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Positive Highlights

You're showing strong progress in several areas recently:

• Your win rate is solid at over 75%, reflecting consistent performance.
• Your opening repertoire is well-rounded, with particularly strong results using the Nimzo-Larsen Attack and Caro-Kann Defense, winning all games in those lines.
• You demonstrate effective time management, often maintaining a comfortable amount of time even into complex middle and endgames.
• The ability to convert favorable positions into wins is evident, especially with good positional understanding in openings like the French Defense and Czech Defense.
• You have a very impressive upward rating trend, gaining over 130 points recently, indicating ongoing improvement at a fast pace.

Areas to Improve

To elevate your play further, consider focusing on these aspects:

• Handling pressure in complex positions: Some losses occurred in positions where tactical complications arose. Practice sharpening your calculation skills to reduce errors in tricky moments.
• Expanding and deepening opening knowledge: Although openings like the Nimzo-Larsen and Caro-Kann serve you well, broadening your understanding and reviewing key ideas in all your openings will build confidence and versatility.
• Endgame technique: Improving your technique in simplified material situations can help convert more close games into wins, as well as save some losing positions.
• Positional decision making: In some games, reevaluating pawn structures and piece activity earlier might help avoid passive setups and retain momentum.
• Avoid time trouble scenarios: While your overall clock management is good, try to avoid dropping below key time thresholds as it can affect calculation accuracy.

Recommendations

Here are some practical steps you can take:

• Work on tactical puzzles daily to improve calculation speed and accuracy under time pressure.
• Analyze your recent losses deeply, especially the move where the position started to worsen, and consider alternative plans.
• Review master games in your preferred openings to learn manoeuvres and plans beyond opening moves.
• Practice basic endgame scenarios regularly to build technique confidence.
• Try to plan several moves ahead early in the game to reduce time spent thinking in critical moments.

Keep Up the Good Work!

Your progress is clear and your enthusiasm for improvement shines through. Keep focusing on the balance of tactical sharpness and strategic understanding to continue climbing higher. With your current momentum and dedication, you are well on the path to reaching your next rating milestones.