Coach Chesswick
Hi Jenny Qi, here’s your personalised training report!
1. Quick Snapshot
- Current peak blitz rating: 2206 (2025-03-04).
- Your strongest time-window appears around late evening: see .
- Win-rate dips on Mondays & Fridays – check to confirm and plan lighter schedules then.
2. What You’re Doing Well
- Dynamic Counter-Play as Black. Recent victories against 2nf31-0, sean330 and thankfuifortune show confident use of …c5/…e5 breaks in Indian-Game structures.
- Tactical Awareness Under Time Pressure. Your win vs TheBarcaGuy featured a nice conversion with …c1=Q followed by precise queen manoeuvres despite mutual low clocks.
- Practical Opening Repertoire. With Black you reach familiar middlegames quickly (Indian setups vs d4, Sicilian-Taimanov vs e4) allowing early clock gains.
3. Key Improvement Themes
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King Safety in Open Sicilians (as White).
In the loss to bigbuttminion you castled long but kept the a2–g8 diagonal weak and allowed …h5–h4 with tempo.
Action plan:- Re-examine move 7 Qf3 and 8 Qg3 in the Taimanov – engines suggest 7.Be2 or 7.f4 instead.
- Play through 10 mini-games starting from move 10 of that PGN, defending Black’s pawn storms.
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Conversion Technique vs Lower-Rated Players.
Against aprildagreatknightmare you were two pawns up but lost after 29…Rxf3 tactics.
Action plan:- Adopt the “30-second safety check” routine: before every capture ask, “What changes on the next square?”
- Train with Puzzle Rush Survival; stop after each wrong answer and replay the position slowly.
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Time Management in Winning Endgames.
Two recent bullet & 60-sec games were lost on time from winning endgames (see PGN vs yujiarun18).
Action plan:- Use increment formats (3 + 2 or 5 + 5) for 20 games to ingrain quick “pre-move” patterns like king-pawn-king shuffles.
- Practice the “Bane Endgame Drill”: start with K+P vs K and win with ≤15 seconds.
4. Opening Focus for the Next Two Weeks
| Colour | Current Choice | Next Step |
|---|---|---|
| White | London System / Taimanov Attack | Add 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 as a fallback to avoid early …c5 hits. |
| Black vs e4 | Sicilian (Taimanov) | Prepare the sideline 6…Bb4 + …Nf6 to dodge 7.Qf3 lines. |
| Black vs d4 | Indian setups | Learn the early …c6 transposition to Slav if White avoids c4. |
5. Weekly Drill Schedule
- Mon / Wed: 20 tactical puzzles + analyse one loss (15 min each).
- Fri: 3 rapid games (10 + 5) focusing on calculation; annotate instantly.
- Weekend: Endgame drill set & review of 5 self-chosen master games with similar openings.
6. Motivational Clip from Your Best Recent Sequence
Relive the decisive manoeuvre that forced resignation against 2Nf31-0:
7. Final Thoughts
Your attacking instincts are strong; pairing them with a tighter defensive foundation will push you well past the next rating milestone. Keep the board fiery, Jenny, but remember: solid structures win tournaments!