Jacek Gęsicki FM

Constructive Feedback for Jacek Gęsicki

Jacek, your recent games demonstrate solid understanding of opening principles and effective strategic plans, especially in English and Reti openings. Here are some targeted observations and suggestions to help you improve further:

Strengths

• Opening Choices and Preparation: You consistently choose flexible and strategically rich openings such as the English and Reti. Your knowledge of key lines and ideas, for example the Nimzowitsch Variation in the English Opening, shows good preparation.
• Calculation and Tactical Awareness: Your winning games reveal sharp calculation skills, particularly tactics that arise after exchanges, such as in the game against ChweetBaby where you correctly seized the initiative with active piece play and timely sacrifices.
• Endgame Technique: In your victories, you convert advantages with calm precision — demonstrating good technique in the later stages, which is crucial at your level.

Areas for Improvement

• Time Management: Some losses (for example the game versus RigelStar) show signs of time pressure impacting your decision quality. Focus on managing your clock better, especially in critical positions, to avoid rushed moves.
• Positional Consistency: In a few games, early middlegame exchanges led you into slightly inferior structural or piece placement situations. Reinforcing your understanding of positional concepts such as pawn structure and piece coordination can help maintain equilibrium and avoid unnecessary concessions.
• Handling Opponent’s Counterplay: When faced with opponents who launch aggressive counterattacks (as in the game against AngelDeLaSoledad), aim to improve your defensive resources and prophylactic thinking to dampen their initiative while keeping your own plans intact.

Focused Suggestions

1. Review critical moments from your recent losses to identify if alternative plans or moves could have maintained balance — sometimes a subtle positional move can defuse opponent threats.
2. Incorporate more endgame studies into your training to sharpen your technique and convert small advantages more reliably.
3. Practice time control strategies in training games to develop a habit of timely decision-making without compromising accuracy.

Overall, you’re on a promising path! Keep building on your strengths and embracing challenges for continuous improvement.

Here is the PGN of your most recent nice victory for your review and practice:

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Nxe5 7. Be2 c5 8. d3 d6 9. Rf1 O-O 10. Kg1 h6 11. Bf4 Ng6 12. Bg3 Qe7 13. Qd2 Ne5 14. Rae1 Nc6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. Qxg5+ Kh7 18. Rxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 Be6 20. Rf1 Rg8 21. Rf4 1-0