Retno Wijayanti WFM

Hi Retno Wijayanti!

You are already a confident attacker who is happy to steer the game into dynamic Sicilian structures and sharp kingside pawn storms. Below is a concise roadmap that will help you convert that fighting spirit into even better practical results.

Quick snapshot of your profile

• Typical opening choices: Sicilian Defence with …e6 & …d5, King’s Fianchetto as White.
• Favourite time-control: 1 minute & 60 second pool games.
• Best recorded rating so far: 1566 (2020-12-29).

What you’re already doing well

1. Active piece play. In the PGN below you seize the centre and rapidly bring rooks to open files, finishing with a neat mating net.
2. Willingness to sacrifice material (…Bxg3, …Qxh2+, etc.) to keep the initiative.
3. Consistent opening framework. Sticking to related Sicilian set-ups lets you reach familiar middlegames quickly.

Main improvement priorities

1 Time management

• Five of your last seven losses were on the clock. Try adding a 3-second increment or playing 5|5 games so that winning positions don’t slip away.
• Adopt a simple “opening cheat-sheet” for the first 10 moves; this frees up precious seconds later.
• Use the stop-think-move rule: if you have more than 20 seconds, spend at least two of them looking for tactics against you.

2 Converting advantages

• When up material (e.g. exchange up in the game vs guylee0), simplify pieces before pushing pawns; rook endings are your friend.
• Study one basic end-game a day (king & pawn, rook vs pawn, opposite-coloured bishops). Ten minutes on a phone app is enough.

3 Clean up the opening move-order

Invest one hour to review the key ideas in the French-Sicilian (B40, B20) with an annotated model game—this will pay off quickly.

4 Sharpen calculation discipline

• Do 3–5 tactics puzzles before every playing session; focus on motifs like q+g-file mates and back-rank tricks.
• In critical positions ask “What is my opponent threatening?” before deciding on your own plan.

Training routine suggestion (weekly)

1. 3×30 min longer games (15|10) – analyse without engine first.
2. Daily 10 min tactics.
3. 1 opening refresher video / lesson – write down one key cue.
4. Review your own decisive games each Sunday; tag them by theme.

Progress trackers

Pop back to this dashboard any time to see how the hard work translates into results:

Final motivation

You already have the tactical eye and fighting attitude that many players struggle to acquire—polish the technical areas above and breaking the 1900-blitz barrier will be a realistic short-term goal. Good luck, and remember: every well-analysed loss is just a lesson you won for free!