Sparsh Jaiswal

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What you already do well

• Tactical Awareness. Your win against bakyt-nurtegin (see the miniature below) shows sharp calculation in messy positions.
• Activity over Material. In several wins you willingly return material (e.g. 27.b5!! in the game above) to keep the initiative. This “pressure first, count later” style suits Blitz well.
• Piece Coordination in the Middlegame. Maneuvers such as Nd6–f5 or doubling rooks on open files appear frequently and produce concrete threats.

Top improvement areas (ranked)

1. King Safety & Pawn Structure.
   • The most recent loss versus cablecatter ended with Qxf8# after an early …g6 and …b5 that loosened both flanks.
   • In other defeats you played …g5 or …h5 without your pieces ready to protect the newly-weakened light squares.
   Action plan:
   • Before pushing a wing pawn ask: “Will at least two pieces guard the squares it leaves behind?”
   • Add 10 minutes of daily puzzle rush themed on “Back-rank & king safety.”
2. Time Management.
   • Two recent losses came by flagging in equal or better endings.
   Action plan:
   • Play one 15|10 game every session; force yourself to use ≥50 % of your clock by move 20.
   • Adopt a simple three-candidate-move scan whenever you have >20 seconds.
3. Opening Discipline.
   • As Black against 1.e4 you alternate between solid …e5 set-ups and adventurous …g6 systems without a clear repertoire.
   • Early queen sorties (e.g. …Qa5+ on move 4) concede tempo and sometimes the initiative.
   Action plan:
   • Pick one main defence (recommendation: Caro-Kann or classical …e5).
   • Memorise the first five moves plus plans, not just sequences.
   • Review your openings weekly with the “game explorer” and create a compact .pgn of model games.
4. End-game Technique.
   • The timeout versus johnkirkstein reached a rook ending where converting earlier advantages would have avoided the scramble.
   Action plan:
   • Drill basic rook endings: Lucena, Philidor, Vancura.
   • Play “winning-endgame-only” bots and set a 30-second increment to rehearse technique under time pressure.

Training Dashboard

Peak Blitz rating: 1462 (2023-09-06)  |  Daily performance by hour:

Quick Reference Concepts

• zugzwang   • back-rank weakness   • pawn structure   • initiative

Next-week Challenge

1. Play 5 rapid (15|10) games, focusing on king safety—no wing pawn pushes before castling.
2. Finish 30 rated puzzles with a 75 % hit rate.
3. Annotate two of your own games (one win, one loss) and summarise three lessons from each.

Stay curious, keep your king safe, and good luck reaching your next milestone!