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arlina widyaranti

Nitikusumah Since 2018 (Inactive) Chess.com ♟
48.5%- 45.3%- 6.2%
Bullet 576
0W 2L 0D
Blitz 1782
898W 845L 106D
Rapid 1935
335W 304L 51D
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Hi Arlina Widyaranti (Nitikusumah) – Coach’s Feedback

1. Snapshot

• Current best rating: 2037 (2023-12-06)
• Recent form: strong 70 % win-rate over last 10 games, but losses show recurring themes.
• Reference charts for trends:

Win Rate by Hour100%75%25%0%50%0:00 - 46.7%1:00 - 49.2%2:00 - 51.3%3:00 - 48.5%4:00 - 43.8%5:00 - 44.2%6:00 - 45.8%7:00 - 50.9%8:00 - 47.1%9:00 - 45.9%10:00 - 47.2%11:00 - 43.2%12:00 - 43.0%13:00 - 44.2%14:00 - 52.4%15:00 - 46.1%16:00 - 54.2%17:00 - 51.5%18:00 - 55.6%19:00 - 48.6%20:00 - 40.0%21:00 - 58.3%22:00 - 47.9%23:00 - 54.9%01234567891011121314151617181920212223Hour of Day (UTC)
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Win Rate by Day100%75%25%0%50%Monday - 51.2%Tuesday - 52.3%Wednesday - 52.0%Thursday - 45.9%Friday - 50.2%Saturday - 44.1%Sunday - 46.0%MonTueWedThuFriSatSunDay of Week

2. What You Already Do Well

  • Opening courage. You often choose dynamic setups (e.g. Petroff & early queen sorties) that pull opponents out of book and create imbalances.
  • Initiative-first mindset. Games against ivan2021_3 and kurtn show you instinctively push pawns (…g5, …h5) to attack when the centre is closed.
  • End-game conversion. In your Polish-Opening win you converted a rook+pawn ending flawlessly, demonstrating good king-activation.
  • Clock handling. Most victories were achieved with several minutes left; you seldom get flagged when winning.

3. Repeating Pain-Points

  1. Over-extended queen in the opening. In the loss versus peros1 your early Qh5-h4-g3-h3 allowed …Qa5/Qb6 & tempo gains.
    • Guideline: limit queen moves to one before move 10 unless a tactic wins material.
    • Drill: play three rapid games starting every position after 1.e4 c5 2.Qh5?! and keep the queen on the back rank for 5 moves.
  2. Neglected king safety once the attack fizzles. Notice in the same game you castled long after launching g-h pawns. The resulting g/h files were weak for your king.
    • Mini-habit: after pushing two pawns in front of your king, spend one tempo on a consolidating move (e.g. Kg1, Rf1, piece to g-file).
  3. Transition from attack to end-game. When the opponent neutralises your initiative you sometimes keep attacking “on autopilot” and leak pawns (moves 38-47 vs PeroS1).
    • Rule of thumb: if material is equal and queens come off, immediately count pawns & switch to improving worst-placed piece.
  4. Defensive calculation of opponent counter-blows. Several games (e.g. vs poczatkujacygrajek) ended because of a missed zwischenzug (zwischenzug) on the back rank.
    • Exercise: daily 10 puzzles set to “Defensive” theme; stop when you get 3 wrong in a row to avoid fatigue.

4. Illustrative Moments

Clean Tactic – from your win vs Ivan2021_3

You combined pins and a temporary pawn sacrifice to reach an extra piece. Excellent calculation.

Critical Slip – from your loss vs PeroS1

Accepting doubled f-pawns instead of consolidating allowed Black’s rook invasion. Identify the moment you could have played 34.Rc1! holding the seventh rank.

5. 14-Day Action Plan

Day(s)TaskGoal
1-3Review own openings with early queen moves; build a safe-queen repertoire vs …c5/…e5.Reduce early queen moves to ≤2 per game.
4-720 defensive puzzles/day + annotate two lost games focusing on missed counter-tactics.Pattern recognition.
8-10Play 5 training games starting from equal end-games; force yourself to “switch gears”.Smoother transition to ending.
11-14Record three rapid games, verbalising your opponent’s threats every move.Improve prophylaxis.

6. Next Coaching Session

Please send me two annotated games (one win, one loss) after following the plan. We’ll check if queen activity and king safety metrics improved.

Keep up the great work!

Your creativity is your super-power; pairing it with tighter defence will push you beyond 2000 soon. 🏆


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