Tuduetso Sabure WGM

Training Report for Tuduetso Sabure

Your Current Strengths

• Sharp tactical eye – you often spot opportunities on f7/f2 or along open files and convert them quickly.
• Fearless attitude – you do not hesitate to play pawn storms (g- and h-pawns) or launch an early attack.
• Opening variety – experimenting with the Pirc, Caro-Kann, Sicilian and off-beat lines helps you learn many structures early.

Key Areas to Improve

1. Early queen excursions. Moves such as 2.Qg4, 3.Qf3, 2.Qh5 give the opponent free tempo to attack your queen and overtake you in development. Try to delay your queen’s first move until your minor pieces are active and you have castled.
2. King safety. In several games your king stayed in the centre (Kd1, Kf1) or castled late. A practical rule is “castle by move 10 unless you win material or give mate.” This single habit will neutralise many blitz tricks against you.
3. Central control. In the loss vs dimasnoobas you allowed White to occupy e4-d4-c3 while Black’s pawns (c6–d6) blocked your own pieces. Fight for the centre earlier with …e5, …c5 or timely pawn breaks.
4. Piece activity over pawn grabbing. Captures like 5.Qxb5 (Grob game) won a pawn but let Black gain huge activity. Ask yourself “what will my opponent do next?” before accepting loose material.
5. End-game technique. Because many games finish in tactical mates, your end-game practice is limited. Ten minutes a day on basic king-and-pawn endings and rook activity will boost your conversion rate.

Opening Recommendations

• With White: adopt the Italian Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4). It keeps the queen at home, develops pieces naturally and still offers plenty of tactics.
• With Black vs 1.e4: specialise in the Caro-Kann or a single main-line Sicilian; depth beats breadth.
• Against 1.d4: start with the solid Queen’s Gambit Declined to improve your grasp of classical pawn tension.

Critical Position Exercise

From your loss against dimasnoobas (moves 1-12 shown). Black to move – what plan keeps equality?

Hint: 12…d5! strikes the centre immediately and activates every piece.

Statistics Snapshot

Rapid peak rating: 1705 (2021-12-19)
Blitz peak rating: 1731 (2021-12-19)

When You Play Best

Explore your performance trends below:

Two-Week Action Plan

• Play ten rapid games (15 + 10), aiming to castle by move 10 in every game.
• Annotate each game, focusing on one decision you would change.
• Solve 50 tactics (themes: double attack, pin, discovered attack).
• Memorise the first eight moves of your chosen White and Black main lines.
• Review three losses (e.g. vs dimasnoobas) and write down a better strategic plan for the middlegame.

Keep up the fighting spirit, Tuduetso! With consistent practice and attention to these fundamentals, you will see steady rating gains.