Coach Chesswick
Hi Jilin, here’s your personalised feedback!
What you already do well
- Enterprising openings – As White you pose problems immediately with 1.e4 and handle the Najdorf/Opocensky structure confidently (15.Qxd6! in your latest win).
- Tactical alertness – Combinations such as 39.axb6+ 40.Rxa6 41.Ra8# show sharp calculation and board vision.
- Space-gaining pawn storms – The frequent f- and h-pawn pushes create attacking chances and keep opponents on the back foot.
Where rating points leak away
- Endgame technique – Several losses (e.g. vs H-Aryanejad) reached rook-and-pawn endings that were still drawable, but passive rook placement and late king activation let the game slip.
➜ Keep the rook behind passed pawns, activate the king early and remember the “fourth-rank cut-off” in rook endings. - Handling Scheveningen pawn structures as Black – In the B52/B84 defeats you delayed ...b5 and never achieved ...d5, leaving a backward d-pawn and cramped pieces.
➜ Study model games (Kasparov, Gelfand) focusing on the timing of ...e6–e5 or ...d6–d5 breaks. - Clock management – You often drop under 30 s by move 30 while the opponent still has 60-90 s. Critical positions need time, yet you burn it on routine recaptures.
➜ Adopt the “Bronstein rule”: after every five moves spend 5-10 s to refresh your plan, even if the move seems obvious.
Four-week improvement plan
| Week | Main focus | Concrete tasks |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rook endings | Solve 15 studies from “100 Endgames You Must Know” (chapters 24-30) and replay Capablanca’s rook endings. |
| 2 | Scheveningen structures | Build a mini-database of 10 annotated GM games where Black frees himself with ...d5 or ...b5. |
| 3 | Clock discipline | Play ten 10|5 games trying to keep >50 % of your time after move 15. |
| 4 | Conversion technique | Pick five of your own +4 positions and practise converting them against an engine set to 2200. |
Key motif to add
The Sicilian exchange sacrifice on c3 can solve space issues and unleash the dark-squared bishop. Look at Topalov’s games for inspiration and try it next time White castles long.
Handy quick links
- Your activity curve:
- Your historical best: 2350 (2021-10-01)
- Potential rematch: Hossein Aryanejad
- Key concepts: prophylaxis, outpost
Inspiring snapshot
Relive your elegant finish against Vijaymahala:
Final encouragement
Your attacking flair is clear; tightening the technical phase and managing the clock should push you past 2300 in the near future. Enjoy the climb!
Prepared for Jilin Zhang – keep the pieces rolling!