FurkanARIKAN4747

Hi FurkanARIKAN4747! 👋

Your profile at a glance

• Peak rapid rating so far: 1241 (2023-08-19)
• Favourite time-control: 10 min “Live Chess”
• Typical openings: 1.e3/1.b3 as White, French-style setups (…e6 …g6) as Black

What you already do well

• Piece activity & long-diagonal pressure. Wins such as your game vs JammyPawz feature powerful fianchetto bishops and shots like 17.Rxf6!!.
• Seeing hanging pieces. Tactics like …Qxd1# (vs GOODITY) show good awareness of loose material.
• End-game persistence. Against JoaoRubiato you converted a queen-and-pawn race with accurate checking distance.

Main improvement themes

1. Opening fundamentals before creativity.
   Early queen forays are costing full points.
   Example:
   – after 3 moves White’s queen is hunted and Black leads in development.
   Guidelines for your first 8 moves:
   • Occupy the centre with pawns.
   • Develop knights & bishops.
   • Castle.
   Keep the queen home until the minor pieces are out.
   Simple repertoire suggestions:
   – As White: Italian Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4).
   – As Black vs 1.e4: Classical French (…e6 …d5 …Nf6 …c5) with the queen staying on d8.
   – vs 1.d4: Queen’s Gambit Declined style (…d5 …e6 …Nf6 …Be7 …O-O).
2. Daily tactics.
   Good combinations win games for you – missed ones lose them (e.g. queen drop on f3 vs Smy2304).
   • Solve 20 puzzles a day focused on pins, double-attacks and back-rank mates.
   • After each game, freeze the moment of the blunder and write down what you overlooked.
3. King safety & pawn structure.
   Double-fianchetto systems are fine, but pushing too many flank pawns (a4, h4, f4) often weakens the squares your opponent later exploits. Keep two pawns in front of your king until the centre is closed.
4. Time management.
   You often race through the opening (still 9+ min on the clock) and then enter time trouble in sharp positions. Aim to reach move 15 with about 7 min left, giving yourself calculation time when tactics start.

Weekly training plan

Progress tracker

Check these built-in charts every couple of weeks:

Final encouragement

With a sounder opening foundation, daily tactical work, and steadier clock use, reaching 1200 + rapid is very realistic over the next few months. Keep enjoying the game and learning from every position—you’ve got this!