Fatih

Quick summary for Fatih

Nice recent performance — you convert winning chances and finish cleanly when you get a passed pawn and an active queen. Your most recent win shows good tactical vision and endgame technique. You also have clear areas to tidy up: some opening choices and a few risky captures that open your king. Below are focused, practical steps to keep improving.

What you're doing well

• Finishing technique: in your latest win you pushed a passed pawn, promoted it and delivered mate. That shows good pattern recognition for promotion + mating nets.
• Tactical awareness: you spot checks, forks and forcing continuations (several decisive knight + queen tactics).
• Aggressive play when ahead: you convert initiative into concrete gains rather than dithering.
• Practical conversion under time pressure — you’re able to find forcing moves even late in the clock.

Where to improve (concrete examples)

From the recent games you shared, these recurring issues stand out:

• Opening instability: your results with the Amar Gambit show a low win rate. If you like sharp gambits, study a couple of main lines and typical defensive ideas; otherwise switch to a simpler, more reliable system until you feel confident.
• Pawn captures that open your king: in the loss vs Elmatadorco you played ...fxg5 (capturing around move 7). That allowed White to build an attack and gain coordination. Before grabbing pawns near your king ask: does this open lines against my king? If yes, calculate further or decline.
• Piece coordination in the early middlegame: avoid grabbing material at the cost of development or leaving pieces undefended. Prioritize safe king and piece activity over short-term pawn wins.
• Time management habit: you handle it well overall, but a few critical moves were rushed. Use the extra 10s increment (when available) to verify candidate moves for checks, captures and threats.

Practical drills and study plan (next 4 weeks)

• Tactics: 15–20 minutes daily on forks, pins, discovered attacks. Focus on puzzles that end with a material gain or mate — reinforce the patterns you already use well.
• Endgames: 3 sessions/week (20 min). Practice queen + pawn vs king conversions and basic promotion races. Drill queen mate patterns and opposition when promoting a pawn.
• Opening hygiene: pick 1 stable opening per color for the month. If you keep playing the Amar Gambit study 5 model games and a short repertoire; otherwise swap to something quieter for consistency (example: Barnes Opening: Walkerling lines you already score well with).
• One-game review: after each rated game, spend 10–15 minutes: (1) find your single worst blunder, (2) write the reason (calculation error/overlook/tactics), (3) solve 3 similar tactics.

Concrete move-level lessons from your most recent win

Highlights to study from that game:

• 5 Nxd5 and 7 Nxb4 — active knight sacrifice ideas that win material when the opponent miscoordinates. Practice spotting when a knight jump hits multiple weak targets.
• 20–27: repeated checks and trade-offs with the queen and knights forced the enemy king into a mating net. Train calculation of forcing sequences (3–6 moves deep) so you see these sequences faster.
• 38–42: promotion + mate — excellent handling of the passed pawn. Keep practicing conversion technique: push, protect the pawn, and use the queen to limit king squares.

Replay this game to drill the motifs (interactive PGN):

Opponent profile: kanyewesat

Opening advice (short & actionable)

• Stop using multiple random gambits until you master one. Your openings performance shows big swings: for example your results with Amar Gambit are weak. Either learn the key defending ideas for the gambit lines you like or play a simpler system for several weeks to stabilize your rating.
• Stick to 1–2 main lines per color. Build a 10–15 move plan with common responses and typical middlegame plans (pawn breaks, outposts).
• When your opponent offers a pawn near their king, ask: does accepting create open lines to my king? If yes, decline or calculate a safe sequence.

Behavioral & psychological tips

• Post-game routine: breathe 30 seconds, then review only 1 mistake and 1 success. This keeps learning focused and prevents tilt.
• If you tilt after a loss, take a 10–15 minute break (walk, water) before the next game. Your rating trend shows strong upward slope when you keep sessions tidy.
• Use the increment: when you have 10s increment, spend it on verifying checks/captures rather than moving instantly.

Next steps — 7 day checklist

• Do 100 tactics (mixed) and track accuracy.
• Play 6 rapid games with one fixed opening for White and one for Black.
• Review 3 lost games: identify the one moment that changed the evaluation and write why it went wrong.
• Two 20-minute endgame sessions: queen vs king + pawn promotion exercises.

If you want, I can…

• Annotate one of your recent games move-by-move and highlight the 3 critical positions.
• Build a small, safe opening repertoire for 10|3 or 15|10 rapid that fits your style (aggressive or positional).
• Provide a 4-week daily training plan (tactics + endgame + 1 game review).

Tell me which option you prefer and I’ll prepare it.