Coach Chesswick
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
- Piece Activity straight from the opening. In several French-Schlechter and Rossolimo games you quickly activated bishops and knights, keeping Black under pressure.
- 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.
- 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
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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. -
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. -
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. -
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
Repertoire tweaks (click to expand)
- As White vs French – the Bd3/French-Schlechter setup scores well, but consider adding the main-line 3.Nc3/4.Qg4 as a surprise weapon to avoid symmetrical pawn structures that cost you time later.
- As Black vs 1.c4 – after 4.e3 you reached a Symmetrical English. Review the plan with …d5 only when the knight can recapture; otherwise the queen often lands on b3/f3 with tempo.
- Bookmark theory terms for quick recall: Philidor Position, Lucena Position, Zugzwang.
Weekly training plan (≈ 4 h total)
| Day | Task | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | Rook end-game drills (Chessable or Paper board) | 40 min |
| Tue | Annotate one of your time-loss games | 30 min |
| Wed | Play 10 bullet games focusing only on clock-handling | 20 min |
| Thu | Study 2 Rossolimo model games | 30 min |
| Fri | Tactics set (rating 2300-2500) – 25 puzzles | 30 min |
| Sat | One long (15 | 10) game with post-mortem | 1 h |
| Sun | Physical board review + goal reset | 30 min |
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!