Coach Chesswick
Hi sanmanp – personalised coaching notes
1. What you already do well
- Attacking instinct – you spot tactical hits such as 11.Bxd5! and Qxh7# and convert many winning positions.
- Quick castling as White – in most games you castle by move 10, giving your king an early safety net.
- Piece activity – bishops on c4 and knights on g5 often pose real problems for your opponents.
2. Biggest improvement priorities
- King safety as Black • Four of your last five losses featured an exposed king (…Kh7–g7 vs parid_rubyanto, …Kh8 vs THEFLAIME). • Castle by move 10 and postpone pawn moves such as …gxf6, …h6, …f5 until then.
- Count before you capture In the loss to parid_rubyanto, 18…Rxf2 walked into g-pawn promotion. Before grabbing material ask, “What is the next check, capture or threat against me?”
- Sound openings with Black 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Bc5?! leaves f7 weak. Replace it with a main-line choice: • 2…Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 (Ruy Lopez) or • 2…Nf6 (the Petrov Defence).
- Time management Two recent games were lost on time in balanced positions. Try to keep ≥60 s on the clock by move 20; if you slip below that, simplify instead of hunting perfection.
3. Two-week training plan
- Daily: solve 15 puzzles focusing on pins, forks and the discovered attack.
- Build a mini-repertoire:
• White – learn the first 6 moves of the Italian (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4).
• Black – choose the Scandinavian (1.e4 d5) or classical 1.e4 e5 systems and follow them to move 10. - After each game, save one critical position and spend 5 minutes analysing “my 3 candidate moves”.
- Endgame: practise the Lucena and Philidor rook-and-pawn techniques for 10 minutes every other day.
4. Snapshot of your last win
Key moment: 11.Bxd5! deflected the c6-knight and won material. Keep searching for similar overload motifs.5. Stats corner
Peak rapid rating: 1216 (2024-11-23)Hour-by-hour results:
Win rate by day:
6. Next milestone
Reach 900 rapid within the next 30 games by:- Reducing blunders to <1.5 per game (current average ≈3).
- Ensuring you have castled and connected your rooks by move 12 in every game.
Good luck, keep the pieces coordinated, and message me after your next 10 games so we can review your progress!