Binyamin Soloveichik

Hi Binyamin! Here’s some constructive feedback based on your recent games.

1. What you’re already doing well

• Tactical alertness in simplified positions. Your most-recent win (
  ) shows good calculation when pieces come off the board. Once the queens were traded you converted the rook ending confidently.
• End-game technique. Several wins arrive from technically won endings rather than early knock-outs. Keep nurturing this strength; it will serve you well as opponents get tougher.
• Flexible opening choices. You already mix 1.e4, 1.d4 and even 1.e3/1.b3 systems as White, and you alternate between French-type setups (…e6/…c5) and Benoni structures as Black. This makes you harder to prepare for.

2. Biggest improvement opportunities

1. King-side safety in the French/Franco-Sicilian structures.
   Your loss to Coach123456 started 1.e4 e6 2.d4 c5 … and you followed up with …g5 h6 too early. The critical moment was after 13.e5 …g5?! (
   ). In these lines the queen & bishop battery on g6/h5 is a known danger. Study model games in the French – Advance with …c5 and notice how Black usually prepares breaks with …f6 or …cxd4 before pushing the g-pawn.
2. Handling premature pawn storms.
   In several defeats (e.g. vs Slide-Away) you advanced wing pawns (…a5/…h5) without your pieces ready to support them, leaving weak squares behind. Before pushing flank pawns, ask yourself:
   • “What is the concrete follow-up if my opponent ignores the pawn?”
   • “Which of my pieces will occupy the squares I’m weakening?”
3. Convert time advantages into board advantages.
   You win many games on time, especially in bullet, yet your move quality sometimes drops when your clock dips below 10 s. Practise increment games (30 + 1 or 60 + 2) so that you can learn to “buy time” with quick, safe moves and still keep accuracy. 
4. Opening depth vs strong opposition.
   Against 2700-level bullet players you reached middlegames with structural weaknesses: doubled b-pawns, backward e-pawns, etc. Consider sharpening a smaller, well-analysed repertoire rather than playing “all systems”. A focused study plan could be:
   • Versus 1.e4 – choose either a pure French Defense or a mainline Sicilian and learn 5-move “road-maps” in each major variation.
   • Versus 1.d4 – deepen your knowledge of the Benoni (you already show a feel for it) or adopt the more solid Nimzo-Indian to broaden positional understanding.

3. Tactical themes to drill this week

4. Suggested training plan (next 4 weeks)

• Week 1: Review every game that ends before move 25 and annotate the first irreversible mistake.
• Week 2: Build a mini-repertoire document (max two pages) for your main Black defence to 1.e4.
• Week 3: Play only 5 + 3 games to blend speed with thinking; aim for 80 % accuracy or better.
• Week 4: End-game boot-camp: solve 40 rook-end puzzles and play 10 engine sparring positions starting from a pawn-up rook ending.

5. Motivation corner

Your Bullet 2465 (2025-03-10) shows you already have strong instincts. By shoring up the strategic leaks identified above you can translate those instincts into consistent results at longer time controls too.

Keep going!

Chess improvement is a marathon, not a sprint. Continue leveraging your tactical vision while adding layers of positional understanding and disciplined opening prep. I’m looking forward to seeing your progress in the next review.