Maxi Perez IM

Coaching Feedback for Maxi Pérez (maxip32)

Your Current Trajectory

Over the past week you played almost exclusively Chess960 rapid (3 | 0) and pushed your live rating to . Your results chart shows healthy growth, but also a few time-forfeit losses and mid-game resignations. A quick look at confirms that your best performances come when you play earlier in the day, while the blunders spike in the last evening sessions.

What You’re Doing Well

• Early initiative: You often grab space with pawn levers such as f4/f5 or c4/c5, forcing opponents to think from move one.
• Tactical alertness: In your most recent win you spotted 26…Rd2+!! and converted the rook invasion without hesitation (see mini-diagram below).
• Piece activity in Chess960: You rarely leave pieces unmoved on their back rank after move 10 – a key skill in this variant.

Key Areas to Improve

• Time management: Four of the last seven losses were on the clock. Use a quick blunder-check routine (king safety → hanging pieces → mate threats) instead of spending 20 s on a single calculation branch.
• Pawn over-expansion: In the loss to novebg you advanced f- and g-pawns early, creating dark-square holes; the counter-sac 16…Rxd2+ exploited exactly that.
• Conversion technique: A few won positions drifted because you chased every pawn. When up material simplify first – trade queens or enter a winning rook endgame and avoid unnecessary zwischenzug.

4-Week Action Plan

1. Clock discipline session (days 1-7): Play 10 games with a self-imposed 15-second move cap. Review only the moves where you broke the limit.
2. “Slow fuse” openings (days 8-14): Practice lines where you delay pawn storms and develop calmly. Aim for positions with pawn breaks after move 12, not before.
3. Tactical pattern drills (days 15-21): 50 daily puzzles featuring double attacks and over-loaded defenders. Emphasize motifs you recently missed such as …Nc3! fork.
4. Endgame basics (days 22-28): Finish the Lucena & Philidor rook-endgame modules, then play five rook + pawn vs rook sparring matches with a friend or engine.

Highlighted Sequences

Mindset Tip

Before pressing the clock, ask: “If the move I’m about to play were illegal, what would I play instead?” This simple pause cuts impulsive blunders by forcing you to generate at least one alternative candidate.

Keep the energy and creativity high, Maxi, but couple it with a touch more patience and you’ll break the 2000 barrier soon. Good luck in your next session!