Coach Chesswick
Hi Arkadiusz!
Below is a concise, actionable review of your recent blitz & bullet performance. Use it as a roadmap for the next stage of your training.
Snapshot
• Current form: dynamic and ambitious, but occasionally drifts into
positions with long-term structural weaknesses.
• Best ever blitz mark: 2467 (2025-04-25).
• Activity curves:
Key Strengths
- Opening Variety. You handle 1.e4, 1.d4 and 1.b3 with equal confidence, making you harder to prepare for.
- Tactical Awareness. The win against sonnybridges shows quick recognition of kingside motifs (…g5, …Rg8, …Rxg3).
- Initiative Management. When you seize the initiative you tend to keep pieces active and convert pressure into concrete gains.
Recurring Issues
- Pawn-Shell Loosening. Early flank pushes (…g5, b4/b5, h4) cost you king safety. The loss to Jony Habla (1.b3 game) was largely decided by over-expansion on both wings.
- Structural Judgement. Exchanges that leave you with isolated or doubled pawns (e.g. …fxe5 vs Karateloru) appear too frequently. Aim for healthy pawn centres unless the activity payoff is crystal clear.
- Time-Pressure Accuracy. In several 3 + 0 games you entered complicated endings with <10 seconds and blundered. Bullet habits sometimes “pollute” your blitz technique.
Game-Specific Takeaways
1) Winning model versus SonnyBridges.
- After 10…Nd4 11.Qd1 g5 you seized space before White
finished development. Keep this as a reference PGN:
. - What you did well: piece coordination on the g-file and restraint (no premature sacrifice until 27…Bxg3!).
2) Costly plan versus jony79 (1.b3).
- Critical moment: 18…a4! fixed your queenside pawns and opened files for Black’s heavy pieces. After 21.Bxf6? Qxb1! material collapse was unstoppable.
- Lesson: Before advancing flank pawns, ask “Can my queen defend both wings?” If not, tighten the centre first with moves like Re1, Nd3.
Two-Week Improvement Plan
- Opening Focus (Days 1-4).
• Build a main line against 1…Nf6 that avoids early pawn weaknesses. The Catalan-style setups you play with d4/c4/g3 already suit you—deepen this repertoire.
• As Black vs 1.b3/1.Nf3, study the simple …d5 & …c5 structures to minimise theory and maximise solidity. - Structural Drills (Days 5-8).
• Play 20 sparring games starting from an isolated d-pawn position—half with the IQP, half against it.
• Review each game for pawn trades you accepted/refused. Tag the position as “healthy” or “risk-bearing”. - Endgame Clean-Up (Days 9-12).
• Daily 15-minute session on rook-and-pawn endings (Philidor, Lucena, Vancura). Several of your resignations came from lost rook endings that were defensible. - Clock Discipline (Entire period).
• For every blitz game, try to bank 30 seconds by move 20. If impossible, switch to 3 + 2 for a week to re-train your rhythm.
Longer-Term Suggestions
- Adopt a short list of “go-to” mid-game plans for each opening family (e.g. Minority attack in QGD, kingside pawn storm in the Italian). This reduces decision time.
- Create a “blunder database” from your own games. Categorise by motif (back-rank, fork, over-extension) and revisit monthly.
- Commentate one of your wins each week—as if teaching a club player. Teaching reinforces pattern recognition.
Keep up the fighting spirit and channel it through sound structures. Small tweaks to pawn judgement and time management will push you well past your current peak. Good luck and enjoy the grind!