Tyrell Harriott NM

Quick summary for Tyrell Harriott

Good showing: you keep creating activity and tactical chances in the middlegame, and your opening repertoire gives you consistent piece play. Recent games show wins by persistent pressure and losses mostly coming from time trouble or allowing opponents counterplay/pawn races. Strength-adjusted win rate is slightly above 50% — solid — but your short-term rating dip suggests a few practical leaks to fix.

Highlights — what you do well

• Active piece play and kingside pressure — in your recent win you used the queen and rook aggressively to create threats and keep the enemy king cramped (see the game vs Dimitrios Vazelakis).
• Good opening choices that lead to clear middlegame plans. You win more than you lose in many aggressive/less-theoretical systems (your Amazon Attack lines, for example, show a healthy win rate).
• Cleaning up tactics when the opponent makes inaccuracies — you convert opportunities instead of letting them slip away.
• Practical awareness: you often target opponent weaknesses (back-rank, weak pawns) rather than wandering aimlessly.

Main weaknesses to fix

• Time trouble is the biggest recurring problem. Several recent games ended on time losses (including the ending vs Katharina Reinecke and one vs Jeremy Ellison). You frequently reach complex endgames with very little clock left.
• Endgame technique under time pressure: when the position simplifies you sometimes fail to convert or to defend precisely while short on time.
• Pawn-run / promotion oversight: in the game vs Alfredo Cecilio Miserendino your opponent’s pawn advance became decisive — be quicker to stop passed pawns or trade into a favorable endgame.
• Occasional passive moves in equal positions — when the game is balanced you need clear, small plans (improve your “what next?” moves so you don’t drift into zugzwang or give the opponent counterplay).

Concrete next steps (practical plan)

• Time management drill (daily, 15 minutes): play 5|3 or 3|2 blitz sessions focusing on making decent decisions in 10–20 seconds. Practice deciding on a plan within the first 15 seconds of your move.
• Endgame basics (3×/week, 20–30 minutes): rook and pawn endings, king + pawn races, stopping passed pawns. Work on Lucena, Philidor and basic king-and-pawn technique to reduce mistakes when the clock is low.
• Tactics (daily, 10–15 minutes): continue puzzle rushes but include slower tactical training (organize patterns — forks, pins, back-rank mates). This will boost your speed in spotting winning continuations under time pressure.
• Practical play habit: when you have little time, trade into simpler winning endgames or force simplifications rather than hunting for an extra pawn. If you’re ahead on material, aim to swap pieces quickly and reduce the need for accurate calculation.
• Opening focus: keep using systems that produce active games for you (e.g., the Amazon/Siberian lines where your win rates are high). For weaker lines like the Scandinavian, study 5–10 model games and the key plans so you don’t drift into passive setups.

Short actionable checklist (before your next session)

• Set a clock goal: avoid dropping under 30 seconds unless a forced win is visible.
• In each game, ask yourself twice per move: “What is my opponent threatening?” and “What is my plan for the next 3 moves?”
• If you’re ahead on the board and under 30 seconds, prioritize trades and safe moves over flashy tactics.
• After each loss, flag whether it was primarily: time, tactic, endgame, or opening — this helps focus training.

Specific notes from the recent games

• Win vs Dimitrios Vazelakis — you kept pressure with queen and rook lifts, exploited loose coordination, and pushed central pawns to open lines. Good use of active pieces. (Replay snippet below.)
• Loss vs Alfredo Cecilio Miserendino — opponent got a passed pawn and tactical counterplay on your back rank; be careful about leaving the back rank undefended and track pawn pushes on the queenside earlier.
• Losses by timeout (vs Katharina Reinecke and Jeremy Ellison) — positions were complex and you ran out of time. Fighting in long endgames requires either faster decision-making or a strategy to avoid long technical conversions when the clock is low.

Replay the win quickly here to reinforce the positive patterns:

Suggested weekly micro-plan (4 weeks)

• Week 1 — Time drills + 10 endgame positions (rook endings). Play 5|3, focus on staying above 30 seconds.
• Week 2 — Tactics (pattern sets) + 15 annotated opening model games in the Scandinavian/Queen’s Pawn lines you use.
• Week 3 — Play longer rapid (15|10) two games and convert simple advantages. Review where you used too much time.
• Week 4 — Mix: 3 blitz sessions (practice speed), 2 rapid games (practical conversion), endgame review (20 problems). Re-assess clock tendencies.

Parting note

Your raw chess is in very good shape — active pieces, tactical sense and a flexible opening set give you great practical chances. Fixing the time/technical-endgame leaks and tightening a few defensive reactions will convert many of those narrow losses into wins. Small focused practice (time management + rook endgames + tactical pattern recognition) will give the biggest immediate rating payoff.

If you want, I can create a 4-week training schedule tailored to days/time you have, or annotate one of your recent losses move-by-move — tell me which game you want annotated: Alfredo Cecilio Miserendino or Katharina Reinecke?