Overall Performance and Rating Progress
Your current strength adjusted win rate is around 60%, which is a solid performance and indicates good competitive strength in your rapid games.
Your rating has improved substantially over the last 3 and 6 months, with an increase of 571 points, and a very positive recent trend of about 214 points gained per month. This suggests consistent improvement and growing mastery in your games.
Recent Game Highlights
- You demonstrate strong skills in various openings including the Queen's Gambit Declined and the Sicilian Defense, successfully converting advantages into wins.
- In games where you win, you often capitalize on positional play and timely exchanges, pushing into favorable endgames.
- Successful transition from middlegame to endgame is evident, with strong technique in both attacking and defensive maneuvers.
Opportunities for Improvement
- Review games where you lost by resignation to better understand critical moments. Pay close attention to openings like the Caro-Kann Exchange and Catalan where some losses occurred.
- Try to reduce mistakes or miscalculations in complex positions around move 20-30, as some losses happened after this phase.
- Focus on improving handling of pressure positions and avoiding tactical oversights especially in the late middlegame/endgame transition.
Opening Suggestions
Continue refining your preparation in your preferred openings, especially Queen's Gambit lines and Sicilian Defense variations where you have had success, but also study alternative responses and plans against common counters to these openings.
Next Steps
- Analyze your losses closely to identify recurring patterns or weaknesses.
- Practice tactical puzzles focusing on middlegame and endgame transitions to reduce errors in critical moments.
- Consider playing slower time controls occasionally for deeper calculation practice and strategic understanding.
Keep up the strong workâyour rating momentum is excellent and with continued focused training, your rapid chess skills will keep advancing.