Alberto Fabris: National Master and Chess Streamer
Alberto Fabris is a National Master who earned the title from the National Chess Federation. He also shares his chess journey with an enthusiastic online audience, turning the board into a stage and the screen into a friendly rival.
Chess Journey
From dedicated study to the fast-paced world of blitz, Alberto built a reputation for precise calculation, bold tactics, and a flair for turning complex positions into entertaining battles. He connects serious achievement with approachable analysis, making his streams a welcoming port for both seasoned players and curious newcomers.
National Master status earned through consistent national-level performance.
Blitz specialist known for high-energy games and creative opening choices.
Active streamer who reviews his own games, explains ideas clearly, and engages with a growing chess community.
Preferred time control: Blitz, with an openness to rapid and classical formats as the moment demands.
Media Presence and Playing Style
On and off the board, Alberto brings humor and insight to his content. His streams blend practical tips with entertaining commentary, inviting fans to learn while enjoying the occasional light-hearted quip. He enjoys aggressive defenses and sharp, tactical lines, often exploring dynamic Sicilian setups and bold endgames as puzzles to solve in real time.
For a glimpse into his ongoing development, viewers can follow a visual chart of his Blitz trajectory:
Coaching Feedback for Alberto Fabris (NM_Antelacus)
Alberto, you've been playing solidly with notable strengths in your recent games, especially in dynamic positions arising from Sicilian Defense and related openings. Here’s a breakdown and suggestions to further enhance your play:
Strengths
Opening Knowledge: You are comfortable in complex open Sicilian structures, often achieving active piece play and good central control early on.
Tactical Awareness: Your games show good tactical resourcefulness; for example, in your wins, you successfully leveraged piece activity and timely exchanges to gain advantages.
Endgame Technique: You converted endgames confidently, demonstrating understanding of king activity and passed pawns.
Initiative and Attacking: Moves like 21.f5 and timely sacrifices indicate willingness to seize the initiative effectively.
Areas to Improve
Handling Lower-Rated Opponents in Longer Time Controls: Most of your recent losses were in daily games against lower-rated players and occurred very early. This suggests the need for sharper focus and possibly more preparation in the first few moves to avoid falling into early disadvantages.
Opening Repertoire Consistency: While you handle complex openings well, consider deepening your knowledge in the less frequently played sidelines you face (for instance, rare Sicilian lines opposing you). This can help you maintain advantage without allowing opponents easy equalization.
Time Management: In some rapid games, you have spent quite a bit of time early (e.g., in a couple of instances Rook maneuvering took over two minutes). Improving your opening familiarity and efficient time usage in the early middlegame should allow more deliberation later when critical.
Defense and Patience: There is room to improve holding difficult positions — avoid unnecessary pawn weaknesses and tactical oversights when opponents try to complicate. Staying calm and trying solid prophylactic moves could help reduce losses to lower-rated opponents.
Study Recommendations
Review your recent losses in daily games to understand what went wrong early, as these are the key improvement points.
Analyze critical moments from winning games, such as your victory with 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 (the Rossolimo Attack), to reinforce your middle game plans and tactics.
Practice tactical puzzles regularly, focusing on motifs that appeared in your games: pins, forks, and discovered attacks.
Work on opening drills and memorization, especially the first 10 moves of your common defenses and the opponents’ main replies to boost confidence and save clock time.
Example Highlight: Wonderfully executed mating attack
In the game against stoneman007, your attack climaxed in an elegant mating net after 26... Rh1#. This shows great tactical calculation and understanding of direct attacking patterns.
Next Steps
Continue training endgame fundamentals—king activity and pawn promotion techniques served you well, keep sharpening them.
Focus on building opening confidence to reduce early slip-ups, especially in daily games.
Try to keep your competitive spirit high while managing practical time control resources effectively.
Keep up the great work and steadily adding depth to your opening preparation and defense will help you climb toward 2214 (2021-06-12) or higher.
