Coach Chesswick
Hi Christine, here is some personalised feedback to help you keep improving!
At-a-glance
- Current form: solid 1500–1600 range with regular decisive results.
- Peaked at 2017 (2019-04-25) recently – evidence that your overall level is rising.
- Your activity chart shows healthy practice sessions: .
Your key strengths
- Tactical alertness – you often spot forcing sequences (e.g. 21.Rc7! in your latest win) and aren’t afraid to calculate concrete lines.
- Piece activity – you routinely place rooks on open files and knights on central outposts, keeping pressure on the opponent.
- Fighting spirit – many victories come from holding complex positions and playing until the very end of the game clock.
Biggest improvement opportunities
- Time management – several losses are flagged “game abandoned / time”. Try mini time-checks every 5 moves so you do not drift into time trouble.
- Opening depth – you play many systems (Queen’s Pawn, Colle, Sicilian, Ruy Lopez, Philidor…). Narrow the repertoire to 1-2 main lines so you can reach middlegames you really understand.
- King safety & pawn pushes – in the loss vs SvitoL your 10.g4 weakened the light squares. Ask yourself before every pawn move: “Does this create new holes near my king?” prophylaxis.
- End-game conversion – several wins were on time rather than checkmate. Regularly practise basic rook- and pawn-endgames so you can convert faster and with confidence.
Opening snapshot
• With White, the early
• With Black, you meet 1.d4 with …d5 and an immediate …c5 (Marshall / Tarrasch ideas). Consider studying a model game by Capablanca to appreciate typical pawn breaks and move orders.
Concrete training plan (4-week sample)
| Focus | Weekly goal |
|---|---|
| Opening | Memorise 10 critical moves in your main lines; create a flash-card deck. |
| Tactics | 30 puzzles/day filtered for “<1300 tempo” to drill pattern speed. |
| Endgame | Play 15 rook-and-pawn studies against the engine; record win/loss. |
| Practical play | Five 10 + 5 rapid games, annotate one deeply each weekend. |
Recent game examples
Click to replay your most recent victory (tactical finish)
Click to replay a recent loss (lesson in king safety)
Next steps
- Analyse one of your own games every day for a week; ask “Where was the last safe move?”
- Schedule a thematic sparring match vs maitreraptor42 focusing on the Queen’s Gambit structures.
- Revisit this dashboard monthly – the trend graph will keep you accountable.
Keep up the hard work, stay curious, and enjoy the journey!