Krishan Jhunjhnuwala FM

Hi Krishan, here is your personalised coaching report

Quick snapshot

• Current time-control focus: Blitz (3 | 2) & Rapid (10 | 0)
• Personal best so far:
• Typical play-time windows:
• Weekly momentum:

What you’re already doing well

1. Piece Activity straight from the opening. In several French-Schlechter and Rossolimo games you quickly activated bishops and knights, keeping Black under pressure.
2. Converting material advantages. Your win vs TM_010_DSH shows clean technique once you reached a two-rook vs rook imbalance; the final liquidation was flawless.
3. Practical tactical alertness. Shots such as 25.Nf5!! in the Closed Sicilian game are the hallmarks of an attacking player who sees forcing moves quickly.

Key areas to improve

1. Time-management in simplified positions.
   Four of your recent losses came only because the clock hit zero in equal or even winning endings.
   • Aim to reach move 25 with >25 % of your starting clock.
   • When the queens are off, adopt a “speed mode” – make the obvious recaptures instantly and spend time only at critical junctions.
   • Try ⚙️ exercise: play rook-pawn end-games vs Stockfish set to 5 sec/move, forcing you to move faster while maintaining accuracy.
2. End-game conversion technique.
   Example fragment (you were White, game vs ChessteacherPalmS):
   
   
   You were still a pawn up, but allowed Black’s rook behind the passed pawn and drifted into a lost rook ending.
   • Drill the “Lucena” and “Philidor” defensive setups every day for a week.
   • Remember the golden rule: in rook + pawns vs rook endings, active rook > extra pawn.
3. Handling central pawn tension in the Sicilian.
   Loss vs Spajkm showed the classical …d5 break catching you off-guard. After 22…d5 the position exploded.
   • Study model games by Carlsen in the Rossolimo to see how he keeps d5 under firm control.
   • Build the habit “if Black can play …d5, pause and calculate”. Keep it as a mental checkpoint just like “king-safety check” after every capture.
4. Prophylaxis during opponent counter-play.
   In the English loss versus Victory16, 20…Rd3! & 24…Rxh3 happened because kingside dark squares were neglected.
   • Add a quick “what does my opponent want?” routine before moving.
   • Annotate three of your own games this week, explicitly writing down the move you think your opponent is threatening in every position – this grows defensive awareness.

Opening laboratory

Weekly training plan (≈ 4 h total)

Mindset reminder

Every flag loss this week erased up to 14 rating points that your moves had already “earned”. Think of the clock as an extra piece – nurture it, and it will win games for you.

Next check-in

Send me your score-card and two annotated games in seven days and we’ll build from there. Happy calculating!