Kamil Stachowiak IM

Feedback for Kamil Stachowiak

Hello Kamil! I've reviewed some of your recent games and overall, your play demonstrates good understanding of positional concepts and fighting spirit, but there are areas where focused improvement can take your chess to the next level.

Strengths

• Solid Opening Preparation: You consistently choose reliable opening systems such as the English Opening, Modern Defense, and some flexible setups with b3. Your opening moves show good knowledge and lead to healthy, playable positions.
• Active Piece Play: In many games, you bring your pieces to active squares (ex: timely rook lifts, centralized knights) and create tactical opportunities. Your aggressiveness with moves like Rg4 and Rg6 in the recent game shows initiative.
• Endgame Awareness: You convert winning endgames effectively and demonstrate good technique under pressure, especially seen in your winning performances.

Areas for Improvement

• Tactical Precision: Some losses come from tactical oversights or allowing opponent counterplay. I recommend sharpening your tactical vision through daily puzzles, especially focusing on recognizing pins, forks, and mating nets quickly. This will help in critical moments as in your recent loss where a timely tactic ended your chances.
• Positional Consistency: While your openings are solid, try to deepen your strategic plans. In certain games, moves like g4 or premature pawn thrusts allowed your opponent open lines against you. Work on prophylaxis and maintaining a strong pawn structure to avoid weaknesses.
• Time Management: Some of your games show you playing speedily in the opening but then spending significant time later. Balancing your clock better will reduce time pressure in complex positions and improve decision quality.

Next Steps

• Review your recent lost games in detail, focusing on where tactics or small strategic mistakes cost you the initiative.
• In the English Opening and related structures, study key plans for both sides to avoid passive positions, for example by revisiting themes around minority attacks and central breaks.
• Practice solving tactical puzzles regularly and try to incorporate pattern recognition into your calculations.

Keep up the hard work and continue learning from each game. Your recent results show great potential!