Mariano Mayans Calvo CM

Hi Mariano, here is your personalised post-mortem from the last playing session

Quick glance at the numbers

• Current rating trend: climbing back towards your peak.
• Typical playtime: see
  – notice the dip in the late-night slot.
• Day-to-day swing:
  (week-ends are clearly your sweet spot).

What you are already doing very well

1. Sharp tactical eye – the miniature against jwcheah shows how confidently you punish loose queens:
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2. Resourceful under pressure – several wins on time from materially worse positions prove top-tier swindling skills.
3. Flexible opening choice – you switch comfortably between 1.e4, 1.d4 and even 1.g3, keeping opponents guessing.

Recurring blind spots

1. Over-committing the g-pawn in French/King’s-Indian setups (see loss vs Pham Nam Quan). Advancing …g5/…g4 on move 7–8 left dark-square holes and the king stuck in the centre.
2. Time management – four of the six recent losses were flagged with plenty of material on the board. Bullet still demands some structure: open with a pre-rehearsed system, avoid 30-second thinks, and trust your intuition in level positions.
3. Inclination to neglect development for pawn grabs – e.g. taking on b2 or a7 before castling. In the same game against Playchess_VN, 18…Rb8 allowed Qxa7 and the initiative snowballed.

Concrete action plan for the next 2 weeks

1. Opening discipline drill • Pick two bullet “skeletons” and stick to them: – White: Vienna Game with 3.f4 or the Nc3-Scandi (your speciality). – Black: pure French (…d5, …Nf6, …c5) without early pawn storms. • Run 20 games each and annotate; abort experimental lines outside this repertoire for a fortnight.
2. King-safety checklist (10-second rule) Before pushing a flank pawn ask: 1. Have I castled? 2. Is the centre closed? 3. Can the pawn be targeted by a minor piece? If two answers are “No”, don’t push.
3. Clock control routine – Aim to reach move 15 with >30″. – Practise 40 one-minute “hand moves”: random positions where you must play in <2″, to train muscle memory. – Once ahead on time, trade down instead of calculating deep tactics.
4. Endgame conversion The loss vs SwimmingTrolley was equal (R+P vs R+P) when you flagged. Do 10 puzzles of “rook and three pawns vs rook” endings; focus on the Philidor & Lucena techniques – they save precious seconds.
5. Review key motifs Add the following to your flash-card set:
   • Philidor drawing setup
   • Minor-piece fork on c7/e6 after Nc3-Scandi
   • Exchange sac on c3 (as Black in Sicilian-like structures)

Motivation corner

Your bullet rating is already elite; ironing out just one of the weaknesses above could easily net +100 Elo. Stay disciplined, keep the mouse warm, and enjoy the grind!

– Coach Bot