Igor Bjelobrk IM

Quick summary for Igor

Nice run — your daily games show consistent, practical winning play: strong tactical vision, good use of passed pawns and promotions, and reliable endgame technique. Your rating trend is climbing and your recent monthly slopes are healthy. Keep sharpening the areas below and you’ll convert this momentum into a sustained jump.

What you’re doing well

• Creating and converting passed pawns — several wins ended with successful pawn promotions. That shows excellent endgame technique and focus on winning plans.
• Tactical alertness — you spot decisive tactics (for example grabbing a weak f7 in one game and finishing with forced mates/promotions in others).
• Active piece play — you consistently bring rooks and queens into the action at key moments instead of waiting for slow maneuvers.
• Opening consistency — you’re getting very good results in the lines you play (excellent win rates in Slav, Alapin, Scotch, etc.). Study of typical plans is paying off.

Where to improve (highest impact)

• Polish critical endgames: you already promote well — make the wins faster and safer by drilling common king-and-pawn, rook, and queen endgames (Lucena, Philidor, basic queen vs pawn situations).
• Tactical precision under pressure: a few recent losses look like tactical oversights or time-pressure mistakes. Increase timed tactical practice to reduce slips.
• Opening follow-ups and plans: your opening scores are superb, but dig deeper into typical middlegame plans for your main systems (know the pawn breaks, ideal piece squares and what to aim for after move 10–15). Example resources: study typical plans for the Slav Defense and the Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation.
• Endgame simplification judgment: sometimes a simplification gives the opponent counterplay (active king or passed pawn). When simplifying, check the opponent’s counterplay possibilities first.

Concrete 30/60/90 day plan

• 30 days — daily tactics: 20–30 mixed puzzles/day (aim accuracy > 85%). Once per week, review one loss in depth: root cause (blunder, plan, time).
• 60 days — add endgame focus: two endgame studies per week (king+pawn vs king, basic rook endgames, queen vs pawn). Keep the daily tactics at 15–20/day. Start maintaining a short notebook of recurring mistakes.
• 90 days — integrate opening plans: pick two main openings you play and study 3–5 model games per opening. Continue tactics and one endgame study per week. Play slow practice games trying only to reach middlegame plans you studied.

Training drills (actionable)

• Tactics: 25 puzzles a day — timed (15–20 minutes). Focus themes: forks, pins, discovered attacks, back-rank tactics.
• Endgames: 1 focused exercise per week — Lucena position, Philidor, queen vs pawn with promotion race, opposition practice with king+pawn endgames.
• Game reviews: annotate 2 wins + 2 losses each week. Ask: “What was my enemy’s only resource?” and “Which plan was forcing?”
• Opening drills: for each main opening, write 3 typical pawn-structures and 3 typical plans (e.g., where to put the rooks, which pawn break to prepare).

Key moments from a recent win (example)

Below is one of your clear wins where you converted a passed pawn and used activity + tactics to finish the opponent. Open it to replay and study the turning points (especially the pawn-run and the queen trade sequence).

Replay game:

Study points:

• How you turned small advantages (better piece placement and a passed pawn) into an unstoppable promotion. Note the moment you prioritized pawn advancement over chasing a material gain.
• Where you exchanged pieces to neutralize enemy counterplay (good timing of exchanges).
• How you avoided perpetual checks and secured a king path — look for the move that forced the opponent's king away from defense squares.

Interpreting your numbers

• Your long-term record (293–6–2) shows dominance — great consistency and match temperament.
• Strength-adjusted win rate ~0.53: you’re performing above average vs opponent strength but there’s room to convert that advantage into larger rating gains with targeted study (tactics + endgames).
• Recent rating slopes (1 / 3 / 6 month) are positive and accelerating — you’re improving quickly. Keep the momentum but prioritize quality practice instead of volume only.

Next steps (choose one)

• Want a 6-week personalized plan focusing on your openings + endgames? I’ll draft it based on your main lines.
• Want a deeper annotated analysis of one loss or a specific game from the list? Tell me which game (give the date or opponent) and I’ll annotate key errors and alternative moves.
• Want drill sets (15 tactics + 1 endgame) I can send weekly? I’ll prepare the first week’s pack.

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