iamirshad

Quick summary

Nice mix of gritty wins and learning losses. Your long-term rating trend is clearly upward — you’ve built real momentum over the last 6–12 months. Recent rapid games show good tactical awareness and piece activity, but recurring issues with king safety, pawn structure and endgame technique are costing points.

Highlight — recent win (study this)

Good example of turning piece activity into a decisive attack. You punished an early queen sortie, developed quickly, and used coordinated threats (knights + queen + rooks) to chase the enemy king and deliver mate.

• Key moments: you seized the center and used knight forks and queen checks to open lines around the opponent’s king.
• What to copy: prioritize developing pieces to active squares, look for checks and captures that increase pressure, and use the queen and rooks on open files and ranks.

Replay the game (study the tactical motifs and the final queen/rook mate):

Opponent: tahirabishov — Opening: Center Game Accepted

Recent loss — main lessons

This game shows why king safety and pawn structure matter more than temporary activity. You ended in a lost pawn/endgame situation after the opponent activated their king and passed pawns.

• Early king moves (Kxd1 / Kd1 style) left your king exposed and slowed development — be cautious with early central king marches unless fully calculated.
• A lot of exchanges left you in an inferior pawn structure. Before exchanging, ask: “Am I improving my position or helping the opponent’s king activity?”
• Endgame: you gave the opponent a clear path for their king to invade and created passed pawns. Practise basic king-and-pawn technique and opposition to stop invasions.

Replay the game and focus on the moment you allowed Black’s king to get active and the trades that simplified into a lost pawn race:

Opponent: fezo25 — Opening: Queen's Pawn Opening (Chigorin-ish lines)

Recurring patterns I see

• Strengths: fast tactical recognition, thriving when pieces are active, converts attacks well when the opponent weakens king safety.
• Weaknesses: occasional premature king moves and risky simplifications that leave you with worse pawn structure; inconsistent endgame play against passed pawns.
• Openings: you play many offbeat lines (Barnes, Amazon Attack, Amar Gambit) — that gives practical chances but also produces wild pawn structures. Pick 1–2 reliable repertoires to stabilize results.

Concrete drills (30–60 minute sessions)

• Tactics: 12–15 puzzles/day focusing on forks, pins, and king hunts — these align with your attacking style.
• Endgames: 15 minutes daily on king+pawn vs king, opposition, and rook vs pawn basics. Practice defending against outside-king invasion.
• Game reviews: after each rapid game, spend 10–15 minutes identifying the single decision that changed the evaluation (candidate moves checklist: checks, captures, threats).
• Openings: pick one main solid system (e.g., Philidor Defense or French Defense) and drill typical middlegame plans 3×/week for 20 minutes.

Small habit changes that add rating points

• Before each move, ask “What is my opponent threatening?” — this prevents hangings and simple tactics.
• If you’re about to trade heavy pieces, evaluate the resulting pawn structure and king safety first.
• Use 30–60 seconds extra on critical positions (where you or the opponent can create a passed pawn or force a king invasion).
• Keep a short post-mortem note: one sentence on why you lost/won and one recurring theme to fix next session.

30/90/180-day plan (practical)

• 30 days: stabilize openings and reduce blunders — daily tactics + 3 annotated game reviews/week.
• 90 days: sharpen endgame technique + consistent opening plans — include 2 endgame training sessions/week and play longer rapid (15+10) weekly.
• 180 days: consolidate gains into a repeated study routine; track blunders per month and reduce them by 30% (this will raise your consistency and rating).

Next practical steps (today)

• Replay the win and loss, find the single move in each game that flipped the evaluation.
• Do a 10–15 minute tactics set focused on forks and mating nets (these sweeten your attack conversions).
• Do a 10-minute endgame drill: king opposition and basic passed-pawn race scenarios.

Want a deeper follow-up?

If you want, I can:

• Annotate the two full games move-by-move and highlight exact alternatives (I can output a short annotated PGN).
• Give a tailored opening plan for the next 20 games based on your openings performance.
• Create a 4-week training schedule (daily tasks by time available).

Tell me which of those you want and how many minutes per day you can study.