Mohammad Minhaz Uddin IM

Constructive feedback for Mohammad Minhaz Uddin (GMSAGOR)

Your current profile highlights

• Peak rapid rating: 2303 (2025-02-22)
• Typical openings (last 10 games): Petroff Defense, French Rubinstein & Sicilian Richter-Rauzer.
• Average game length: 54 moves – indicating you often reach complex middlegames and endgames.
• Performance rhythm:
   

What you are doing well

1. Counter-punching in dynamic structures. Your wins versus daverson19 and crazy_king10000 show patience in cramped positions followed by timely pawn breaks …f7-f5/f5-f4.
2. Piece activity in the French & Petroff. You consistently achieve ...Bb4 or ...Bb4+ ideas to force early concessions and improve minor-piece scope.
3. End-game awareness. In the long win against LRaide you converted a queen-side passer with precise rook activity – good use of the “rook behind the passed pawn” principle.

Growth opportunities

1. Time management under 3 minutes.
   Two recent losses (e.g. against DanielTorpedo) came from completely drawn or winning positions that flagged. Train “critical-move spotting” & use the increment buffer rule: once 20 s ahead, invest only part of each increment.
2. Handling opposite-side pawn races.
   In the loss to MuraAsan you underestimated connected passers. Add calculation drills on races & king-safety versus pawn-speed trade-offs.
3. Opening variety with White.
   Eight of the last ten White games began 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 (Petroff lines). Consider adding 3.Bc4 (Italian detour) or 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 d5 ≠ lines to make opponents leave their comfort zone.
4. Holding inferior positions.
   The resignation versus BulletScholar occurred with material equality but structural weaknesses. Practice “Fortress vs. Counter-play” themes; look for zugzwang & opposite-colored-bishop saves.

Three-week action plan

Week	Focus	Daily micro-task
1	Clock handling	Play 10 games 3 + 2, forcing you to use increments effectively.
2	Pawn-race calculation	Solve 15 end-game studies featuring passed pawns every day.
3	New opening branch	Build a mini-repertoire file for 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bc4 and play it five times.

Recent showcase game

Your last win – notice how you turned a solid Petroff into a kingside pawn storm:

[[Pgn|[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2025.05.25"] [White "daverson19"] [Black "GMSAGOR"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.d3 O-O 5.Bd2 d6 6.g3 h6 7.Bg2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 c5 9.O-O Nc6 10.Bd2 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nh7 … 62.Kxd5 Rg8 0-1]]

Next steps

• Annotate two of your own lost games weekly (15-minute voice-over or written notes).
• Pair up with a sparring partner around 2300–2400 and run thematic Petroff end-game sessions.
• Review & refine this plan on June 30; share progress for further tweaks.

Keep enjoying the grind and trust the process – incremental improvements will push you past the next rating milestone!