Gulmira Dauletova WGM

Coaching Feedback for Gulmira Dauletova

Gulmira, your games demonstrate strong strategic understanding and solid opening play. You have a great ability to create tactical opportunities and convert advantages into a win, as seen in your recent victories.

Strengths:

• Opening Preparation: Your knowledge of popular openings such as the Sicilian Defense and Scandinavian Defense is well demonstrated in your games. You develop pieces actively and maintain good central control.
• Endgame Technique: In longer games, you show good endgame skills, patiently converting advantages and exploiting weaknesses accurately.
• Tactical Awareness: Your recent wins include sharp attacking combinations and precise checkmates, which indicate solid calculation ability and vision.

Areas to Improve:

• Time Management: There are a few losses where the games were decided on time, both when you were low on clock and your opponent was, which suggest that improving your time management would help you maximize your performance under pressure.
• Handling Complex Positions: Some losses involved complicated middlegames where a lapse in positional understanding or timing led to disadvantage. Working on deepening your evaluation skills in dynamic positions could be beneficial.
• Consistency in Defense: While your attacking is strong, consider focusing on defense techniques when under pressure. Avoiding unnecessary material loss and improving defensive resilience will strengthen your overall play.

Suggested Focus for Training:

• Practice tactical exercises regularly to sharpen calculation speed and accuracy.
• Study endgame fundamentals and practical endgame scenarios to build confidence in simpler positions.
• Review your games, especially losses, to identify critical turning points and consider alternative moves.
• Work on quicker, more effective time allocation, especially in faster time controls.

Keep up the good work! With continued study and practice, you will be able to increase your PeakRating and consistently perform at a higher level.