Jovana Milosevic WFM

Feedback for Jovana Milosevic

Hi Jovana, I reviewed your recent games and here are some observations and suggestions that can help you improve your chess performance:

Strengths

• Aggressive Opening Play: You have shown willingness to play sharp openings like the Wayward Queen Attack (C20) with 2. Qh5, which can put pressure early on your opponents. This shows confidence and readiness to take initiative.
• Effective Tactics: In your recent win against tylityli, you launched a successful attack that capitalized on weaknesses in the opponent’s position, eventually winning on time. You calculated well to capture important material like in moves 19. Qxb7 and 21. Qxd6+.
• Active Piece Play: Castling long (O-O-O) and pushing pawns on the kingside for space reveals good understanding of attack concepts and pawn storms in your chosen openings.

Areas for Improvement

• Opening Variety and Development: Your games often involve the Wayward Queen Attack, which can be double-edged and occasionally risky if the opponent is well prepared. Try to diversify your opening repertoire gradually, focusing on principled development and control of the center. For example, studying opening principles">fundamental opening principles and experimenting with solid systems can help.
• Handling Middle Game Transitions: Some of your losses show difficulties in transitioning from the opening into a favorable middle game, especially when facing strong opponents. Working on pawn structure, piece coordination, and planning can address this. Analyze critical positions with the help of engine evaluations or a chess coach to identify alternative plans.
• Endgame Technique: Endgames can be tricky. From your past games, improving knowledge in basic to intermediate endgames such as rook endgames and minor piece endgames will increase your chances to convert advantages or save difficult positions.
• Time Management: Playing solid moves with sufficient time is essential. Try to build a habit of balancing quick decisions in familiar positions and deliberate thinking in critical moments to avoid unnecessary time pressure.

Recommendations for Study

• Review games with annotations to deepen your understanding of move choices and plans, especially in openings like the Sicilian Morra Gambit and King’s Pawn openings where you have some experience.
• Practice solving tactical puzzles daily to sharpen calculation skills and pattern recognition.
• Study fundamental endgames, such as king and pawn vs. king, rook endgames, and basics of minor piece endings.
• Consider playing longer time control games to practice planning and evaluation thoroughly.

Keep up your enthusiasm and continue learning from each game. Your dedication is evident and with focused study in these areas, you'll see steady progress. If you want, we can analyze specific positions or critical moments from your recent games in detail.

Best of luck and keep enjoying the game!