Sjain33

Hi Sjain33! – Your Personalized Chess Feedback

Quick Snapshot

• Current form: aggressive, tactical, but occasionally reckless.
• Favourite weapon: early queen raids (Wayward Queen, Grob ideas, Petroff gambit lines).
• Highest recorded rating so far: 688 (2024-06-09).
• Typical play-time patterns: see

1. Opening Choices – Harness Your Aggression

• Pros: Your opponents often panic against 2.Qh5 and early Qx… tricks, giving you quick wins on the lower boards.
• Cons: Stronger opponents simply gain tempo, chase the queen and finish development first. Recent loss vs kanvitha is a textbook example.
• Action plan:
  1. Keep the surprise lines as a side arm, but build a mainline repertoire that follows the “develop, castle, fight for the centre” recipe. Try:
     • As White: Italian Game (3.Bc4 4.Nf3) or Scotch Game.
     • As Black vs 1.e4: Scandinavian is fine if you know it well, otherwise sample the Caro-Kann for a solid backbone.
  2. When you do play Wayward Queen, set yourself a hard rule: Queen must return to safety by move 8 unless it’s mating.

2. Calculation & Tactics – Cut the Oversights

The majority of your defeats come from missing one-move tactics in otherwise acceptable positions.

• Daily routine: 15–20 mins on a puzzle set that focuses on double attacks, pins, and back-rank mates. Track your hit rate weekly.
• Whenever you see a forcing capture (especially with the queen), run a quick “checks-captures-threats” scan before playing it.

3. Time Management

• Four recent games were decided by flag. Adopt a two-phase clock rule:
  1. Opening & early middlegame: try not to drop below 80 % of your starting time until your king is castled.
  2. Under 2 minutes: simplify. Trade queens or force perpetuals instead of chasing elusive checkmates.
• Practise 10|5 games once in a while; the increment trains you to finish won positions smoothly.

4. Converting Advantages

You are great at winning material but sometimes let counter-play slip (see win vs reckelator2000 where the position was winning long before the flag). Make it a habit to:

1. Activate all pieces before hunting pawns.
2. Trade queens when ahead by > 3 points unless you have a direct attack.
3. Centralise the king in queenless endings.

5. Suggested Study Ladder (4 weeks)

1. Week 1: Build mainline opening notes on one White & one Black system (max 10 moves deep).
2. Week 2: Tactical sprint – 150 puzzles, focus on forks & skewers.
3. Week 3: Endgame basics – king & pawn versus king, Lucena, and Philidor.
4. Week 4: Play 20 games with your new openings, annotate 5 of them, and compare to engine suggestions.

Final Thoughts

Your creativity and fighting spirit are clear strengths. Balance them with disciplined development and tighter calculation, and you’ll push past your current ceiling quickly. Enjoy the journey, and feel free to reach out any time you’d like deeper analysis of a specific game!