sdah24

Personalised feedback for sdah24

Your current peak rapid rating is 822 (2025-04-21). The games you recently played give a clear picture of your strengths and the specific adjustments that will help you climb toward 800-900 and beyond.

What you already do well

• Tactical eyesight. You spot basic mating patterns quickly (e.g.
  
  ) and punish early queen sorties from opponents (khanifa_2024 resigned on move 3!).
• Willingness to attack. The h-pawn pushes with Black show healthy fighting spirit and make many opponents uncomfortable.
• Converting large material leads. In the 68-move win vs bard-gyang you stayed patient and avoided stalemate despite multiple queen promotions.

Priority areas for improvement

1. Develop before you storm.
   Most of your losses start with an early queen move or pawn thrust that ignores the centre and delays castling.
   Example:
   
   – after trading queens you had three undeveloped pieces and were mated on the back rank.
   Action: For the next 20 games, set a personal rule: No queen moves and no pawn moves outside the c-, d-, e-files until your minor pieces and king are safe.
2. Piece coordination.
   Re-moving the same piece (♞b8-c6-a5-b7…) and parking rooks on a8/h8 keeps them out of the game. Think “all pieces play”.
   Action: After move 10 in any game, pause and ask, “Which of my pieces is not helping yet?” Activate it on the next two moves.
3. Basic endgames.
   You won the long queen endgame, but there were faster mates and you allowed perpetual-check chances.
   Action: Spend 10-15 min/day on king-&-pawn vs king drills; learn the idea of the opposition and “square of the pawn”.
4. Opening structure.
   Relying on Philidor/Pirc structures with …Bg4/…h5 is fun but risky. A solid alternative will give you variety.
   Action: Learn a 4-move “starter kit”:
   • With White: Italian Game  (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5).
   • With Black: Classical Pirc  (1.e4 d6 2.d4 ♞f6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 ♝g7 5.Be2 O-O).
   Play them for two weeks, focusing on quick development, centre control, king safety.

Training plan (4-week outline)

Useful references

• Opening principles: tempo, development, centre, king-safety.
• Why back-rank mates happen: weak dark-square control & rook activity (...Rd8 in the loss vs darkgamer2239 came too late).
• Endgame key words: opposition, square of the pawn, shouldering.

Progress trackers

Use these charts once a week to make sure your practice is paying off:

Final thought

Your attacking instincts are a great asset—keep them! By adding a layer of disciplined development and endgame technique, you will convert more advantages and reduce the quick tactical losses. See you at 800+ soon—good luck!