Chuah Yi Ning WFM

Hi Chuah Yi Ning!

Great to see you playing actively and fearlessly. Below is some personalised feedback based on your most recent games.

What you’re doing well

• Fighting spirit & tactical vision. In your win vs AOIndex you balanced material with activity, seizing the d4-square and creating mating nets after …Nd4 and …Nf5.
• Piece activity in open games. Your preference for early central pawn breaks (…f5, …d5) often gives you dynamic chances and poses tough problems for opponents of similar rating.
• Willingness to castle quickly. Compared with many club-level players you seldom leave your king stuck in the centre—good habit!

Key areas to improve

1. Time management
   • Five of your last six losses were “won on time”.
   • Bullet-like pacing in 60-sec games forces you into blitzed blunders such as 27…g6? (vs DeepBlueArne) where 27…Rxg2+ first holds.
   Training tip: mix in 5- or 10-minute games to practise deeper calculations; then re-introduce 1-minute after you’re comfortable avoiding “mouse-slip” moves.
2. Over-optimistic pawn thrusts
   Example: 17…f5? in your loss to DeepBlueArne weakened e6 & g6; 16…c5? vs AMMARBELLA opened the queenside without development.
   Ask before pushing a pawn: “What squares will be weak after this move?” If two or more dark squares become soft, reconsider.
3. Calculating forcing sequences to the end
   In the Elephant Gambit (vs YRY94) 18…Bxh2+ won, but earlier 14…Bf5 let White anchor a5 and start queenside play. Memorising exact tactics isn’t enough—run the line until the position is clearly winning.
   Practical drill: daily 10-minute sessions on mate-in-two/mate-in-three puzzles plus one complex study will sharpen your calculation muscles.
4. End-game conversion
   You often reach endings a pawn up (vadzv, white_vorona) yet the position drifts. Learning basic rook endings (Lucena, Philidor) will convert many of these half-points into wins.

Action plan for the next two weeks

Day	Focus	Sample resource
Mon / Thu	30 mins tactic puzzles (rating 1400-1800)	Notebook or tactic trainer
Tue / Fri	Play 3 rapid (10 + 5) games, annotate afterwards	Your own games
Wed	Study 1 classical game with similar openings	e.g. Giuoco Piano by Capablanca
Weekend	End-game drill: R+P vs R, basic opposition	Chess end-game manual

Stats snapshot

Peak blitz rating: 2021 (2020-12-16)
Activity charts:  

Glossary refresh

• zwischenzug – an in-between move; look for it every time you calculate a capture.
• zugzwang – positions where the opponent must worsen their stance; common in rook endings.

Mini-challenge

Set up this critical moment from your AOIndex win and find a cleaner finish than the game continuation:


Goal: convert with minimum complications, keeping a time reserve of ≥10 seconds.

Keep the passion, polish the technique, and the rating gains will follow. Happy studying & good luck!