Mohit Gupta

Quick recap

Nice session — you converted multiple winning chances and finished a couple of games with clean mating ideas. At the same time a very short opening loss shows one clear habit to fix: don’t allow early queen checks to land on f7. Below I summarize strengths, target weaknesses and give a short, practical training plan you can follow over the next two weeks.

What you’re doing well

• Finishing skills: you executed clean mating sequences in several games (for example the game that ended with Qxg7#). That shows you spot tactical shots when the position opens up — great finishing instinct.
• Passed pawn technique: you raced a pawn to promotion and converted without panic — good endgame awareness and calculation when pawns decide the game.
• Active rooks: you repeatedly get rooks onto open files and the seventh/eighth ranks, which helped you win material and create mating nets.
• Practical decisions: in complicated middlegames you often chose forcing continuations, which is usually the right approach in rapid time controls.

Key areas to improve

• Opening safety vs early queen checks — avoid weakening f7: your most recent loss was decided in the first four moves when f7 was left vulnerable. When White brings the queen out early, prioritize development and king safety over pawn moves that open the diagonal toward f7.
• Sicilian move-order awareness: when you play Sicilian structures, be careful with premature central pawn pushes while the opponent still has access to f7 or g2 — prefer simple development and castling first in rapid games.
• Opening repertoire depth: focus on the few lines you play most. Learn typical plans, one common tactical trap per line, and the standard endgames that arise so you won’t be surprised by cheap mating nets.
• Time management: you often finish wins with little time left. Keep more time for the middlegame by playing routine developing moves faster and saving time for tactical complications and endgame conversion.

Concrete 2‑week training plan

• Daily (15–25 minutes)
  • 15 tactics puzzles focused on forks, pins, back-rank mates and queen mates — this will reduce simple tactical losses and sharpen finishing. Do 5 easy, 5 medium, 5 hard.
  • 10 minutes opening drills: pick the Sicilian and your main English line. For each, learn 3 safe move-orders and one common trap to avoid (make a one-page cheat sheet).
• Every other day (30 minutes)
  • Play 2–3 rapid training games (10|0) testing one idea: e.g., “if White plays Qf3/Qh5 play Nf6 and avoid early e5.”
  • After each training game, do a 5–10 minute post-mortem: where did you miss tactics, and where did your clock usage spike?
• Weekend session (45–60 minutes)
  • Study 3 model games in the Sicilian Closed or Alapin (whichever you play more), focusing on typical middlegame plans.
  • One long tactics set (30 mixed puzzles).

Practical checklist — before and during each game

• Moves 1–4: don’t move the same piece twice unless it wins material; develop knights before bishops; if the opponent’s queen is coming out early, cover f7 or castle instead of opening diagonals.
• Tactical scan every move: spend 5–8 seconds checking captures, checks and threats (both yours and opponent’s).
• If you see a tactical chance, pause and calculate the forcing line to the end — if you can’t calculate it in 15–30 seconds, mark it and return when you have more time.
• Endgame conversion: when you have a passed pawn or a rook advantage, trade pieces to simplify and calculate pawn races precisely; king activity often decides rook endgames.

Mini analysis — the recent quick loss (what went wrong)

Short summary: opponent played an early queen sortie and you allowed the f7 square to be taken. The decisive mistake was weakening your king’s light-square cover while development was incomplete — that allowed a fast mate on f7.

Replay the short mate (legal illustrative sequence):

Concrete fix for this trap: after 2.Qf3, play Nf6 or Nc6 to block the queen’s path to f7. Avoid an immediate e5 push that leaves f7 hanging; instead prioritize development (Nf6, d6/e6, or castle) depending on the opening.

Related opponent: abhishekjj8.

Mini analysis — a recent win (what you did right)

Example: in one win you built up pressure with rooks and the queen, advanced a passed pawn, and then delivered a decisive mating blow (Qxg7#). You combined piece activity, open files and a direct queen entry to finish — the conversion was textbook.

Replay the full decisive sequence from that game (legal moves from the game):

Lesson: keep practicing converting the initiative into a direct attack — your instincts here are strong. Pair that with improved opening safety and you’ll convert more wins.

Next steps — immediate actions

• Start tomorrow: 15 tactics and 10 minutes opening drills (Sicilian responses to early queen moves).
• Before your next rated session: review the “don’t weaken f7” rule and pick one safe Sicilian move order to play consistently.
• Send one loss PGN and one win PGN you want deeper move-by-move analysis of and I’ll annotate concrete improvements.

If you want, I can also draft a short cheat-sheet of 6 safe replies to early Qf3/Qh5 — say the word and I’ll prepare it.

Extra notes & links

• Review opponents from these games for repeat patterns: pack_uuu, 7beckhamd, spor1dk, abhishekjj8.
• Small consistent habits beat rare long sessions: 5 mixed tactics between games is a high-ROI habit.