Coach Chesswick
Personalised Feedback for Dergrossebaum
Your Current Snapshot
• Time-control focus: Bullet (60 s).
• Latest peak: 1012 (2024-07-03).
• Typical openings: King’s-Pawn (1.e4) & Queen’s-Pawn (Blackmar-Diemer ideas).
• Recent results: a healthy mix of flagging wins and a few time forfeits.
What You Are Doing Well
- Killer Instinct: You don’t hesitate to launch attacks. Games vs Dontworry97 and DemetrioCarrasco show precise piece play that ended in checkmate before move 15.
- Tactical Alertness: Spotting forks (…Nd4, …Nxc2+) and using pins to pick up material is already in your toolkit.
- Practical flagging: Several victories come from keeping the position complicated and letting the opponent run out of time––a valid bullet skill.
Main Areas to Improve
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Clock Management
Five of your last six losses were on time, even from equal or better positions (e.g. vs prismawui). Try to reach move 20 with ≥15 s. Practical tips:
- Use clean premoves for forced recaptures and opening sequences you trust.
- Adopt a “0.5-second rule”: if the move you are calculating takes longer, make the safest move you already understand.
- When clearly winning, simplify—trade queens, eliminate counter-play, and coast on the clock.
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King Safety in Gambits
Aggression is great, but in the BDG structure you sometimes forget to castle. In the loss below your king stayed in the centre while Black counter-punched.
Guideline: after sacrificing a pawn, either castle quickly or keep the centre closed. Give your pieces shelter before chasing more pawns. -
Conversion Technique
When ahead a piece you sometimes continue attacking instead of trading. Adopt the rule “up material → trade pieces, not pawns”. It shortens the game and saves clock. -
Opening Discipline
Early queen sorties (Qf3/Qxb7) score material but also cost tempi (tempo). Experiment with more classical development: two pawns + two knights + two bishops + castle before the queen adventure.
Action Plan for the Next Week
- Play ten unrated 3-minute games focusing ONLY on time usage; annotate where you dropped below 20 s.
- Review the theme “remove the defender” and “zwischenzug” zwischenzug for 15 minutes a day on puzzles.
- Create a bullet opening book: pick 3 reliable setups with forced moves you can pre-move (e.g. Scandinavian as Black, London as White).
- After every session, write one sentence: “The moment I should have simplified was…”. This reinforces conversion habits.
Progress Trackers
Keep Going!
Your tactical eye is your super-power. Combine it with tighter clock control and safer king placement, and 650+ bullet will arrive quickly. Enjoy the climb and see you at the next milestone!