Coach Chesswick
Hi Tomas, here’s a tailored performance review
Your current trends
• Activity pattern:
shows you score best in the late-evening sessions, but your accuracy dips sharply in the final hour of play.• Weekly rhythm: confirms Monday/Tuesday are your most productive; Friday blitz sets often end in rushed endgames.
What you are doing well
- Dynamic piece play in the Pirc / Modern – the victories against mastermac87 and Hromislav (Black, 2024-02-06) highlight crisp central breaks …c5/…e5 followed by harmonious rook lifts.
- Exploiting outposts – notice in your latest win how willingly you seize a dominating knight square and convert it to material.
- Practical tactical vision – you recognise motifs such as the Greek gift and exchange sacs, often at blitz speeds.
Main growth areas
- Early queen adventures as White
The London-system loss to hromislav shows11…Bb4+exploited your Qf3/Qg3 manoeuvre. Aim for a “healthy pawn skeleton first” guideline: delay queen moves until development is complete. - Time-management & conversion technique
Four of the last six losses occurred with <15 s on your clock. Add a soft time trigger: at 40 s force a simplification or switch to increment-friendly moves (checks, captures, threats) to keep the initiative. - Predictability in the Pirc
Opponents around 2100 are starting to prepare the Austrian Attack and Byrne Variation. Sprinkle in a surprise weapon (e.g. the Czech Pirc with …c6 & …Qa5) to stay ahead of prep. - Endgame decision-making
The loss vs. Gerasimenyuk_Miha illustrates missing a Zwischenzug to trade queens into a won pawn endgame. A weekly 15-minute drill on technical rook endgames will pay quick dividends.
Concrete training plan (4 weeks)
| Week | Focus | Key tasks |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Opening refresh | Prepare one anti-Austrian line and build a 10-game mini-database vs 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4. |
| 2 | Clock discipline | Play five 10|0 games forcing yourself to reach move 20 with ≥3 min; review flagged games only for time wastage. |
| 3 | Technical endings | Finish the classic 100 R+B vs R rook-endgame studies; annotate three positions where you converted an extra pawn. |
| 4 | Prophylaxis | During analysis, write down one preventive move each turn – building the habit of Prophylaxis. |
Motivational snapshot
Your 2657 (2020-04-25) is within striking distance of 2600. With modest tightening of opening variety and time use, 2600+ should arrive before the next rating cycle.
Next step
Load the annotated PGN pack I’ll send separately, run a quick engine check for missed between-moves, and schedule a sparring set where you deviate on move 3 from your usual Pirc to test flexibility.
Good luck! – Coach