Coach Chesswick
Hi J Ri – Personalised Feedback from Your Recent Games
1. What You Already Do Well
- Fighting spirit: you rarely settle for passive positions and often seize material when the chance appears (e.g. 9.Nxf6+!! in your win against throttle-24).
- Growing tactical vision: many victories are built on forks, double-attacks and discovered checks.
- Favourable playing hours: your best conversion rate shows up late evenings – see .
2. Recurring Problems to Fix
- Time management
• Every single listed game ended on the clock. • Even in winning positions (loss vs. rob1493), you were flagged. Action plan: play several 5 | 5 or 10 | 5 games, hit the clock after every move, and aim to keep at least 50 % of your starting time by move 10. - Early queen adventures
You favour the Napoleon Attack (1.e4 e5 2.Qf3/2.Qh5). Stronger players punish this (loss to Sourish Pasula). Action plan: switch to a classical set-up: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 (Italian) or 3.Bb5 (Ruy López). Develop first; bring the queen out later. - King safety
Delayed castling cost you vs. erdi1905. Adopt the simple checklist: develop minor pieces → castle → connect rooks → only then launch pawn storms. - Pawn-structure awareness
In the rob1493 game, doubled isolated f-pawns and dark-square holes appeared after …f5. New habit: before pushing a pawn, ask “Which squares become weak if this pawn moves or is exchanged?”
3. Opening Repertoire Suggestions
| As White | As Black |
|---|---|
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• Italian Game: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 • London System: 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 (quieter than your “accelerated” version) |
• vs 1.e4: solid Philidor Defense (…d6, …Nf6, …e5) • vs 1.d4: Queen’s Gambit Declined – easy development, few forced lines |
4. Tactical Warm-Up (10 min before playing)
- Solve 5 puzzles rated 200–300 points above your own rating.
- Replay a favourite tactic, e.g. from the throttle-24 game.
- Start your session only after solving at least 3/5 correctly.
5. Goals & Tracking
- Short-term: finish 80 % of games without flagging this week.
- Medium-term: reach 660 (2015-04-24) 200 by adopting the Italian as White.
- Monitor progress with .
6. Positive Mindset Reminder
Mistakes are data, not self-judgement. Review each loss once, capture one lesson, and move on.Good luck, J Ri – looking forward to seeing your improvement!