Диомид Спасов

Quick summary for Диомид Спасов

Nice progress — your rating jumped a lot recently and you’ve started finishing games with clean tactical wins. You show strong pattern recognition for mating nets, but you still lose too many games from tactical oversights and mixed opening choices. Below are targeted, practical steps to turn your strengths into consistent wins.

Highlights — what you do well

• You spot and execute mating patterns quickly. Your wins include classic attacking motifs: a bishop sac on the king side followed by knight/queen follow-ups, and a decisive knight fork to finish — excellent instincts for mating nets (see the bishop sac on h7 in one of your recent wins: Greek gift ).
• You convert tactical chances when they appear — you calculate forcing sequences deep enough to finish the game.
• Your recent rating trend and big month-over-month jump show you are learning fast. Keep the momentum.
• You play actively — you try to create threats rather than passively wait, which produces more winning chances.

Main weaknesses to fix

• Tactical oversights in non-forcing positions: you win when the position is forcing, but lose when subtle tactics go the other way. Spend time on quiet tactics (overloads, pins, discoveries), not only mates.
• Inconsistent opening choices: your openings performance shows many different lines and several poor results with the same defenses. That makes the middlegame unfamiliar and increases mistakes.
• King safety and back-rank / exposed-king issues: a number of losses come from openings or pawn moves that weaken the king; prioritize safe development and castling when appropriate.
• Endgame basics and simplification decisions: when materially equal or slightly worse, trading into simplifications might be safer than entering tactical complications you haven’t calculated fully.

Concrete technical advice (with examples)

• Study the bishop-sac + knight/queen finish pattern you used in your wins. Practice the motif “bishop takes h7 (or h2) — knight jumps to g5/f7 or e6 — queen joins” until it’s automatic. You can replay one of your finishing sequences here:
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• Before pushing pawns or launching attacks, ask three short questions: (1) Are my pieces developed? (2) Is my king safe? (3) What are the opponent’s checks or captures next? This prevents easy tactical refutations and saves you from creating holes.
• When the position is unclear, trade one pair of minor pieces to reduce tactics and simplify — especially if your king is a bit exposed.
• Watch square control: your knight jumps to f7/e6 were very effective because you created or exploited weak squares in the opponent’s camp. Learn to value outposts and avoid placing knights on the rim — remember: Knight on the rim is dim.

Opening plan — simplify and specialize

• Pick 1–2 openings for White and 1–2 defenses for Black and learn the typical middlegame plans rather than many sidelines. Your openers list shows many “Unknown” / mixed results — consistency will reduce early mistakes.
• If you like sharp play, keep the lines that lead to attacking chances (you do well there). If you prefer safer strategy, choose solid systems (for example, a simple e4 repertoire like the Italian or a London setup as White; a reliable reply like the French or a classical Sicilian as Black).
• Create a one-page cheat sheet for each opening with: typical pawn breaks, where your knights/bishops should go, common tactical shots, and typical endgame transitions.

Tactics & calculation training plan

• Daily: 20–30 minutes of tactics puzzles focused on mating motifs, forks, pins, and sacrifices. Prioritize puzzles that are not immediate mates to train calculation in quiet positions too.
• Weekly: Solve 5–10 longer puzzles where you must calculate 4–6 moves. Pause and write candidate moves before calculating — this prevents jumping to the first attractive move.
• After each game: annotate 3 critical moments (your move, opponent’s move, and an alternative) — ask “what I missed?” and replay the line without engine first, then check with engine for confirmation.

Practical tips for daily games

• When you see a forcing sequence (checks, captures, threats) — calculate it fully. Those are your strengths; convert them.
• If you’re worse or unclear, trade pieces or aim for simplification rather than speculative attacks.
• Keep a short post-mortem routine: 1) mark the move you regret most, 2) find the better move, 3) record the pattern to practice later.
• Use short study sessions (15–30 minutes) consistently — your rating jump shows that regular focused practice works for you.

Suggested short training plan (next 4 weeks)

• Weekdays: 20 min tactics (mix mates and quiet tactics), 10 min opening review (flashcards of typical plans).
• Weekend: 1 annotated game — play, then spend 30–45 minutes annotating without engine, then check with engine. Focus on one recurring mistake each week.
• Monthly goal: reduce losses by 25% by improving error-checking (checks/captures/threats) before finalizing moves.

Resources & small exercises

• Practice basic mates (queen+rook vs king, knight+knight rarely) and common endgames — a few 10–15 minute sessions will pay off.
• Revisit the two recent tactical finishes and write down the patterns on index cards (Bxh7+, knight-sacrifice to e6/f7). Review the cards daily until they’re automatic.
• Review the loss to Chess_Elizabeth: go through move 16–22 slowly and ask what allowed White’s piece activity; mark pawn moves that opened your king or left important squares undefended.

Motivation & next steps

You’re improving rapidly — an 825 increase in one month is impressive. Keep the training compact and consistent. Focus first on shoring up king safety, a small opening repertoire, and targeted tactics practice. After that, your natural attacking instincts will convert many more games into wins.

If you want, I can prepare a 4-week training calendar tailored to how much time you have per day and a short opening cheat-sheet for one White and one Black setup. Also tell me which of your recent wins you'd like a deeper move-by-move review of (I can show critical positions and alternatives).

Extras / quick links

• Replay your tactical win (bishop sac -> mating net): interactive PGN above.
• Opponent examples you beat recently: remy-rook-bot, madame-mate-bot
• Study tip: keep a one-line note for every game titled “main lesson” — after 20 games you’ll have a powerful personalized training list.