Saa-Andrew

Personalised Feedback for Saa-Andrew

Quick Snapshot

• Current peak rapid rating: 1605 (2025-01-18)
• Strongest phase of the day: see

What You Are Doing Well

• Initiative-seeking style – your recent wins often come from early space-gaining pawn thrusts (g4/g5, a4/a5) that surprise opponents and create tactical chances.
• Open-file exploitation – in victories versus CatawithoneA and NRJ09 you doubled rooks or queens on open files quickly and converted pressure into material.
• Practical speed – even in 3 + 2 you keep ~40-50 s on the clock deep into the middlegame, allowing time to calculate critical tactics.

Patterns in Recent Losses

1. Early King Exposure
   • The loss to Wbijamtescia shows castling long into a half-open c-file followed by pawn storms against your own king. • Tip: before pushing flank pawns, ask “How many tempi does my king need to feel safe?” If the answer is >1, finish development first.
2. Unbalanced Piece Coordination
   • In several Sicilians you exchange dark-square bishops early (Bc4-Bxd6 / Bxe5) and later suffer on dark squares.
   • Drill: play 10 training games where you purposefully keep your dark-square bishop to learn the resulting structures.
3. Calculating Counter-shots
   • Example (vs. jonman75): after 21…Rfa8 your queen-side looked active but …h5-h4 & …Ne4 suddenly flipped the initiative.
   • Routine: when you consider a move, spend 3-5 s listing opponent forcing replies (checks, captures, threats) before committing.

Opening Map

These choices are fine, but aim for one mainline per colour so you can study plans deeply rather than memorising many sidelines.

Concrete Study Plan (Next 2 Weeks)

• Daily: 15 tactical puzzles focused on intermezzo and back-rank motifs. Use the “unrated” setting so you can retry positions.
• Every other day: play one 10 + 5 game without early pawn storms; review afterwards and annotate 3 critical moments with “Why not?” questions.
• Week-end: pick one GM game in your chosen opening and summarise the plan in 5 bullet points. (Look up tabiya if you’re unfamiliar with the concept.)

Tactic to Remember

The miniature below from your win against CatawithoneA is a perfect reminder to look for double attacks on queen & rook:

Friendly Challenges

Try inviting past opponents for rematches − e.g. wbijamtescia or nrj09 − and apply your new plans.

Final Thought

Your aggressive intuition is a rare asset; coupling it with a short “king safety & counter-shot” checklist before each tactical lunge will push you well beyond 1300-1400. Enjoy the journey, and feel free to ping me with any game you’d like analysed in depth!