Aadya Gupta WFM

Feedback for Aadya Gupta

Hi Aadya, you've shown some impressive performance recently with some well-played games, including a strong victory where you leveraged good piece activity and pressure on your opponent's position.

Strengths

• Opening knowledge: Your choice of classical openings such as the Indian Game, Slav Defense, and English Opening shows a solid and flexible understanding of opening principles.
• Piece coordination: In your wins, you did well maintaining active and harmoniously placed pieces, especially rooks on open files and well-timed exchanges improving your position.
• Endgame technique: You demonstrated good technique converting your advantages in the later stages of the game, including exploiting passed pawns and creating tactical opportunities.

Areas to Improve

• Midgame planning: Some losses showed moments where tactical opportunities for your opponent slipped through or where your pawn structure became compromised after exchanges. Focus on deeper move-by-move evaluation to avoid these pitfalls.
• Time management: While you managed your clock well in most games, there were phases where you spent less time on critical moves. Prioritizing key positions and double-checking your calculations in such moments could help reduce errors.
• Defensive awareness: A couple of games ended with sharp attacks against your king, notably involving pins and threats on open lines. Strengthening your defensive skills to recognize and neutralize these threats early is important.

Practical Recommendations

1. Review your losses by replaying critical positions and focus on what alternative defensive or counterattacking moves could have improved your standing.
2. Study tactics regularly, especially focusing on pins, forks, and discovered attacks, as these appeared in some challenging moments.
3. Practice endgames involving rooks and passed pawns – your wins show potential here, but more consistency will improve your conversion rate.
4. Try to plan a few moves ahead in the midgame to prevent positional weaknesses before they occur. A slow, steady buildup often pays off.

Keep up the hard work, and continue to enjoy your chess journey! Looking forward to seeing your progress in upcoming games.