Coach Chesswick
Overall Performance Insights
Miodrag Jevtic FM has maintained a nearly balanced win rate of about 49.9% when adjusted for opponent strength. Your +9 rating gain over the past month indicates positive and steady progress. Although longer-term trends show some fluctuations—like the negative slope in the 6-month window—your 12-month slope signals overall growth and improvement. Keep focusing on consistent play and incremental learning to maintain upward momentum.
Strengths in Recent Games
- Opening Preparation: Your use of well-known openings such as the French Defense Rubinstein Variation and Sicilian Defense suggests good theoretical knowledge. You successfully navigated these openings into solid middlegame positions.
- Endgame Technique: Several wins featured effective technique converting small advantages, especially in rook and pawn endgames. Your patience in advancing passed pawns and controlling key squares stands out.
- Positional Awareness: Moves like timely exchanges and piece placement indicate good positional judgment, helping avoid unnecessary risks.
Areas for Improvement
- Handling Pressure in Complex Positions: A few losses involved difficulties in complicated middlegame dynamics, such as when facing active opponent piece play on the queenside or center. Reviewing tactical motifs and sharpening calculation can help.
- Time Management Under Blitz Conditions: Some critical moments showed shrinking time left on the clock. Try integrating faster pattern recognition and pre-move planning to save seconds for tactical calculations.
- Endgame Accuracy: While generally strong, a few games turned on small inaccuracies in conversion or defensive defense under pressure. Studying endgame principles and typical winning techniques for key pawn structures will reinforce this area.
Recommendations for Continued Progress
- Analyze the losses linked above—such as the nguyenson10a1 and Ari Ziegler games—to identify recurring challenges in your play.
- Incorporate targeted blitz tactics training focused on pattern recognition relevant to your common openings.
- Review classic rook endgames and pawn races similar to your winning games to build confidence in clock pressure situations.
- Maintain your current opening repertoire, deepening key variations with updated theoretical knowledge.
- Consider working on speed chess strategies specifically for quicker decision-making and risk assessment.
Your solid foundation combined with steady rating progress shows great potential. Keep studying, practicing, and reflecting on your games for continued success.