Roktim Bandyopadhyay IM

Hi Roktim Bandyopadhyay!

Your Current Snapshot

• Peak blitz rating so far:
• Peak rapid rating so far:
• Typical session times: see
• Day-to-day consistency: see

What You’re Doing Well

1. Fast tactical vision. In your win against arianlondon8 you spotted 8…Nxd4! to seize the initiative while still inside the first 10 moves. Your games are full of accurate one-move shots and you rarely miss obvious forks or skewers.
2. Flexible opening repertoire. You switch comfortably between 1…e5, Philidor-type structures and dynamic Indian-set-ups. This makes you unpredictable and prevents opponents from reaching their home preparation.
3. Kingside pressure as Black. Many of your decisive games feature …Bg4, …Nh5 and …f5/f4 breaks that punish slow play. This shows healthy attacking instincts.
4. Practical conversion in messy endgames. Your checkmate on move 65 versus Bat Man proves you can keep converting even in very low time.

Main Improvement Themes

1. Time Management (critical)

You won six of the last ten games on the clock but also lost five the same way. Being permanently in Zeitnot forces you into “blitz-every-move” mode and increases blunder rates late in the game.

• Adopt a 30 | 30 | 40 % rule: aim to have 70 % of your clock still available after move 15.
• Use the opponent’s time for candidate-move generation instead of relaxing.
• Play one daily 10 | 0 game where the sole goal is to keep >50 % of your initial time after move 20.

2. Central Tension & Pawn Structures

Your recent loss vs vietnambro (A41) highlights a recurring theme: releasing the tension too early (10.dxe5?!) or creating irreparable holes (22.e5? leading to …fxe5 …e4). Learn to ask: “Who benefits if the centre opens now?”

Black’s minor pieces flooded the light squares and the d-pawn later became a monster.

Recommendation:

• Study 20 positions from the book Pawn Power (or any pawn-structure workbook). Focus on IQP, Carlsbad and Stonewall setups, which appear frequently in your games.
• During play, verbalise: “Keep, close or open the centre?” before committing.

3. End-Game Technique

Even though you eventually won the long queen endgame against TheBenjeyy200, optimal play would have finished 15 moves earlier with 54.Qf3+! instead of the wandering king manoeuvre. Similar hesitations cost you the game vs Irving Axel Sanchez Salazar Chavarria where a drawn rook ending slipped away.

• Daily drill: 3 x R+P vs R and Q vs P endings on the Lichess/Chess.com end-game tool.
• Memorise the basic drawing and winning zones for Lucena and Philidor rook endings.

4. Opening Depth

Your variety is great, but some lines lack depth past move 10. Example: in the Philidor (1…d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3…d6) you missed the thematic break …d5 when equalising and instead drifted into a passive structure that later collapsed on time.

• Create a one-page “critical tabiya” sheet for each colour: typical plans, pawn breaks, piece placement.
• Play three thematic sparring games starting from move 8 of each tabiya with a training partner or the computer.

Personalised Action Plan (Next 14 Days)

1. Alternate daily between 5-minute tactics (Puzzle Rush) and 15-minute strategy videos on pawn structures.
2. Replace one speed game with a 15 | 10 or 10 | 5 game annotated afterwards—focus on clock usage.
3. Add two end-game studies to your warm-up routine; share your solutions in the club forum for feedback.
4. Review every decisive game (win or loss) for only three turning points; log them in a spreadsheet so patterns become visible.

Motivation Corner

Your blend of creative aggression and tactical sharpness already puts you in the top few percent of online players. By shoring up the three technical gaps above, the jump from 2400 → 2500 blitz is realistic before the end of the season. Keep attacking—but do it on a solid time foundation!

Good luck with your training, and feel free to ping me after your next 50 games for a progress check-in.