Ferry Schroën

Quick summary for Ferry Schroën

Nice streak overall — you're showing strong tactical sense and queen activity in wins, and your 3‑month lift is impressive (+171). In bullet you get good attacks quickly, but occasional king safety lapses and coordination problems are costing you in losses. Below are focused, practical fixes you can apply immediately.

What you did well — repeatable strengths

• Queen activation and invasion: in your recent win you used the queen decisively to pick off pawns and deliver mate. That instinct to hunt weaknesses is a major asset.
• Tactical vision under time pressure: you spotted tactics (captures, forks, exchange sacrifices) quickly — that explains your ability to convert advantages in bullet.
• Opening choices with high win rates: you already score well with lines like the Scandinavian Defense and the Czech-type setups — stick with them when you want reliable results.
• Resilience and improvement: the rating history and recent trend show you're learning from play and improving steadily.

Recurring weaknesses to fix

• King safety / mating nets: a recent loss ended in a quick mating net (Qf6#). In bullet it's easy to overlook back-rank and mating motifs — tighten your escape squares and watch for opposing queen+rook coordination. See Back rank mate.
• Poor piece coordination in defensive positions: trading into a position where the opponent's queen and rooks dominate open files is dangerous — avoid unnecessary simplifications that leave your king exposed.
• Time management / pre-move habits: in 1‑minute games pre-moves and impulsive clicks can cost you the right defensive resource. Slow down for 1–2 critical moves each game (king moves, tactics, captures).
• Specific opening leaks: your win-rate drops in some Sicilian lines and the Accelerated Dragon — either study the critical ideas or steer the game into lines you know better.

Concrete suggestions from the recent games

• Win vs noetto06 — what to keep: excellent queen invasion (Qxb7 → Nd5 → Qxf7#). Continue hunting loose pawns and using queen checks to pry open kingside weaknesses. Replay the finish here:
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• Loss vs fromzeroto2ooo — avoid walking into mating nets: after a few exchanges your king ended up exposed and the opponent executed a straightforward mating sequence. Next time, prioritize king safety (create luft, force a queen trade if under direct attack, or trade a checking rook).
• Draw/loss patterns — watch transitions from middlegame to endgame: you sometimes simplify into positions where your pieces are passive. Before trading, ask: “Does this leave my king with flight squares? Do my rooks have open files?”

Opening & repertoire advice

• Lean into your best-performing lines: play more of the Scandinavian Defense and the Czech-type setups where your win rates are higher — familiarity in bullet gives practical time-saving moves.
• For sharp Sicilian/Dragon games: either study one concrete anti-Dragon plan to avoid unknown theory or switch to quieter Sicilian lines you understand better. Your Openings Performance shows lower conversion in some Sicilian branches.
• Build 1–2 move orders that get you to comfortable middlegames without too much theory — in bullet, simplicity and known plans beat deep theory you might not remember under time pressure.

Training plan — 4 week micro-cycle for bullet improvement

• Daily (15–25 min)
  • 10–12 minutes tactics (puzzle rush or set with increasing difficulty) — focus on mating patterns and queen/rook forks.
  • 5–8 minutes endgame basics (king+rook vs king, basic mate patterns, Lucena/Philidor shortcuts).
• 3× per week (20–30 min)
  • Review 3 recent losses: find the single mistake that changed the evaluation (blunder/missed defense). Annotate it and write one rule to avoid it next time.
  • Openings: spend 10 minutes reviewing the typical plans and 2–3 model games in the lines you play (Scandinavian, Amazon Attack/Czech).
• Weekly checkpoint: play 20 bullet games, pick the 3 most instructive ones and run a 1–2 minute engine check to see recurring mistakes.

Practical bullet tips (apply immediately)

• Reserve time for critical moves: treat the first and last 10 moves as high-focus moments — spend the extra second to recalc candidate checks and captures.
• Use pre-moves only when the capture/response sequence is safe. Avoid pre-moving into checks or ambiguous captures.
• When ahead materially in bullet, trade to reduce tactics and flag risk — simplify smartly.
• Before every capture ask one question: “Does this open a file or diagonal against my king?” If yes, check twice.

Measure progress

• Short term: reduce mate/blunder losses — goal: cut blunder rate by 20% in 4 weeks.
• Medium term: keep using openings with >45% winrate and study the weaker ones — aim +50 rating in 6 months (your 6‑month slope looks promising).
• Post-game habit: annotate 2-3 key positions after each session — this beats passive play.

Useful follow-ups

• If you want, send 2–3 games (wins and losses) and I’ll mark the top 3 turning points and give concrete alternative moves.
• We can build a 2‑week opening refresher for one of your weaker lines (Sicilian or Accelerated Dragon) so you enter those games with a simple plan you trust.
• You can replay the key mate sequence above and share any position that felt unclear — I’ll give a short checklist to handle it next time.

Notes & links

• Replay the win vs Noetto06 above with the embedded viewer (click the mini-board icon in the app to open the PGN viewer).
• Opponent references if you want to review those games: noetto06, fromzeroto2ooo, chesskheldim.