What you’re doing well
You’ve built a solid opening base in rapid play, with clear strengths in the Colle and London System families. The data shows strong results in the London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation and in Colle setups with early central activity. This indicates you understand how to coordinate pawns and pieces toward practical plans in the middlegame, especially when your opponent accepts structures that open lines or create weaknesses to target.
Over the longer term, your rating trend has shown resilience and growth, with a notable boost in the 3- to 6-month window. Your opening choices are giving you chances to outplay opponents in the middlegame and convert advantages into wins when you stay organized and avoid unnecessary tactical skirmishes.
Opening performance highlights
- London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation — strong results (about 60% win rate across 28 games). You’re handling typical pawn structures and piece development well in these lines.
- Colle: 3...e6 4.Bd3 c5 — excellent win rate (around 64%). Your control of the center and timely piece activity in these setups shows good long-term planning.
- Dӧry Defense and similar solid defenses — solid at times, with room to sharpen transition to the middlegame when the position opens.
Notes: While these openings are performing well, the sample sizes vary. Continue to study a few key plans in each favored line so you can execute them confidently even when opponents diverge from main continuations.
Strategic takeaways for improvement
- Turn your strong opening results into consistent middlegame plans. For the London System and Colle lines, write down 2–3 standard middlegame ideas you want to achieve (e.g., control of a key break like e4 or c5, or targeting a weak dark-square in a minority attack). This reduces drift into tactical chaos when opponents press.
- Improve your handling of dynamic tactics. Some recent games show heavy exchanges and tactical shots. Build a routine for quick tactical scans on every move—check for forced trades that reduce opponent’s counterplay and keep you with a clear plan.
- Endgame readiness. A few games suggest you benefit from simplifying into favorable endgames. Practice basic rook endings, and learn two to three simple techniques (opposition, rook activity along open files, and king activity in king- and pawn-ending scenarios).
- Time management and consistency. One-month trend shows a slight short-term dip. Aim to make a compact initial plan for each game (3–4 candidate ideas) and budget a small amount of time each move to avoid time pressure near the middle game.
Practical training plan for the next 4 weeks
- Deepen two opening repertoires. Choose London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation and Colle: 3...e6 4.Bd3 c5 as your core lines. For each, prepare 5 key middlegame plans and 2 endgame transitions you’re aiming for.
- Weekly 2–3 focused tactical drills. Use short 5–10 minute drills to spot common motifs in your chosen openings (pawn breaks, piece maneuvers to outpost squares, and typical tactical nets in the middlegame).
- Endgame practice. Do at least 2 rook-and-pawn endings per week and 1 king-and-pawn endgame study. Learn the basic rules of opposition and rook activity on open files.
- Post-game reviews. After each rapid game, write 3 concrete lessons: what you did well, what caught you unprepared tactically, and one plan to avoid a similar issue in the future.
- Time management drill. Play 20–25 minute games with a strict plan: allocate a fixed amount of time for the first 15 moves and 1–2 tactical questions per game. Practice keeping a calm pace to avoid blunders as positions open up.
Next steps and quick wins
- Strengthen your carry-over plans from the opening to the middlegame. Write a short checklist for your two main openings with 3 target middlegame ideas each.
- Increase accuracy in tactical awareness by doing 15–20 minutes of daily calculation practice, focusing on recognizing forcing moves and trades in the middlegame.
- Continue leveraging your strongest openings but diversify your occasional choices to avoid predictable patterns. Experiment with one additional variation in each system and compare the results over a few games.
Notes on the data you provided
Your strength-adjusted win rate sits around 0.52, which is solid and suggests you’re making good decisions on average. The 1-month rating trend shows a small dip, but the 3- to 6-month trends are positive, indicating that longer-term improvements are taking hold. Use short-term stability tactics and long-term plan refinement to keep building momentum.