Coach Chesswick
Hi JKXKVS, here’s a tailored performance review based on your recent blitz session.
🏆 Core Strengths
- Tactical Vision: You routinely find forcing continuations (e.g. 17.Rxf6!! in your Grand-Prix win). Your opponents are often dragged into complications they cannot handle.
- Resourcefulness in Crisis: Even in worse positions you keep posing problems (see the perpetual–style tries in the A43 loss that stretched the game to 100+ moves).
- Time Management: You remain ahead on the clock in most encounters – a huge practical edge in 3-minute games.
⚠️ Growth Areas
- Over-extension in Pawn Storms
In several Sicilians (B92 vs Roman Pyrih, B90 vs chesstalent2006) early g- and h-pawn thrusts left dark-square weaknesses and invited counter-sacrifices.
Action: Before advancing wing pawns, run a quick checklist: material balance, piece coordination, counter-play against your own king. - Converting Technical Endgames
The drawn-out A43 marathon eventually slipped because of inaccurate rook placement and missed cut-off techniques.
Action: Add 15-20 minutes of rook-and-pawn drills to every study session. - Prophylaxis vs Initiative Addiction
When your attack stalls you sometimes ignore the opponent’s plans (e.g. …Nd4→f3 in the B30 loss).
Action: Adopt a “one slow move” habit: before each forcing idea, ask “what quiet move kills my attack next turn?”
🔍 Model Game to Review
📈 At-a-Glance Stats
Peak Blitz rating: 2821 (2025-05-19)
Hourly performance:
| Weekly rhythm:🗓️ 3-Week Improvement Plan
| Focus | Drills / Material | Goal |
|---|---|---|
| Tactics | 20 motif-based puzzles/day (Zwischenzug, removal of defender) |
90% accuracy at 2300+ puzzle rating |
| Endgames | Rook vs pawn & rook-pawn vs rook (De la Villa) Play 5 engine sparring endgames nightly |
Convert +2 pawns vs engine at depth 18 |
| Opening Clean-up | Update Najdorf file: add safe ≠ h5 lines Study Petrosian KID (E92) with 9.Nd2 plan |
Prepare 2 solid fallback systems for tilt days |
| Game Review | Self-annotate every loss before engine check Label moves as Critical / Candidate / Automatic |
Reduce “?” moves by 30 % in a fortnight |
💡 Quick Tips
- In 3-min, spend the extra 3-5 seconds on move 10-15 – that’s where your losses start diverging from theory.
- Keep a running tally of “loose pieces”; almost every defeat featured one undefended piece when the tactics hit.
- Practice “king walk drills” vs engine set to attack; it will sharpen your sense of safe flight squares and avoid the perpetual queen checks seen in some wins.
🚀 Next Step
Pick one weakness above and make it your theme of the week. Layer improvements gradually – your tactical flair already puts you in the top percentile; tightening the screws positionally will break the 2850 barrier.
Good luck and good games!