Nelli Aleksanyan Cadir WIM

Feedback for Nelli Aleksanyan Cadir

Hi Nelli, I’ve reviewed your recent games and here is some constructive feedback to help you improve your chess performance:

Strengths

• Opening Preparation: You show a good understanding of your opening repertoire, especially in the Benoni Defense and French Defense structures. You consistently follow sound opening principles and develop your pieces actively.
• Positional Play: Your games display solid positional awareness. You often manage to activate your rooks and knights well, and you understand the importance of central control and pawn structure.
• Endgame Technique: When converting advantages, you demonstrate patience and efficiency in endgames, capitalizing on your opponent's inaccuracies smoothly.

Areas for Improvement

• Tactical Awareness: A number of your losses involved tactical oversights (e.g., hanging pieces or missed forks). Improving your calculation skills and doing regular tactical puzzles could reduce these errors significantly.
• Time Management: In several games, your clock showed significant drops during middle or critical phases. Try to balance your thinking time so you have enough to evaluate complex positions and avoid rushed blunders.
• King Safety: Watch out for vulnerabilities around your king, especially when launching attacks or castling. At times your king became exposed to checks or mating nets, as in your most recent loss. Ensuring safe castling and proper pawn shield will help.
• Transition from Opening to Middlegame: Although your opening moves are sound, the transition into middlegame plans could be sharper. Focus on identifying your opponent’s weaknesses early and creating specific plans accordingly.

Suggestions & Resources

• Work on solving more complex tactical tactics puzzles daily to sharpen your visualization and spotting skills.
• In your games, pause after the opening to confirm your plan. Setting a clear goal (e.g., improve control over key squares, target weak pawns) can improve your middlegame decisions.
• Review your losses and try analysis to understand the turning points — understanding why a mistake happened is the key to not repeating it.
• Consider practicing some endgame techniques such as king and pawn endings, rook endings, and basic checkmating patterns to boost your confidence in complex endgames.

Notable Game Highlights

Your recent win on 2025.05.28 against atenica97 showcased excellent handling of central tension and strong tactical awareness leading to a decisive advantage. Keep up that sharpness!

For your recent loss on 2025.06.03 against Pion-100000000000000, the game was lost primarily due to weaknesses around your king and underestimating the opponent's attacking threats — a good learning point to focus on king safety and defense.

Keep practicing and reviewing your games consistently; your steady progress is clear, and with focused effort, you will see your rating climb even higher!