DoctorMove NM

Hi DoctorMove!

Congratulations on rising to about 2092 (2019-03-02) and playing sharp, fighting chess. Below is personalised feedback drawn from your latest games.

1. Quick snapshot

• Your preferred time-controls are 5 | 0 and 10 | 0. You win a healthy share of games, yet over 40 % of recent losses come from the clock.
• Style: dynamic, tactical, willing to play …g-pawn thrusts and accept material imbalances.
• Favourite structures: QGD-Tartakower as Black, English/Catalan-type setups as White.

2. Strengths to keep nurturing

1. Tactical awareness. You often spot resourceful moves such as 23…Nce3! in your win against starman480:

2. Piece activity. When the position opens you rarely leave pieces idle; see the KGA game where you doubled rooks on the e-file and later switched them to the kingside.
3. Psychological resilience. You don’t shy away from accepting pawn sacrifices or grabbing the initiative early.

3. Main improvement themes

1. Time management – your biggest single leak.
   • Enter critical positions (complex tactics, endgames) with at least 30 % of the initial time left.
   • Use “zero-second checks”: after choosing a move, spend two extra seconds asking “what can my opponent reply?”.
   • Practise increment games (3 | 2 or 5 | 3) once a day; the habit of making quicker “obvious” moves will transfer to 5 | 0.
2. King-side pawn pushes – watch the Berlin with …g5 that back-fired:
   
   
   
   Ask yourself before each pawn move: “Does this create weak squares my opponent can occupy?” In the diagram above the h- and f-squares collapsed.
3. Conversion technique – you reach winning rook-or-minor-piece endings but sometimes rush.
   • In your English win you were two pawns up yet needed a resignation rather than clear technique.
   • Revisit Capablanca basic rook endgames. Set a bot to depth-15 and practise converting R+2 pawns vs R.
4. Opening housekeeping
   • Against 1.e4 your early …Bc5 line (C65) is playable, but know the safer alternatives (3…a6 or the solid Berlin 3…Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4).
   • White repertoire: you often transpose to isolated-queen-pawn positions after 1.d4/1.c4. Study three classical model games for each side so you recognise the standard plans (minor-piece exchanges, zwischenzug tactics on e6/c6).

4. Action plan for the next month

• Week 1 – Time-control discipline
  Play 15 games of 3 | 2. Goal: finish every game with >10 s on your clock.
• Week 2 – Secure king before pawn storms
  Review all losses where you played …g5/g4 or g5/g4 as White. Annotate the squares that became weak.
• Week 3 – Endgame drill
  Solve 30 rook-and-pawn studies; then replay them vs a computer from the critical moment.
• Week 4 – Opening refresh
  Build a three-line “cheat sheet” for each of your Black defences vs 1.e4 and 1.d4. Include typical middlegame plans, not just moves.

5. Motivation corner

You are already out-calculating strong 1900-level opponents. By patching the time-management hole and adding a dose of positional patience, a 2100+ blitz rating is realistic in the coming season. Keep the pieces mobile, safeguard your king, and enjoy the climb!

Good luck and good chess,
Your coach 🤖