Vania Fausto da T Vilhete WIM

Overview

Nice work, Vania — you’re playing actively and your one‑month momentum is positive (+41). Your long‑term history shows you can reach strong ratings and you keep a near‑50% Strength Adjusted Win Rate, which means your play is fundamentally sound. Recent results show the pattern: good opening preparation (especially in the Slav and some Sicilian lines), but occasional tactical oversights and time/decision noise that cost games.

What you’re doing well

• Opening preparation: You get comfortable positions out of the opening — your Slav Defense performance is excellent. (Slav)
• Active piece play: You look for central breaks and piece activity — in your recent win you used a pawn break to open lines and then infiltrated with the queen and rooks.
• Converting chances: When extra material or a passed pawn appears you are willing to press and convert (you grabbed queenside pawns and used them to increase pressure).
• Volume & experience: Your large game count and variety of openings give you lots of practical pattern recognition to draw on.

Most useful stats to act on

• Slav Defense: strong win rate (~55%) — keep using it and deepen one or two sidelines. (Slav)
• Sicilian family: heavy usage — Najdorf close to 50% but Closed Sicilian shows slightly weaker results, so pick one Sicilian line to clean up. (Sicilian)
• Short term trend: +41 this month, but -138 over 3–6 months — your form swings. Focused practice (tactics + simple endgames) can stabilise rating swings.

Concrete problems to fix (and how)

• Missed tactics around knight forks and checks — before every move check for checks, captures and threats. Quick checklist: “are there any checks? any captures? any threats against my king or loose pieces?”
• Overlooking opponent tactical resources after pawn pushes — when you push in the center/file confirm you haven't weakened a key square or created forks for their knights/bishops.
• Time use / blitz habits — your blitz is solid but occasional fast moves lead to simple blunders. Try to keep 3–4 seconds for critical decisions (captures, forced sequences).
• Defensive coordination — in some losses your pieces weren’t covering back‑rank or key squares. Simple prophylaxis (creating luft, avoiding undefended pins) helps a lot in blitz.

Immediate practical checklist (use during games)

• Before you move: 1) Any checks I can give? 2) Any captures? 3) Any direct threats against my king/loose pieces?
• When attacking: make sure attacked squares are covered; don’t grab a pawn unless you’ve checked for tactics that reverse material.
• In time trouble: trade to simplify if ahead; avoid risky sacrifices unless there’s a forced win or clear compensation.

Short study plan (4 weeks)

• Daily (15–25 min): Tactics puzzles focusing on forks, pins and knight tactics — target accuracy over speed.
• 3× per week (20–40 min): One short endgame (king+pawn vs king, basic rook endings) — you win many games by converting small advantages.
• Weekly (30–60 min): Pick one opening line to deepen — for example, a concrete Slav sideline and one Sicilian anti‑Closed reply. Practice typical middlegame plans, not only moves. (Slav)
• Game review: After a session of 5–10 blitz games, spend 10 minutes reviewing 1 loss and 1 win with an engine or coach — identify the move that changed the evaluation and why.

Notes from your recent games — quick, high‑value takeaways

Win vs babyboyharju — Slav structure

• What went well: You opened the center at the right moment, traded to create a passed pawn and used queen + rook activity to grab material on the queenside (Qxb7, Qxa7). You kept pressure and your opponent resigned under combined material and positional threats.
• Improve: when winning material, keep checking for perpetual or back‑rank counterplay; always lookout for queen checks before pushing pawns in conversion.
• Study point: continue the plan of opening lines when you have better piece activity — it paid here. Review one typical Slav pawn break each week.

Loss vs samerist — tactical collapse

• What happened: a knight tactic (Nxe7+ style) and follow‑up tactics decided the game quickly. Allowing the opponent’s knight into the vicinity of your king and failing to parry the fork was the critical issue.
• Fix: when your opponent sacces on g6/Nxe7 or similar, pause and calculate the forced capture sequences — do not assume your capture is safe until you see the opponent’s reply chain.

Other recent losses

• Some resignations came from being out of coordination and getting checkmated or losing big material — often after an aggressive opening by the opponent. Practice defence and piece coordination in the early middlegame (moves 10–20).

Practical training micro‑tasks (today)

• 15 puzzles: focus only on knight forks and double attacks (accuracy target: 80%+).
• 5-minute review: open your win vs babyboyharju and find the single turning move for both sides.
• 1 blitz set (5–10 games): apply the "checks/captures/threats" checklist before each move — annotate 1 loss for 3 minutes afterwards.

Encouragement & next steps

Your recent one‑month gain shows you’re trending up when focused. Stabilize with small, repeatable routines: a daily tactical set, one opening to deepen, and a short post‑game review habit. If you want, I can build a personalized 4‑week tactic set or review one of the recent games move‑by‑move — tell me which game (opponent name) you'd like a deeper post‑mortem on.

Good luck — keep the momentum, focus on simple checks/captures/threats, and the rating will follow.