Coach Chesswick
Personalised Chess Feedback for Thomine Stolberg-Rohr
Congratulations on reaching a 1767 (2025-04-28) of 1 7xx+ and for maintaining a healthy activity curve (
). Below you will find a concise review of recurring patterns in your latest games, followed by an action-oriented study plan.What you already do well
- Dynamic piece play. Your wins against szwaku and Manu366 show a willingness to sacrifice material (e.g. 18. Nxf7! in the French Advance) to keep the initiative.
- Comfort in unbalanced pawn structures. In several Modern Defence games you exploited the half-open g- and h-files to generate mating threats with …Bh3/h5-h4.
- Practical time usage. Even in long Daily games you rarely lose on time; instead you often press the clock advantage, converting slightly better endings (see your final rook ending versus szwaku on 01 May).
Growth opportunities
- King safety after early queen trades.
In the loss to tvoydyadya you accepted 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8, but did not follow up with precise central consolidation. Familiarise yourself with the typical …c6, …Kc7, …Be6 set-ups to avoid loose pawns on f5/h5. - Handling counter-punches in the Modern/English setups.
Repeated sequences such as 8…Bh3 and 20…g5 (game vs trener) are ambitious, yet they leave the dark squares around your own king weak. Consider delaying the pawn storm until your pieces control f5 and d4. - End-game conversion.
The marathon versus darkness_within reached a theoretically drawn pawn ending, yet practical technique was lacking (e.g. 66…f1=Q allowed unnecessary counter-play). 30 minutes of rook- & pawn-ending drills per week would pay immediate dividends. - Central tension in the Queen’s Gambit.
Against 1.d4 you voluntarily ceded the centre with 18…Nd7 ?! and 20…Ne4 versus Cynixk. Re-examine the mainline ideas of c5-break and piece activity before committing knights to outposts that can be chased.
Four-week improvement blueprint
- Week 1 – Post-mortem.
Annotate the critical moment of each recent defeat.
For instance, load the fragment below and ask, “What was White’s threat and how could I meet it?”
- Week 2 – Opening tune-up.
• Add the classical lines of the Modern Defense (…d5 vs 1.e4 and …c6/…e5 vs 1.d4) to your repertoire.
• Prepare 10-move “memorisation anchors” so you enter the middlegame with clear plans rather than improvisation. - Week 3 – End-game essentials.
• Solve 30 rook-vs-rook+pawn studies on lichess.org/practice (custom set).
• Play four 15|10 sparring games starting from the diagram at move 70 of your game with darkness_within, alternating sides. - Week 4 – Tactical sharpening.
• Daily 15-minute puzzle sprint focusing on discovered attacks and clearance sacrifices—motifs that appear in your French-Advance victories.
• Review mistakes immediately with the computer, noting the tactical theme in one sentence.
Mindset reminder
“Play the board, not the result.”
Several resignations occurred in dynamically equal positions. Before offering your hand, ask, “What does my toughest defence look like three moves from now?”
Keep enjoying the journey, Thomine! Your attacking flair already puts pressure on 1800-level opponents—refine the defensive details and 1900+ is within reach.