Coach Chesswick
Hi Aleksandar, here’s a focused review of your recent blitz sessions
Quick Snapshot
- Current form: solid 2500-plus blitz performance with a sharp, initiative-oriented style.
- Peak so far: . Keep an eye on the progress bars in and to spot your best grind windows.
Your Biggest Strengths
- Opening Ambition – As Black you aren’t afraid of theoretical knife fights (e.g. Traxler, Scheveningen). The recent win against jakubito2993 shows confident handling of dynamic material imbalances.
- Tactical Alertness – You consistently set up mating nets and forks; the Bxh3/Qh3+/Qg3+ sequence has become a trademark motif.
- Conversion Technique under 1 minute – End-game finishes like 48.Rxd8# vs. jdmorillo demonstrate cool finishing accuracy.
Key Improvement Themes
- Central Pawn Decisions in the Scheveningen
– In the loss to Andrew Rivedal you entered …d6/…e6 structures but pushed f-pawn too late, leaving the e6 square soft.
➜ Work on move-order drills in the Najdorf/Scheveningen to internalise when …e5/…d5 breaks are safe. Use a rehearsal board and shadow “plans” rather than “moves”. - Premature Queen Excursions
– Games vs. eraneraneran1 and karjanr feature Qg4/Qb6 choices that dropped tempi and handed the initiative away.
➜ Add a self-check in your thinking routine: “Can my queen be hit by a single developing move?” If yes, look for a humbler square. - Time-Burn in Quiet Positions
– You manage wild positions quickly, but in calmer French-Exchange or Caro-Kann Advance setups you slip below 45 seconds by move 20.
➜ Force yourself to blitz the first 10 moves of familiar quiet lines during practice. The saved seconds will serve you in the critical middlegame.
Action Plan for the Next Two Weeks
- Opening micro-study: 15-minute daily flashcards on …d5 breaks in Sicilians.
- Tactics: 30 puzzles/day filtered for interference and deflection motifs (areas your opponents used against your queen).
- Practical drill: play 10 unrated blitz games starting each from a quiet French Exchange position. Goal: reach move 15 with >2:00 on the clock.
- End-game maintenance: revisit king-and-pawn vs. rook endings; they still decide a third of your long squeezes.
Mindset Reminder
You thrive in chaos, but a balanced skill-set wins tournaments. Treat control as another attacking weapon.Keep slashing, but tighten the screws where opponents currently escape. See you on the leaderboard!