Viani Antonio D'cunha IM

Coach Report for Viani Antonio D'cunha

Congratulations on maintaining a strong bullet rating around 2691 (2024-09-16) and a healthy win-rate (see

). Your recent games show both energetic attacking play and a willingness to take on higher-rated opponents. Below is a concise assessment of your current strengths and growth areas, followed by a two-week action plan.

What you’re doing well

• Piece activity straight from the opening. Your trademark Nf3–b3–Bb2 set-up frequently yields the bishop pair on open diagonals, giving you long-term pressure.
• Tactical alertness. You routinely spot intermediate moves (e.g. 21.Rxa7! and 26…Rc1+ in your latest win) that tilt the evaluation sharply in your favour.
• Conversion technique when time allows. The mating net in the game below is a textbook example of switching from attack to calculation:
  
  
  

Key areas to improve

• Time management. Four of your last six losses were due to flagging in positions that were still objectively defensible or even winning. You often reach move 20 with <25 seconds, forcing sub-optimal “panic moves”.
• Central tension handling. In several defeats (e.g. vs nicentgmchess2009 and GMaka) you allowed …e5/e4 breaks to explode the centre before your pieces were coordinated.
• Premature pawn storms. Lunges such as g4/h4 (loss vs ShivamPant20052006) created weaknesses around your king while yielding no concrete gain.
• Endgame stamina. Even in bullet you’ll often reach simplified positions; the loss to Maka Purtseladze shows difficulty converting rook+pawn endings under time pressure.

Two-week workout plan

1. 60-second drills for clock discipline (15 min/day).
   • Play unrated 1|0 games aiming to keep >40 sec at move 15.
   • Practise pre-moving only forced recaptures or checks—avoid random strings.
2. Centre-break awareness (4 theme mini-matches).
   Start from the position after 14…e5 in your loss to nice­ntgm­chess2009 and defend with the engine off. Repeat from both sides until you consistently find 15.dxe5 and the follow-up Nd5.
3. Pawn-storm sanity check (self-quiz, 20 positions).
   Build a flash-card set of your own games where g-/h-pawns advanced; label each card “Sound / Unsound” with a 30-second timer. Goal: >75 % accuracy by week’s end.
4. Bullet endgame patterns (10 minutes nightly).
   Solve 3-4 tablebase studies where the “strong side” must win with <20 sec. Focus on Lucena, Philidor and basic king-and-pawn races.
5. Refresh one dynamic Black defence.
   Your Alekhine game vs filip2017 was excellent; spend two sessions reviewing modern lines with …c6 …g6 setups so you can enter them confidently instead of improvising.

Micro-tips to implement immediately

• On move 1, start the clock after choosing your opening; that free second often decides bullet games.
• When ahead materially, set a mental alarm: “no more than one pawn move per five moves” to curb over-pushing.
• Use the “safe-pre-move” feature for automatic captures/check-backs in dead-won endings.

Review these notes after each session, track your progress with

, and don’t hesitate to ping me with specific questions. Keep the energy high, tighten the clock control, and you’ll break the next rating ceiling soon. Good luck!