Coach Chesswick
Hi Sigappi Kannappan!
Below is personalised, constructive feedback based on your recent games, together with an action-plan to keep your rating climbing.
Quick Stats
Peak Blitz rating: 1575 (2020-05-23) | Peak Rapid rating: 1572 (2018-05-15)
Your Key Strengths
- Tactical Awareness. In your win against sandeepoxford you punished 6…f6? in the Stafford line with the crisp sequence 8.Bxh6 gxh6 9.Qh5+, forcing the black king into the open.
- Piece Activity. You often complete development quickly and seize open files (e.g. 17.Rae1 / 18.Rxe1 in the same game), keeping constant pressure.
- Fighting Spirit. Even when endgames get messy you continue to search for winning chances; the queen vs. rook & pawns ending was converted methodically.
Improvement Targets
- Time Management. Several losses were “won on time”. Try the “40-20-40” rule: 40 % of your clock for the opening, 20 % for the middlegame transition, 40 % for the endgame.
- King Safety & Over-extension. In the loss to jaym799 your queenside pawn storm (13.b4 & 17.c5) left dark-square holes. After 24…Rf7 Black doubled on the f-file and mated. Before launching pawns, ask “What is my opponent’s plan?”
- Know Your Defences. With Black you favour the Sicilian Dragon set-up but sometimes miss standard ideas (…h5, …Rc8, …Qa5). A quick repertoire refresh will save you tempo and clock time.
- Endgame Technique. You won the queen ending vs. s0c7, but allowed unnecessary counter-play. Drill basic queen vs. rook / pawn endings so conversion becomes automatic.
Concrete Action Plan
- Opening Homework (15 min/day)
• Review the mainline Dragon with a short video or notes.
• Add one solid fallback vs. 1.e4 (e.g. French Defence or a positional Sicilian line). - Tactics Sprint (10 min/day)
Push Puzzle Rush until you comfortably score your current best + 5. Focus on patterns involving double attacks and back-rank mates, which cost you vs. jaym799. - Endgame Mini-course (3 positions per session)
Train queen vs. pawn, rook vs. pawn and basic king-and-pawn races on an interactive board. - Annotated Self-Review (once a week)
Pick one win and one loss, add short comments (“I played this quickly & regretted it”). You’ll spot recurring blind spots faster than any coach can tell you.
Motivational Snapshot
Since reaching 1575 (2020-05-23) you’re already scoring >55 % with White. Sharpening the areas above should push that to 60 % and carry Black results with it.
Good luck, enjoy the journey, and remember: every move is a chance to learn!