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Daniel Fernandez GM

LuckIsMySkill London Since 2018 (Closed) Chess.com ♟
51.1% W 38.9% L 10.1% D
Bullet
2632
599W 466L 82D
Blitz
2756
1214W 914L 273D
Rapid
2324
4W 2L 3D

Hi Daniel, here’s some tailored feedback based on your latest blitz sessions.

At-a-Glance

• Current performance trend:

Win Rate by Day100%75%25%0%50%Monday - 54.5%Tuesday - 53.8%Wednesday - 49.2%Thursday - 48.8%Friday - 44.4%Saturday - 56.4%Sunday - 52.3%MonTueWedThuFriSatSunDay of Week

• Best blitz rating so far: 2883 (2019-11-01)
• When do you score most?
Win Rate by Hour100%75%25%0%50%0:00 - 49.0%1:00 - 46.5%2:00 - 45.3%3:00 - 48.6%4:00 - 51.3%5:00 - 49.3%6:00 - 58.0%7:00 - 56.0%8:00 - 46.9%9:00 - 54.3%10:00 - 44.4%11:00 - 54.8%12:00 - 53.6%13:00 - 56.6%14:00 - 52.5%15:00 - 52.8%16:00 - 54.8%17:00 - 48.3%18:00 - 53.5%19:00 - 53.2%20:00 - 47.7%21:00 - 57.0%22:00 - 54.2%23:00 - 47.3%01234567891011121314151617181920212223Hour of Day (UTC)

Your Competitive Edge

  • Dynamic pawn storms. You willingly launch …g5/…h5 strikes in the Sicilian (see wins vs itsCryptoKnight and Momchilgradcity). This keeps opponents on the back foot and shows good tactical vision.
  • Tactical resourcefulness. The conversion in your Scandinavian win (27.Bxa7+!) shows you spot hidden tactics even in sharp time scrambles.
  • Practical speed. You often keep 10–20 seconds while opponents are already in single digits; that buffer wins games in the final melee.

Patterns to Refine

  • Delayed development in the O’Kelly. In the loss to Georgios Ketzetzis your queen wandered to a2 & a1 before pieces were out, leaving the king in the centre.
  • King safety vs the Rossolimo h-pawn battery. Against Angel Jesus Marquez Ruiz you allowed h4-h5-Rxh8 ideas without creating counter-play on the queenside.
  • Handling of 1.b3 as White. Three recent defeats (two vs andrejic_10) came from over-optimistic pawn pushes and an exposed king. The opening is playable, but you’re entering middlegames you don’t fully control.
  • Endgame technique under 15 seconds. In several wins you needed 70+ moves to mate won positions. That’s fine once, but against faster opponents it will backfire.

Illustrative Missed Moment

Compare what happened vs Beawuids (Black):

Instead of 13…Qa5?! (queen drift) consider 13…Bd7 completing development; after 14.f4 Qa5 you’re ready for …0-0-0 and the rook joins via g4.

Action Plan for the Next Week

  1. Mini-repertoire tune-up (30 min).
    • Prepare a safe line vs the Rossolimo (e.g. …e6 & …Ne7) to avoid early h-file hacks.
    • Add a crisp alternative to 1…a6 in the Sicilian—perhaps the Classical 2…d6—until your queen-side plans are iron-clad.
  2. Development priority drill (15 min/day).
    Play unrated games starting from move 5 of your loss positions, forcing yourself to complete development before launching pawn storms.
  3. Bullet endgame ladder (10 min/day).
    Use a trainer to convert K+Q vs K, K+R vs K, and basic pawn endings in <5 seconds. This will save you precious blitz time.
  4. Review all games where your king castled last.
    Ask: “Could I have tucked the king away earlier?” Make a note of recurring reasons you postpone castling.

Motivation Corner

Your aggressive style is a huge asset—polish the mechanics around it and your rating ceiling will jump another 100 pts quickly. Keep striking first, but with all pieces ready to join the party!