Coach Chesswick
Hi Chococrispis! 👋 Here is a focused review of your recent Blitz play and a roadmap for the next rating jump.
1. Quick Snapshot
• Current form: mid-2500-2600 Blitz
• Peak so far: 2660 (2024-09-04)  👏
• Activity pattern:
2. What You Already Do Well
- Initiative & tactics. You willingly sacrifice pawns to open lines and your pieces spring to life. A nice illustration is your latest Ragozin win vs New-Dawn-Fades:
- Space-gaining pawn storms. Your Advance Caro-Kann games as White show confident f- and g-pawn pushes. Opponents struggle to untangle.
- Fighting spirit. You keep looking for swindles in bad positions and occasionally succeed, an invaluable trait in Blitz.
3. Repeated Pain-Points
- Clock discipline. Three of the last five losses (e.g. vs Vlad-Victor Barnaure) were flagged or decided by a desperate scramble. âžś Goal: stay above 40 sec after move 25. Train by playing 5 + 5 games twice a day; force yourself to use the increment rather than premove.
- Conversion technique. Winning endgames vs Yonathan Uritsky and others slipped away. ➜ Spend 15 min/day on rook-endgame drills (100 positions cycle). Understanding “active rook, passed pawn, cutting the king” will net free rating.
- Sicilian with Black. Recent Dragon/Fianchetto loss to Jakub Borawski featured the Bxa7 + fork. You also entered trouble in Anti-B50 lines. ➜ Narrow your repertoire: pick either the solid e6-Scheveningen setup or move-order-safe Hyper-Accelerated Dragon. Study 10 model games and create a one-page cheat sheet.
- Prophylaxis. Good attackers often forget defence; several defeats started with ignoring a single quiet improving move (e.g. vs snoop_doogy_doogy 16…d5? letting a5, e5 hit you). ➜ Before committing, ask “What is opponent’s next threat?” every third move until it becomes habit.
4. Opening To-Do List (next 2 weeks)
- White vs Caro-Kann: you already score well—add the 4. Nc3 Short Variation to avoid repetition fatigue.
- Black vs 1.d4: your Ragozin is sharp and suits you. Prepare a fallback Queen’s Gambit Declined line for quiet opponents.
- Maintenance: once per session, review the first 15 moves of any loss and update your notes; takes < 5 min.
5. Weekly Training Template
| Day | Tactics | Endgame | Openings | Play |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon / Wed / Fri | 25 rated puzzles | 15 min rook endings | Flash-cards | 3Ă— 5 + 5 |
| Tue / Thu | 15 difficult puzzles | Minor-piece endings | Model games | 3Ă— 3 + 2 |
| Weekend | Survival run | Practical drill | Update files | 1 Classical 15 + 10 |
6. Mindset Nuggets
- “Fewer but deeper.” In critical positions spend the saved time to calculate one extra branch.
- End every session by annotating one game—win or loss—for pattern retention.
7. Keep the momentum!
Your attacking flair is already master-level; pairing it with steadier clock handling and endgame polish will push you well beyond the next milestone. Feel free to share any questions or send a game for a deeper dive—happy to help!