Coach Chesswick
Hi Sidhant! đź‘‹
Snapshot of your current blitz form
- Personal best: 2762 (2025-02-11) – an elite level already.
- When you win most often:
- Your “good” and “tough” days:
What you’re already doing exceptionally well
- Flexible opening menu. 1 Nf3 & Bf4/Reti structures keep opponents guessing. Your Catalan win against Alex King shows you know how to steer positions into middlegames you understand.
- Sharp tactical vision. The 19…g5–g4 thrust vs. Akeem Brown demonstrates precise calculation of forcing lines and confidence in pawn storms.
- Practical defending. In several worse positions you found resourceful counter-shots (…Nd5 ideas, repeated zwischenzugs) that either equalised or turned the tables.
Opportunities to score even more points
- Time-management. Five of your last ten decisive games (both wins & losses) were settled by the clock. You often reach ‟critical mass” positions with <10 s, leaving no room to convert technical wins (e.g. vs. ykam78 and Zurability).
Quick fix: Decide on a move in 15 s, spend the extra 10 s only if the position is sharp. Train with 1 | 1 games to force instant pattern recognition. - Conversion technique in simplified endings. Lost endgames against wild3000 and eljanov were objectively drawable earlier. You missed chances to activate the king and trade into won pawn endings.
Training menu (30 min / week):
– 25 rook+pawn studies (Silman’s “100 Endgames” §§82-106).
– Play ‟rook & knight vs. rook” against a table-base bot until you hold 10/10. - Handling early …d4 strikes in the Reti. In the ykam78 game the 3…d4 4…c5 structure gave Black the initiative. Study:
– 4.e3 dxe3 5.fxe3 !? (top engine line).
– 4.b4 (Morozevich gambit style) to catch opponents off-guard. - Strategic clarity vs. the London set-ups. In your loss to eljanov you entered an IQP position but then drifted. Two models to copy:
– Carlsen–So, Wijk 2023 (…d5-d4 break).
– Giri–Aronian, Stavanger 2022 (early …g6 and …Nh5-f4).
Four-week improvement plan
| Focus | Tool / Drill | Weekly Time |
|---|---|---|
| Clock discipline | Play 10 bullet games, review only moves made <1 s | 30 min |
| Endgame technique | Lichess table-base trainer, rook+minor piece vs pawns | 60 min |
| Opening patch | Analyse 3…d4 Reti lines with engine, build a mini-file | 45 min |
| Tactics (defensive) | Custom puzzle set: “Find only the *non-obvious* save” | 15 min daily |
Motivational checkpoint
Your attacking win vs. AlexanderKing is still fresh:
Lock-in the feeling from that game, and apply the tweaks above – breaking 2800 blitz is well within reach!
Good luck, and keep enjoying the grind!
– Your Chess Coach 🤝