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Quick overview

Nice run recently — you're creating real attacking chances, converting tactics, and your rating trend over the last 6–12 months shows solid improvement. A few recurring patterns cost you games (time usage and allowing counterplay). Below I highlight what you do well, the recurring problems, concrete fixes, and a short training plan you can follow this week.

Highlights from recent games

• Win vs luca_hofpower — decisive tactical finish: you punished a loose back rank and finished with a mating blow (queen sac / back‑rank tactic). Good pattern recognition and finishing instinct.
• Win vs hacoi1763 — you played actively on the queenside, created a passed pawn and simplified into a winning material advantage. Nice use of space and concrete pawn play.
• Win vs swaday — steady pressure and accurate piece play; you converted after creating weaknesses around the opponent’s king.
• Loss vs mooloo6 — this one is instructive: an aggressive approach left the king open to a direct rook infiltration and back‑rank/exit problems. The final sequence shows how fast counterplay (and a distracted king) can flip the game.

Recurring strengths (keep doing these)

• Active attacking play — you look for forcing opportunities and know how to create threats against the king.
• Tactical awareness — you spot forks, overloaded pieces and mating nets quickly in many games.
• Opening choices that score well — you do especially well with openings like Scandinavian, Caro-Kann and Center. Lean on these lines.
• Ability to convert material/pawn advantages into wins — you don’t panic in the transition to the endgame.

Main weaknesses to fix

• Time management: a few wins were on time and a couple of games show time pressure decisions. Practice using your clock earlier — don’t spend a huge chunk on non-critical moves.
• Allowing counterplay / rook infiltration: several losses came from leaving open files or not giving the king an escape square. Watch for opponent rook activity on open files (especially c- and d-files).
• Back‑rank and king safety: when you attack, make sure your own back rank is safe and that you’re not walking into tactical back-rank shots.
• Opening choices to avoid: the data shows worse results with the Australian Defense in your games. If you play it often, either tighten the lines you use or replace it with a better-scoring choice from your repertoire.

Concrete fixes — what to practice this week

• Daily tactics (15–20 minutes): focus on back‑rank mates, pins, skewers and overloads. Do mixed puzzles until you reach 85% accuracy on back‑rank themes.
• Game review (twice this week): pick two losses and identify the single decisive mistake in each game. Limit each review to 20 minutes — find the turning point and write one sentence on how you would have changed the plan.
• Endgame & king safety drill (2× per week): practice simple rook endgames and basic king escape patterns. Learn to create luft and give your king a flight square before committing to pawn storms.
• Time control training: play two rapid games with the same time control but force yourself to reach move 20 with 6+ minutes remaining — practice quick, accurate decisions in the opening and early middlegame.
• Opening focus: consolidate openings that score well for you — study typical plans in the Scandinavian and Caro-Kann rather than expanding into many new systems this month.

Simple in-game checklist (use every turn)

• Are any of my pieces hanging or can they be pinned/skewered next move?
• Does my king have an escape square? Any back‑rank tactics available to the opponent?
• What is my opponent threatening immediately? (If more than one move, calculate both.)
• Will this exchange reduce or increase opponent’s counterplay (especially rooks on open files)?
• If short on time: pick the safe candidate move that keeps the position simple and avoids tactics you may miss under the clock.

Short annotated example (study this)

Final sequence from your loss vs mooloo6 — study it to see the pattern of a king being chased and a rook sliding into c1 for mate (great learning moment about leaving the c-file / back rank open):

Weekly plan (actionable)

• Monday: 20 min tactics (back‑rank focus) + 1 rapid game (practice time control).
• Wednesday: Review two recent losses (20 minutes each). Note one turning point per game.
• Friday: 20 min endgame drill + study typical plans in Center and Caro-Kann (15–20 min).
• Weekend: Play 3 rapid games and apply the checklist. After each loss, write one sentence identifying the decisive error.

Closing & next steps

You're trending upward overall — keep the attacking instinct, but slow down in critical moments and tighten king safety. If you want, I can:

• Annotate one of the recent games move‑by‑move with concrete improvements.
• Give a short opening plan for the Scandinavian or Caro-Kann tailored to your style.

Which would you like first? (I recommend annotating the loss vs mooloo6 — it has the richest lessons.)