Coach Chesswick
Rosangela dos Ramos – Personalized Coaching Feedback
1. Big-picture overview
• Current form: you are usually rated around 1805 (2021-08-22), and your wins frequently
come from energetic e4 openings that lead to sharp
middlegames.
• Losses: more than half of the recent defeats were “on time”, signalling a
clock-management issue rather than a pure chess deficit.
• Activity profile: see your own trends in
2. What you already do well
- Tactical eye – Nice use of intermediate moves such as 8.Rxe7+!! in the Two Knights win against donovan07.
- King safety awareness when castling long – Your Black wins with the Modern/Pirc show good feel for counter-attacking on dark squares after castling short.
- Practical opening choices – The “d3 & f4” system (KIA style) scores well for you and avoids heavy theory.
3. Recurrent problems to fix
- Time trouble
• Six of your last ten losses ended by flag or in positions you could still defend.
• You often spend ≥4 minutes in the first 10 moves even in familiar structures. - Pawns over-extended
• Pushes like h4–h5 or early b4 without support created holes the opponent exploited (see the loss vs megisss). - Endgame conversion
• A couple of won or equal rook endings were lost because of passive king and poor pawn structure. Basic rook-endgame drills will add 30–40 rating points fast. - Opening redundancy
• As Black you alternate between the Modern, Pirc and Caro-Kann. None is bad, but dividing study time among three defences slows deep progress.
4. Action plan (next 4 weeks)
| Focus | Drill / Resource | Goal |
|---|---|---|
| Clock handling | Play 10 games of 5 + 5 with the rule “move 10 by 4:30”. Review only obvious blunders afterwards. | Reduce average time per move in the opening to 8–10 s. |
| Tactics | Solve 20 rated puzzles daily. Stop after 3 consecutive errors. | Raise puzzle rating by +150. |
| Endgames | Study Lucena, Philidor and “rook vs. pawn” setups; then practise 15 sparring positions vs. the computer. | Convert a pawn-up rook ending ≥80 % of the time. |
| Opening depth | Commit to one Black defence (recommend the Caro-Kann). Build a 12-move “map” and play it exclusively for two weeks. | Reach +55 % score with Caro-Kann positions. |
5. Quick demonstration corner
Below is a condensed motif you executed perfectly; keep repeating ideas like these:
[[Pgn|1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Qe7 7.Nxc6 dxc6 8.Rxe7+ Bxe7 9.Be2|fen|rnbqk2r/ppp2ppp/2pnb3/1B6/4P3/8/PPPPBPPP/RNBQ1RK1 b kq - 4 9]]6. Motivational closer
Your attacking flair already produces brilliancies. Pair it with sharper time discipline and a narrower opening focus, and you should push past 1800 rapid in short order. Train smart, keep the pieces active, and enjoy the climb!