Stefana Milutinovic WFM

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Your current profile at a glance

• Peak Blitz rating: 2476 (2022-05-05)
• Typical opening set-up: King’s Indian–style structures (g6/Bg7 as Black, Nf3-g3-Bg2 as White)
• Main results trend: many decisive games in 20-30 moves — a sign of sharp, tactical play and fast time controls.

What you are already doing well

1. Active piece play. In the miniature against mohamed rabea abdallah you seized the initiative with …c5/…e6 and the energetic break 15…c4! leading to the final tactic 22…Qf2 (see PGN below).
2. Tactical alertness. Motifs such as forks, discoveries and the occasional zwischenzug appear regularly in your wins. Your 26.Rxc7+! against SkodaGolf decided the game on the spot.
3. Confidence in dynamic pawn breaks. Moves like …f5 versus ChweetBaby or f4-f5 pushes with White show healthy aggression and make opponents uncomfortable.

Key areas to improve

1. Time management.
   • Two of your last five losses (e.g. vs. SnailChessYT) were on time in winning or equal positions.
   • Aim to keep >10 seconds in reserve entering any sharp endgame. Use the opponent’s think-time to plan instead of relaxing the mouse.
2. Dark-square weaknesses in the King’s Indian set-up.
   • Games vs. checkraiseturn and jony79 show ⬗f5 followed by …Be5 (or …Be7) hitting d4/e4/e5 and dark-square holes.
   • Study model defences by Kamsky (KIA as White) and by Jones (Modern as Black) to learn prophylactic moves like h3-g4 or …h6-g5 at the correct moment.
3. Endgame conversion.
   • Against andrejprovci you resigned in a rook+passer vs. two connected passers position that was still drawable with active checks.
   • Spend 15 minutes a day on rook-endgame basics (Philidor, Lucena, “third-rank defence”).
4. Opening variety.
   • 90 % of your White games begin 1.Nf3 g3 Bg2. Consider adding 1.e4 lines to become comfortable in open positions.
   • As Black, practise a solid reply to 1.e4 (e.g. Caro-Kann) so you are not forced into early tactical melees every game.

Suggested training plan (4-week cycle)

Progress trackers

Monitor whether the work is paying off:

• Hourly win-rate heat-map:
• Performance consistency:

Reference PGN (recent miniature win)

Final encouragement

Your tactical vision already wins many games quickly. By shoring up the dark-square defence, adding endgame stamina and improving the clock discipline you are well on the way to the next rating jump. Enjoy the process and good luck at the board!