Enrique Tejedor Fuente IM

Overall Performance Overview

Enrique, your current rapid games show very promising progress with a solid win to loss record and steady rating improvements. Your strength adjusted win rate is approximately 58%, indicating that you are performing well even against stronger opponents. Your recent rating trend slope suggests a healthy upward trajectory over the past months.

What You Are Doing Well

• Strong Opening Repertoire: Your best results come from the Sicilian Defense variations, especially the Closed Sicilian Defense where you have a 75% win rate, and perfect 100% win rates in variations like the French Defense: MacCutcheon and Sicilian Defense: Kan. This shows good preparation and familiarity with these openings.
• Consistent Rating Growth: Your rating has steadily increased by 9 points over the last 1, 3, and 6 months, demonstrating consistent improvement in your play.
• Good Endgame Technique: Reviewing your recent wins reveals effective transition to endgame and capitalizing on opponent mistakes, especially in simplified positions.
• Strong Tactical Awareness: In your victories, you often utilize tactical pressure well, forcing resignations and winning material.

Areas to Improve

• Ruy Lopez Variations: Your record indicates losses in Ruy Lopez openings (Closed, Berlin Defense). Focus on studying these lines to understand the common plans and tactical motifs, as opponents seem to exploit this area.
• Opening Variety and Preparation: Some losses occur in openings like Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation and Amazon Attack. Broadening your opening study and preparing responses to less common variations could reduce losses.
• Time Management: In some games, clock times dipped significantly in middle and endgame phases. Strengthening your time management approach, especially under rapid time controls, will help improve accuracy.
• Positional Play: While tactically sound, adding more focus on long-term positional plans could enhance your ability to keep pressure and convert advantages smoothly.

Recommendations for Continued Growth

• Study and practice the Ruy Lopez openings; consider reviewing games by experienced players to see key ideas.
• Analyze losses in detail to understand mistakes or inaccuracies that led to opponents taking advantage.
• Continue deepening your knowledge of the Sicilian Defense, reinforcing stronghold on your best openings.
• Regularly practice tactics training to maintain and improve your tactical vision and calculation speed.
• Work on practical endgames to make full use of your current endgame skills and increase confidence in close positions.
• Implement better clock management strategies during games to avoid time trouble and associated errors.

Encouragement

Your progress is impressive and you are clearly working hard on your chess. By focusing on opening preparation and managing your time better in games, you can increase your winning chances even further. Keep up the great work and enjoy the learning journey!