Jose Gonzalez Garcia GM

Hola, Jose!

Quick Snapshot

• Current trend: strong performance against 2500-2600 opposition, but a few costly slips in equal or winning positions.
• Peak blitz rating so far: 2706 (2023-06-21).
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What You’re Doing Well

1. Dynamic piece play. In your recent Alekhine win against raimon_campeon you punished …e5 with the energetic c4-c5!. Critical sequence:
   – a textbook minority break that froze Black’s centre.
2. Piece coordination vs. the Caro-Kann. You routinely place knights on g5/f4 and bishops on e3/f4, creating multiple threats before Black finishes development.
3. Opening breadth. You handle 1.e4, 1.d4 and flank openings comfortably, making you hard to prepare for.

Main Growth Areas

1. Clock management. Two recent losses (vs. ukrainer & sbasil) were on time in roughly equal endings. • Use a “10-20-30” rule: never let your clock drop under 2:30 before move 15, under 1:30 before move 25, or under 0:30 before move 35.
   • Practise 3 + 2 once a day to ingrain quick yet accurate move generation.
2. Over-extension of wing pawns. In the loss to MotuPatluandThelegend you played …b5, …b4 & …f5 without finishing development, leaving d6/e6 weak. Drill the concept of prophylaxis – ask “what does my opponent want if I push this pawn?” before committing.
3. Conversion technique. Several games reached R + P endings that you were winning or equal but became messy. • Daily 10-minute end-game session: play Korchnoi vs. Nunn rook-endgame set. • Solve “two-pawn up but tricky” rook puzzles until you convert in <60 seconds consistently.

Opening Fine-Tuning

Middlegame Training Menu (4 weeks)

1. Pattern spotting: 20 tactics/day focused on interference & deflection motifs (your wins show you spot forks easily; broaden the palette).
2. Strategic pauses: Three times per game, explicitly verbalise candidate moves before calculating. This alone cuts the blunders that caused …Qxe5+ in the Always_premove game.
3. Game reviews: Self-annotate one win and one loss each weekend without engine, then compare to engine suggestions. Track recurring themes in a notebook.

Endgame Milestones

• R + 4 vs. R + 3 same-side pawns in <45 seconds.
• Minor-piece vs. three pawns practical save (Karsten Müller videos help).
• Queen vs. rook conversion in <30 moves (revisit your finish vs. DynamicPlayer2024 where you nailed …Bb5+ perfectly).

Motivation Corner

Your tactical sharpness already wins brilliancies every session. By tightening up on the clock and smoothing out late-game technique, the leap from 2550 → 2650 blitz is realistic within two months. ¡A por ello!