Mayank Chakraborty IM

Overall Performance and Trends

Mayank, your recent rapid games show solid progress, with a strong winning record and a consistent increase in your rating over recent months. Your current strength-adjusted win rate near 70% is impressive, and your rating trend slope indicates a rapid rating gain occurring steadily over the past 6 to 12 months.

You have gained 88 rating points over the last month, which matches your 3 and 6 month gains, showing consistent performance improvement.

Strengths

• Opening repertoire: You have a very solid performance in classical openings such as the Ruy Lopez Exchange and Sicilian Defense Classical Variation, both having 100% win rates which is excellent.
• Positional play: Your steady improvement and strong results in Queen's Pawn and Reti openings demonstrate good strategic understanding.
• Endgame technique: Some of your wins show good endgame technique, efficiently converting material or positional advantages.
• Consistency in gameplay: Your results and trend indicate disciplined play and good decision-making under time pressure in rapid format.

Areas for Improvement

• Handling complex positions in lesser-known openings: In openings like the Diemer-Duhm Gambit and Four Knights Game, your win rates are around 33-50%. Studying key theory and plans in these lines could boost your conversion rate.
• Time management: Some games show rapid clock drops early on. Improving your opening preparation to get quicker equal or better positions could help save valuable time for critical middlegame decisions.
• Tactical awareness: Even though you convert good positions well, occasionally your games show tactical slip-ups or missed winning chances. Regular tactical exercises can sharpen calculation and spotting combinations.
• Defensive resilience: Losses suggest opportunities to strengthen your defense in complex or closed positions. Reviewing losses to identify recurring weaknesses will help improve resistance against strong opponents.

Suggested Focus Areas

• Deepen opening knowledge in gambit and less frequent lines to increase your confidence and win rate.
• Do timed training with openings to improve your early game speed and save time for later phases.
• Incorporate tactical puzzles daily, targeting calculation and pattern recognition.
• Analyze your losses to spot tactical errors, positional misunderstandings, or time pressure mistakes.
• Practice endgame fundamentals regularly to convert simplified positions efficiently.

Final Thoughts

Your rapid game results are trending upward with steady rating gains and a strong foundation in mainline openings. Addressing tactical sharpness and expanding your repertoire for diverse positions will support further progress. Keep your focus on steady improvement and don’t rush critical moves under time pressure. Excellent work so far — keep up the strong effort!