the English with g3/Bb2. These give you plenty of middlegame play.
• Tactical awareness. Your victories often feature forks, discovered attacks and timely sacrifices – see your win vs wxlucio where …Nf3+ decided the game.
• Fighting spirit. You don’t shy from opposite-side castling or pawn storms, leading to rich positions that suit your style.
• Peak rating: 2035 (2024-03-31) – proof that your current approach already works against strong opposition!

Biggest improvement levers

1. King safety & pawn structure
   Losses often originate from over-extended kingside pawns (g- and h-files) or a queen left on b-file after early pawn pushes.
   • Before advancing a wing pawn, ask “Will this square be weak three moves from now?”
   • Add one daily mini-exercise on back-rank tactics or the concept of a Zwischenzug to improve defensive calculation.
2. Time management
   Several good positions turned into losses or flagging (e.g. vs anubis3742).
   • Adopt a “blunder-check at 20 s” rule: if your clock dips under 20 seconds, make only safe, forcing moves.
   • Play a few 10 + 5 games each week to rehearse deeper thinking without extreme time pressure.
3. Endgame conversion
   In defeats against deiorojo and others, a drawn or better endgame slipped away.
   • Spend 15 minutes per session on rook-and-pawn vs rook, and basic king-and-pawn endings.
   • Use the “three-questions” method in endgames: (a) Where are the king routes? (b) Who has the outside passer? (c) What is the worst-placed piece?
4. Secondary opening for flexibility
   When opponents dodge your Sicilian with 1.c4 or 1.Nf3, the resulting positions sometimes feel passive. Preparing one solid alternative (e.g. the Queen’s Gambit Declined setup vs 1.d4/1.c4) will broaden your repertoire and confidence.

Training menu (next 4 weeks)

• 📊 Review your performance trends:
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  . Identify time slots where you tilt and schedule sessions when your win rate is highest.
• ⏱️ 3 × Puzzle Rush (Survival) per week – switch to “Find defense” filter at least once.
• 📚 Annotate one of your own decisive games each weekend (start with the latest win):
  . Focus on moments where an alternative choice changed the evaluation by ±1.00 or more.
• 🏁 Endgame drill: 20 positions from “100 Endgames You Must Know,” chapters 1–4.

Quick reference checklist before every move

1. What is my opponent’s last threat?
2. Are there any forcing moves for me (check, capture, tempo)?
3. Does my intended move leave an undefended piece or weaken my king?

Stay consistent with this routine and you’ll turn many of those near-misses into wins. Looking forward to seeing you break through your next rating milestone – you’ve got all the tools, just sharpen them a bit more each day. Good luck, Adeline!