Chinguun Bayaraa CM

Hi Chinguun Bayaraa!

Great job keeping an active schedule and steadily facing 2600-rated opposition. I’ve reviewed your last several rapid games and distilled some insights that should help you convert more of those promising positions into points.

What you already do well

• Consistent opening repertoire – Your King’s Fianchetto / East-Indian set-ups (1.d4/1.g3 & 2.Bg2) give you playable middlegames against most replies and keep preparation time low.
• Piece activity – In wins vs. shashacfc and ford you repeatedly placed knights on e5/d6 and bishops on g2/b7, demonstrating good feel for strong outposts.
• Practical swindling skills – Even in lost positions you create counter-chances (e.g., …Nf3+ tactic against javicio). That fighting spirit is valuable in fast time controls.

Main themes to address

1. Time management ⏱️

Five of the last seven losses ended by flag. Your play rate drops sharply after move 25:

• Aim to keep ≥ 20 seconds on the clock until the endgame. Consider adopting a “10-second rule”: if your clock dips under 10 s, make the safest reasonable move rather than the perfect one.
• Use the opponent’s time to preview branches. Practice chunking evaluations (“king weak, my knight dominates, push passed pawn”) instead of calculating every line.

2. Critical move accuracy vs. …Nc5/…Nd3 motifs

Two recent defeats (vs. Pham Nam Quan and blacknightmare91) featured …Nc5-d3 or …Nc5-e4 forks that picked off key pawns. Train tactical patterns such as the fork, overloaded piece, and zwischenzug in positions arising from the King’s Indian/Symmetrical English.

3. Endgame conversion

You achieved winning rook endgames against VierPaarden and coach_N but needed ~70 moves to finish one and flagged in the other.

• Re-visit basic Lucena, Philidor, and “bridge-building” techniques for R + P vs. R.
• When R+4 vs. R+3 arises, activate the king immediately—don’t chase pawns first.

4. Early middlegame plans in your repertoire

You often reach very similar pawn structures:

  White: pawns d4-e4-c3 vs. Black: …d6/…c6/…e5
  

• Add model games by Gelfand and Kramnik on the East-Indian to see typical pawn breaks (c4, f4, dxe5 & f5).
• After securing e5 with a pawn, consider f4-f5 pawn storm sooner—waiting until move 20 lets Black regroup.

Personalized improvement plan

1. 30-minute tactics slice – Focus on intermediate-move motifs and knight forks.
2. Endgame drill (15 mins) – Use Nalimov/online table-base trainer: play R+P vs. R from both sides until you convert in under 60 seconds.
3. Opening refresh (weekly) – Annotate one GM King’s Fianchetto game; write two-sentence summaries of each critical plan.
4. Blitz time-control exercise – Play 5 + 5 with a hard rule: never let the clock fall below opponent’s time by 50%. Track performance with
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Your peak so far

Keep embracing a growth mindset—small, deliberate tweaks will add up quickly at your level. Looking forward to your next tactical masterpiece!