Coach Chesswick
Constructive Feedback for Maria Florencia Fernández
What you are already doing well
- Dynamic openings. As Black you rely on Pirc/Kings-Indian structures (…g6, …Bg7). These give you rich, double-edged middlegames that fit your tactical style.
- Practical tactics. Your recent wins show confident combinations such as 24…Nd4! and pawn storms with …g5/…f4 that catch many opponents off guard.
- Good fighting spirit. Even in worse positions you keep material on the board and look for counter-play instead of forcing exchanges.
Three priorities for the next training cycle
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Time management. You lost four of the last ten games on time from playable positions. Try these habits:
‑ Use the opening phase to “pre-move” known book moves.
‑ Adopt a simple counting rule: if your clock shows < 10 s you must either force a perpetual, liquidate to a trivially drawn ending, or simplify material immediately.
‑ Bullet-specific drills such as 1 | 0 arena streaks will improve your intuitive move speed without hurting accuracy. -
King safety in the King’s Indian.
• In the Exchange line (E92) your …h6/…g5 plan gave White a permanent hook on h4 and the f-file opened against you.
• Compare your choice with the standard plan …c6, …a5, …Be6 followed by …d5, keeping the g-pawn back.
Tip: Load a reference game by Radjabov or Gelfand and replay till move 20 daily for a week; pattern recognition will replace guesswork. -
Conversion technique in winning endgames.
In your victory over PartyPandaBear you needed 40 extra moves to convert a rook & pawn ending a piece up. Adopt the “four-step” checklist:
- Activate king
- Fix opponent’s pawns on one colour
- Create & advance passed pawn
- Use zugzwang & zwischenzug ideas to force capitulation
Opening micro-targets (next 30 games)
| As White | As Black |
|---|---|
| Play 10 games with 1.d4 c6 2.c4 d5 and practice the Panov plans. | Replace 1…d6 with 1…e6 vs 1.d4 three times to test the Queen’s-Indian / …Bb4+ set-up. This broadens your position types and reduces predictability. |
Annotated snapshot from your last loss
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&Next steps
- Schedule two sparring sessions this week where you start from the diagram after 10.O-O-O in the Exchange KID and play each side twice.
- Finish one Chess.com Puzzle Rush daily until you consistently score ≥ 34; this sharpens the quick tactics you rely on in bullet.
- Send me two games where you felt in control throughout; we will mine them for “best practices” to replicate.
¡Sigue así, Flor! Small, focused tweaks will convert many of those near-misses into clean wins.