Coach Chesswick
Coaching Feedback for Manvel Arakelyan
Hi Manvel, I've reviewed your recent games and would like to share some constructive insights to help you improve your chess performance.
Strengths
- Opening Choices and Flexibility: You demonstrate good knowledge and variety in openings, especially in Chess960 games, which shows adaptability and creativity.
- Positional Understanding: Your maneuvering in the middlegame reflects solid understanding of piece activity and pawn structure, often keeping pressure on your opponents.
- Endgame Technique: When the material simplifies, you convert advantages well, as seen in several wins by precise and calm technique.
Areas for Improvement
- Time Management: In some games, particularly complex ones, your clock shows rapid time decrease towards the endgame. Improving your pace throughout the game will help avoid time trouble and avoid rushed blunders.
- Tactical Vigilance: A few losses came after tactical oversights or missed opportunities to simplify or defend. Working regularly on tactical puzzles could boost your alertness during calculation-heavy positions.
- Defensive Resourcefulness: When under pressure, try to focus on consolidating your position more effectively. Sometimes a more passive but secure setup is preferable over risky active play.
Suggestions for Training
- Incorporate daily tactical training to sharpen your calculation skills and spotting tactics promptly.
- Analyze your losses in depth—examine alternative defenses and moves that could have saved or improved your position.
- Practice longer time controls to develop better judgment on when to speed up and when to invest more time in critical moments.
- Study classical endgames to maintain and expand your technique arsenal for converting advantages reliably.
Final Thoughts
You're on a strong path with many positives in your games. Keep focusing on disciplined time usage and sharpening your tactical vision, and you will continue rising steadily. Consistency and reflection on critical moments will be key.
If you'd like, we can go over your latest notable win or loss together to spot specific moments and improvements—just ask!