KinkyKay

Quick summary

Nice run — you’ve been converting chances and your recent month shows a big jump. You're good at finding tactical shots and turning active play into wins, especially in sharp pawn-structure fights. There are a few recurring issues (queen safety, premature pawn pushes, time usage) that, if fixed, will make the rating climb more stable.

What you did well (patterns to keep)

• Spotting forks and tactical forks quickly — example: the knight jump that wins on the seventh rank in your quick finish versus jhonjairogomeza.
• Choosing active piece play over passivity — you consistently use knights and bishops to create threats and open lines (see games where you open the f-file or push on the kingside).
• Opening preparation pays off: your results with the Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation and Scandinavian show those lines fit your style — keep those in your toolkit.
• Aggressive conversion technique — when you create attacking chances you follow through (for example: the game with 07GXG where you invaded with rooks and converted a kingside assault).

Recurring mistakes to target

• Queen excursions that become tactical liabilities — a couple of losses stem from bringing the queen deep without verifying recapture/tactical responses (the loss to delcokid shows a queen capture that was refuted).
• Pawn breaks without full calculation — advancing pawns to gain space is good, but sometimes you open squares around your king or allow opposition pieces to get in.
• Time management under 10-minute play — you often finish critical sequences with very little clock left. That increases blunders late in the game.
• Trading into positions where you lose dynamic potential — when you have the initiative, simplify only after checking the resulting activity of your opponent’s pieces.

Concrete next steps (7–14 day plan)

• Daily tactics: 12–20 mixed puzzles aiming to finish each with a quick pattern recognition check (forks, pins, skewers). Focus on puzzles that finish with a material gain or decisive tactic.
• Two “blunder review” sessions: spend 15–20 minutes going through your last 10 games and mark the moment you or your opponent made a decisive mistake. Before using an engine, ask: “What candidate moves did I miss?”
• Endgame basics: 3 short sessions (15–20 minutes total) on rook+pawn vs rook and simple king+pawn endings — this reduces losses from missed technical wins or draws.
• Time practice: play 5 games at 15|10 (15 minutes with 10-second increment) to practice deeper calculations without collapsing into time trouble.
• One opening refinement: pick one successful line (for example the Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation or the Scandinavian Defense) and make a short cheat-sheet of 6 typical middlegame plans for both sides.

Key moment — tactical theme to study

Here’s the clean tactical win from your game vs jhonjairogomeza: a knight jump to c7 that forks king and rook and forces decisive material. Replay it and look for the pattern: knight jumping from a central outpost to a weak square behind enemy pawns.

Opening & repertoire suggestions

• Keep the Alapin and Scandinavian in your rotation — your win-rates there are strong. Make short notes on typical pawn breaks and where your knights want to land.
• For the Sicilian closed lines you play: focus on plans instead of memorizing long move sequences. Write down 3 typical pawn breaks, 2 target squares for knights, and 1 sample typical endgame you should avoid.
• When you play positions with an unbalanced center, do a safety checklist before a queen sortie: are there undefended pieces? any intermezzo or discovered checks for the opponent?

Practical in-game checklist (use during critical moments)

• Before every queen move: count attackers and defenders on the destination square.
• Before a pawn break: name the piece that will occupy the key square after the break and any opponent counters.
• When ahead in material: look for simplifications that keep your opponent passive, not ones that activate their minor pieces.
• If the clock < 2 minutes: simplify or play safe moves that maintain the edge rather than searching for the spectacular.

How to analyze your losses (quick routine)

• First pass (human): play through the loss and write down the first move you think is better at each mistake—don’t use an engine yet.
• Second pass (engine): check the positions where you disagreed with yourself and learn the tactical refutation or defensive resource.
• Fix one pattern that appears more than once (e.g., queen safety or pawn-structure miscalculations) and make a tiny notebook note to review before future similar positions.

Final notes & encouragement

Your recent win rate and the month jump show you're improving fast. Keep sharpening the tactical vision you already have, tighten queen safety and pawn-break calculation, and the wins will become steadier. If you want, I can prepare a 2-week training schedule tailored to the openings you prefer and a list of 30 puzzles that match the tactical patterns you miss most.