Coach Chesswick
Overview
Your recent blitz results show an impressive tactical eye and the courage to enter double-edged positions. With a current peak of you are already competing at master level. The two charts below confirm that you score best during specific hours and days—use this data to schedule rated sessions when you are freshest.
What already works
- Dynamic pawn breaks. In the Sicilian win against Egor Bykov you timed …d5 perfectly, activating every piece and forcing resignation within five moves.
- Piece activity over material. Your Chigorin victory featured the thematic …g5 and …Ba6 exchange sacrifice, showing excellent understanding of initiative.
- Practical calculation. Under extreme time pressure you still found the forcing sequence …Rd1+ and …Rc1+ to finish endgames swiftly.
Recurring issues & fixes
- Clock management. Five of the last seven losses were on time (e.g. versus trainningac and Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage), often from level or better positions.
Fix: Adopt a 30-20-10 rule (≥30 s after the opening, ≥20 s entering an endgame, ≥10 s for conversion). Drill 10-second tactic sprints and play winning rook-endgames against an engine starting from 20 s each. - Spanish structures with Black. Against Oliver Dimakiling you followed …Kh8, …Nd8, …c6, giving White a free hand in the centre and weakening dark squares with …f6.
Fix: Switch to the modern line 9…Re8 10.Re1 Bf8 or study the “Spanish Hedgehog” plan (…b5, …Bb7, …c5). - Over-extension in Trompowsky/London setups. Games versus Takao2020 and TrainningAc show early pawn storms (f4-g4-h4) before king safety was ensured.
Fix: Delay Bxf6 until Black commits to …h6 and avoid pushing both g- and h-pawns unless a concrete tactic exists. - Endgame technique. The rook-plus-pawns win against Irakli Beradze required 50+ moves and almost flagged. Cleaner paths (e.g. outside passed a-pawn) were available.
Fix: Review 20 basic rook endings from Dvoretsky and play themed endgame sparring sessions.
Opening snapshot
- Black vs 1.e4: Sicilian Taimanov & Berlin sidelines.
- Black vs 1.d4/Nf3: Chigorin-style QP systems.
- White: Trompowsky, Réti. —Adding one main-line choice (Catalan with White or Classical Sicilian with Black) would reduce prep variance.
Study positions for the week
- Loss vs chargemax23: after 22.Ne5 Nf4? — find why 22…f6! equalises.
- Loss vs TrainningAc: after 28…Rxd4 — calculate the defensive resource you missed.
- Win vs Bykov_Egor: after 17…d5! — analyse how every Black piece springs to life.
Action plan
- Play three 15|10 games focusing solely on clock discipline; self-annotate.
- Solve 50 tactics featuring double-attacks and back-rank motifs.
- Create a one-page Berlin Defence file and review before each rated session.
Keep the dynamic style but tighten time usage and positional patience. Once these areas improve, surpassing your current is well within reach.