Nwosu Nnaemeka

Hi Nwosu Nnaemeka!

Congratulations on consistently playing in the 2000-plus range (2268 (2022-10-11)). Your games show real creativity and fighting spirit. Below is personal, practical feedback drawn from your most recent games.

What you already do well

• Initiative hunting: In the win against ubay07 you seized the centre with …e5, …d5 and then switched smoothly to a kingside assault with …Qh4 and …Rh6. Your pieces arrive quickly and you are not afraid to sacrifice a pawn to keep the pressure.
• Tactical alertness: Motifs such as 22…Nxf3+! in the same game, or 27.Rxf7+!! in your win vs WORKUFAYISSA, show good calculation depth and pattern recognition.
• Clock handling in winning positions: When the attack is flowing you maintain a healthy time buffer and force resignation before the endgame appears.

Growth opportunities

1. Opening discipline

You play a wide range of systems (1.Nc3, 1…Nc6, various A-codes). This is fun, but sometimes you drift into unfamiliar structures and burn time. In the loss to stalem8in2 the early …Nb4?! and …Bxb4+ gave White a comfortable edge and left your king stuck in the centre.

• Pick one main line with each colour and study its typical pawn breaks and piece placements.
• Keep off-beat weapons as surprise options, not as everyday openings.
• Use a short “ready-to-play” file with 12-15 moves you trust; review it before each session.

2. Converting the attack

When the opponent’s king is exposed you sometimes continue “building” the attack instead of finishing it. After 29…Bf7 in the ubay07 game you were already winning; a direct line such as
would have ended the game sooner and saved clock time.

• During calculation ask: “Is there a forced win?” before making a quiet move.
• Practice mate-in-5 and mate-in-7 puzzles daily to sharpen forcing-move vision.
• Remember the concept of the zwischenzug; sometimes a single check or capture changes everything.

3. Endgame technique

Your recent games rarely reach “dry” endings, but when they do (e.g. the long rook ending vs fishingforfilian) the technique can be smoother. You won that game, yet needed many moves where a classical Lucena or Philidor plan would finish faster.

• Work through 20 basic rook-endgame positions until you can play them on autopilot.
• Add 10 key king-and-pawn endings; they convert directly from many of your pawn-up middlegames.

4. Time management in difficult positions

In the losses caused by “game abandoned” or late blunders you were under one minute while still in the opening/middlegame. A simple thinking routine will help:

1. Blunder check (3-5 seconds).
2. Candidate moves (identify 2 moves, 10 seconds).
3. Calculate the sharper line first, then the safer one (20 seconds).

Training plan (4-week micro-cycle)

Useful snapshots

Next steps

• Pair up with a sparring partner around your level (e.g. ubay07) and play thematic games from critical opening positions.
• Set a concrete goal: “Reach 2100 blitz by DD MMM” and track progress every 20 games.
• Celebrate small wins—every clean conversion or flawless endgame is another brick in your improvement wall.

Keep enjoying the game and attacking with flair. A bit more structure in the opening and endgame will make your creativity even more deadly. Good luck, and see you at the board!