Teddy Coleman IM

Overview of your recent daily games

You’ve shown solid progress across a variety of openings and your overall results are leaning toward wins more often than losses. Your rating has climbed by roughly two hundred points over the last year-long view, and your strength-adjusted win rate is strong. This indicates you’re applying good clinical judgment and finding successful plans in many positions.

• Your opening choices are diverse, and you’ve had decisive results in several lines, which is a good sign of flexibility and understanding.
• There have been a couple of drawn or challenged lines that you can strengthen, but the general trajectory is positive and you are learning to convert opportunities into wins.
• There were a few high-tension middlegame sequences in recent games that ended in sharp tactical clashes; these are useful study points to improve resilience and defense.

What you’re doing well

• You’re comfortable switching between different openings and applying practical plans in the middlegame. This versatility keeps your opponents unsure and often gives you chances to press.
• Your opening performance data shows positive results in several lines, including aggressive Sicilian and English variations. This suggests you’re getting good development and piece activity early in games.
• Your overall win record in the data set is favorable, which reflects solid decision-making and the ability to capitalize on opportunities when they arise.

Areas to focus on for improvement

• Convert more opening advantages into decisive wins. In lines where you’ve drawn or faced tougher defenses, look for clean middlegame plans and avoid getting into edge-of-the-board tactical skirmishes when a simpler path to advantage exists.
• Strengthen your defense against sharp tactical ideas and back-rank threats. Some battles in your recent games showed how quickly a position can shift after a tactical breakthrough; building a few reliable defensive principles can help you weather those storms.
• Deepen your knowledge in a couple of opening branches that produced mixed results (for example the Kan Variation and the English Drill Variation). Having a clearer middlegame plan and typical responses will help you convert draws into wins.
• Endgame awareness and conversion. Practice common endgames you’re likely to reach in these lines (rook endings, simple minor piece endings, and technique for converting small material gains) so you can press to a finish with confidence.

Action plan for the next sessions

• Draft a simple middlegame plan for each top opening you play. For example, in the Sicilian Alapin and English variations you favor, note a few core ideas to aim for after the opening phase (central control, piece activity, and timely pawn breaks).
• Daily puzzle focus on tactics you’re likely to encounter in these openings, especially motifs around promotions, back rank weaknesses, and tactical shots that can shift a position quickly.
• Weekly game review: pick one recent game and identify two critical decision points. For each, write down what you could have done differently and what plan you should follow in similar positions.
• Practice two to three targeted openings over the next week. Use the same color you feel strongest with and build confidence in your recurring plans there.

Suggested quick resources and reminders

• Consider reinforcing the openings where you’ve seen success by reviewing standard plans and typical middlegame ideas. Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation
• Revisit common defensive resources against sharp lines in the Kan Variation and the English Drill Variation to improve resilience under pressure.
• Use a few short weekly review sessions focused on endgame patterns to improve conversion skills in longer games.

Optional quick PGN recap

If you’d like, I can embed a concise PGN snapshot from your recent wins to highlight key moments. Let me know which game you want highlighted and I’ll include a compact, readable version.