Monika Rozman WFM

Coaching Feedback for Monika Rozman

Monika, you have demonstrated strong tactical awareness and solid attacking play in your recent wins. Your games show that you make good opening choices and spot opportunities to simplify and transition into winning endgames effectively.

Strengths

• Opening Preparation: Your choice of openings like the Philidor Defense and Petroff’s Defense shows a good understanding of classical, solid systems that suit your style.
• Tactical Vision: In your recent games, you accurately executed combinations and capitalized on your opponents’ inaccuracies, leading to forced mates and material gains.
• Endgame Technique: You manage to convert advantages nicely and maintain pressure until victory, which is a key skill at your level.
• Time Management: You keep a healthy pace throughout your games, avoiding time trouble in your faster time controls.

Areas for Improvement

• Handling Pressure Against Higher Rated Opponents: In losses against stronger players, there were moments where the position became cramped and your pieces became passive. Focus on improving your positional play to reduce such situations and find active counterplay.
• Preventing Tactical Blunders: Although your tactic spotting is good, occasionally you missed defensive resources or let your opponent create threats. Reviewing annotated master games with similar openings could help deepen your strategic understanding.
• Opening Variety: Try experimenting with a couple of additional opening lines to avoid becoming too predictable and increase your familiarity with different pawn structures and plans. This will build flexibility and adaptability.
• Endgame Awareness: While your endgame technique is overall solid, targeted study of fundamental theoretical endgames and practical agreements (e.g., rook vs. minor piece, opposite colored bishops) will help you convert harder positions more confidently.

Next Steps

1. Review your recent wins to understand key moments where your tactical awareness made the difference. You can imaghost007’s games for practice on recognizing patterns.
2. Analyze your losses, especially against titled players like GMStefanova, to identify typical positional weaknesses or missed opportunities.
3. Incorporate daily tactical puzzles (at least 10 a day) focusing on defend-and-counter tactics.
4. Study a classic endgame manual or video series to reinforce theoretical knowledge and practical technique.
5. Experiment with an additional opening as White or Black once you feel comfortable with your main repertoire.

Keep up the excellent work and consistent practice! You are on a strong trajectory, and with continued focus on positional understanding and endgame technique, you can raise your level even further.

Here is your most recent win for review: Game Link