Shi Yuan Tian WFM

Hi Shi Yuan Tian, here’s your personalised chess feedback

Quick Snapshot

• Current form: strong tactical vision and a fighting spirit that keeps you in complex games.
• Best recorded value: 2154 (2021-12-04)
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Your Competitive Strengths

• Opening Variety & Confidence – You comfortably handle both 1.e4 and 1.d4 structures and show good knowledge of the Caro-Kann as Black. Early moves are rarely the cause of trouble.
• Tactical Awareness – Several wins feature clean combinations (e.g. 14.Nxd5! and 20.Nxf6+ in your win vs. sheremet_maksym). You’re alert to forks, pins and the classic removal of the defender theme.
• Conversion Technique When Ahead – In your Daily win you slowly increased the pressure, avoided counter-play, and forced resignation without rushing.

Main Areas to Improve

• Time Management – 5 of your last 7 losses are “lost on time” despite equal or better positions. Blitz instincts are solid, but the clock is beating you more than the opponent.
• End-game Fundamentals – Several time losses occurred in technically won endings (see move 43…Rxh2? & 50…h1=Q in the game vs. rgose). Simplify earlier, activate the king and know standard Lucena/Philidor setups.
• Strategic Planning – When the position shifts from tactics to quiet manoeuvring, you sometimes repeat plans (e.g. doubling rooks without a breakthrough). Work on long-term goals: pawn breaks, piece improvement, weak-square control.
• Pawn-Structure Awareness – In the English loss you placed pawns on dark squares while your bishop was also dark-squared, limiting its scope. Re-evaluate pawn pushes before committing.

Concrete Action Plan

1. 90-Minute Slow Game Each Week
   Play one rapid/classical game to practise deep calculation without clock panic. Review it immediately afterwards.
2. End-game Drill Routine
   • 10 minutes daily on rook-and-pawn endings.
   • Study Silman’s Complete Endgame Course chapters up to your rating bracket.
   • Recreate critical positions from your games and play them vs engine.
3. Opening Fine-Tuning
   For Caro-Kann Advance (3.e5 Bf5) memorise the key plans after 6.Nc3 & 6.Nf3. Build a flash-card of typical pawn breaks …c5 and …g5 ideas.
4. Clock Discipline Exercise
   During blitz, aim to keep >75% of starting time after move 10. If you drop below, force yourself to make the next 3 moves in 10 seconds.
5. Pattern Recognition
   Solve 20 rated puzzles/day focusing on defensive themes (zwischenzug, perpetual, fortress) to balance your attacking flair.

Illustrative Moment

The diagram below shows the critical tactical breakthrough that gave you a decisive edge in your win with 1.c4:

Notice how the removal of the defender cleared the d5-square and forced structural weaknesses.

Next Milestone

Target a stable blitz rating 50 points above your current average within the next month. Follow the action plan, track results using your win-rate charts, and celebrate incremental progress.

Good luck, and enjoy your chess journey!