JJ56YT

Hi JJ56YT – well played!

Your recent games show plenty of fighting spirit and creativity. In your win against kermit_pasa you combined central pressure with opportunistic tactics, and your marathon rook-and-pawn ending versus dhordamanojjamndas proved you can stay calm and convert an advantage. Your current personal best is 799 (2025-05-14), and the upward trend in the graphs below tells the same story:

What you are doing well

• End-game stamina: You keep looking for chances deep into endings and rarely settle for draws.
• Pawn breaks: Timely pawn thrusts such as f4, b4 and c5 often open files for your heavy pieces.
• Initiative with White: The 1.e4 systems you play tend to pull opponents out of book quickly and net you early material in many sub-700 games.

Biggest improvement areas

1. Early-queen syndrome
   In several losses your queen ventured out on moves 2-5 (e.g. Qxd4, Qa4, Qh5) and was chased around while development lagged. Stick to basic development principles: knights and bishops first, castle, then bring the queen.
2. Tactical alertness
   Tactics such as forks (Qxd2⁺ vs jusmin03) and pins cost you material. A daily dose of 15-20 puzzle rush or rated puzzles focused on fork, pin and discovered attacks will pay off quickly.
3. King safety with Black
   In the Scandinavian and French set-ups you sometimes leave your king in the centre or castle into open lines. Memorise the first 8-10 moves of one solid reply to 1.e4 (e.g. Scandinavian …Qa5 main line or French …d5 …Nf6) and follow them consistently.
4. Piece coordination
   Games such as the loss to toostus000 show pieces on the rim (♘a6, ♗d2) while the centre collapses. Before every move ask, “Which piece is my worst, and how can I improve it?”

Suggested training plan (4 weeks)

• Day-to-day: 20 tactical puzzles + 1 15-min game review.
• Week-ends: Play two 15|10 games and analyse without an engine first.
• Week 1-2: Study “Opening principles” videos and build a 10-move repertoire for White & Black.
• Week 3: Focus on basic king & pawn endings – opposition, Lucena & Philidor.
• Week 4: Play a training match against a friend or bot starting from an equal middlegame and practice converting small advantages.

Quick reference checklist

• ✅ Develop minor pieces before moving the queen.
• ✅ Castle by move 10 whenever possible.
• ✅ After every opponent move, ask “What is their threat?”
• ✅ Keep at least one defender on your seventh rank in rook endings.

Keep up the hard work, enjoy the journey, and expect to break 800 rapid soon! See you at the board,
Your Chess Coach