Coach Chesswick
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
- Active piece play. In the PGN below you seize the centre and rapidly bring rooks to open files, finishing with a neat mating net.
- Willingness to sacrifice material (…Bxg3, …Qxh2+, etc.) to keep the initiative.
- 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
| Typical slip | Simple fix |
|---|---|
| …d4 too early in the Bird (loss vs FlowersTopTowers) | Develop with …Nf6, …e6, castle before pawn thrusts |
| Allowing Nxc5 fork after …d5 in your Sicilian French set-up | Insert …Nf6 or …exd4 first, or meet Ne4/Nc5 ideas with …Bxc5 |
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)
- 3×30 min longer games (15|10) – analyse without engine first.
- Daily 10 min tactics.
- 1 opening refresher video / lesson – write down one key cue.
- 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!