Coach Chesswick
Performance Review for Godwin Liem
Personal best so far: 2548 (2023-07-18).
Key Strengths
- Dynamic pawn play. You time pawn breaks (c4-c5, e4-e5, f4-f5) well and convert space into tactical chances, e.g. 17.d5! in your win over Practical-Play.
- Alertness to king safety – especially the opponent’s. The miniature vs ferch1ni shows exemplary development and piece invasion once Black played 3…Kf7.
- Clock handling. You generally reach time scrambles with a useful buffer and have scored several wins on the clock from equal or slightly worse positions (vs jeecon20).
Recurring Improvement Themes
- Central tension <early>.
Two recent losses (vs Marcus Vinicius Moreira Santos and SonOfGuac) followed 6…c5/…d5 breaks that exploded your centre after you castled. • Review East-Indian and Grünfeld structures; practise positions where …d5! is a tactical resource.
• Mini-quiz: after 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.O-O c5 6.c4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 d5!? find a line that uses a Zwischenzug to equalise. - Material grabbing vs activity.
In the game with SonOfGuac you spent three tempi taking a pawn (18.Qxa7?!) while Black mobilised everything and broke through. Train a simple “loose-piece checklist” before accepting material:- Can the captured piece be trapped?
- Will my queen be chased to the rim?
- Does my opponent gain two tempi?
- Handling the Queen’s Gambit Accepted.
Against CFalcons8 you reached the well-known tabiya after 8…Bxc5 yet failed to follow the classical plan (9.Nc3 e4, Bg5, Rac1). Build a 12-move cheat-sheet for this line and blitz it out in training games. - Time allocation at critical moments.
Most decisive blunders occurred within the first 25 s of a new position. Force yourself to spend at least 4–5 s whenever (a) the pawn structure changes or (b) a forcing sequence begins; 12.Qd3? vs abruptum would likely have been avoided.
Four-Week Training Plan
| Day | Theme | Workload |
|---|---|---|
| Mon / Wed / Fri | Openings | Flash-cards of first 12 moves vs …c5 & …d5. Finish with 5 rapid games applying the lines. |
| Tue / Thu | Tactics | 3 Puzzle-Rush runs aiming for 35+. Store every failed pattern. |
| Saturday | Endgame | Play 5 random rook-and-pawn endgames vs engine (depth 10) focusing on creating a passer. |
| Sunday | Self-review | Annotate one win and one loss; write “Why I won / Why I lost” summary. |
Performance Footprint
Accuracy peaks by almost 6 % between 20:00–23:00 UTC; schedule rated sessions in that slot when possible.
Inspirational Tactic
Replay the knockout sequence from your best recent game:
Stay curious, stay objective, and the climb to 2500 will take care of itself. Good luck!