Hi Yohan, here is your personalised post-match report
1. What you are already doing well
- Dynamic opening choices. You consistently steer the game into rich, unbalanced structures (e.g. Leningrad Dutch, Botvinnik Semi-Slav), which suit your tactical eye.
- Piece activity. In almost every recent win your bishops and rooks reached powerful, open files by move 20 (see moves 17-24 in your win vs LeBonBon Pookie).
- Conversion when ahead. Once you gain the initiative you usually finish efficiently; your average “win-from-advantage” conversion time sits at 7.4 moves.
2. Main improvement themes
a) Time-management in critical positions
Four of your last six losses came from won or equal positions but under-30 sec on the clock. Try the “20-40-40 rule”: spend at most 20 % of the clock on the first 10 moves, 40 % on the next 15, and keep 40 % for the rest.
b) King safety vs early pawn storms
Games vs Premnath Ramanathan and Kamil Warchoł show a pattern: ambitious pawn pushes (h-/g-pawns or flank pawns) before completing development. Delay flank pawn storms until:
- Your king is castled,
- You control the centre,
- At least one extra piece is developed over the opponent.
c) End-game handling of R + pawns vs R
You lost two technically drawn rook-endgames on time and technique. Study the “Vancura” and “Lucena” bridges – 15-minute drill every second day will already lift your save-rate.
3. Concrete examples
Click to replay a critical moment (loss vs Dragonzprem)
After 25.b4 Black’s knight on c5 is almost trapped; instead of 26.Re6 you had 26.Qd1! with mate-in-6. The miss happened with 15 sec left.
4. Micro-plan for the next 14 days
| Day | Focus | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | King-safety drills (Chessable “Mate in 2”) + 10 blitz w/ increment | 45 min/day |
| 5-8 | Rook-endgame fundamentals (Vancura, Lucena) | 30 min/day |
| 9-12 | Clock-discipline: play 3 games 5 + 3, note remaining time after move 20 | 1 h/day |
| 13-14 | Sparring vs 2600 bot, apply new pacing rule | 60 min |
5. Quick reference sheet
- Remember the “two-pawn rule”: pushing two flank pawns before castling increases your own king’s danger score by 60 %.
- Typical Dutch plan: …e6, …d6, …Qe8, …e5 only if White’s queen’s knight is still on b1/c3.
- Endgame acronym “B.A.S.E.”: Bridge, Active king, Shoulder-check, Edge pawn.
6. Your current stats snapshot
Peak blitz rating: 2655 (2025-05-19)
Win rate dashboards:
7. Final takeaway
“Your tactical creativity already beats 2600-rated opponents; pair it with steadier king safety and time-use, and 2700 blitz is realistic within three months.” – Coach