ToProgress

Hi ToProgress! 👋

You are hovering around and your recent results show that you can beat players in the 1650-1700 range with both colours. Your preference for the King’s Indian Attack as White and the Modern Defence as Black gives you a clear “home ground”, and you often reach comfortable middlegames.

What you’re already doing well

• Consistent repertoire. Sticking to one system lets you reach familiar structures quickly and save clock time.
• Dynamic piece play. In wins against vicsolodo and TAY77CH you created pressure on the long diagonals and launched effective pawn breaks (…f5, …h5).
• Practical mindset. You keep playing in worse positions and occasionally turn the tables or win on time—an important competitive skill.

Key themes to improve

1. Early pawn pushes cost tempi.
   In several losses you played h3/h4 or a4/a5 before completing development (e.g. your most recent loss on move 9). A simple guideline: “develop 3 pieces before pushing side pawns”.
2. Upgrade your centre play in the King’s Indian Attack.
   After 1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.Nf3 c6 you often drift with h3. Consider the principled plan e4–c4–Nc3 followed by breaks with exd5 or e5. Study classic KIA games by Fischer to see typical ideas.
3. Tactical alertness.
   Your resignation on move 28 against Vicsolodo came right after …Qh5+, a simple mating threat that could have been parried with Kg1. Pocket tactics every day; 15 minutes of tactics drills will pay off quickly.
   Example missed shot (black to move, loss vs ghettoheistpriest):
   
4. Modern Defence – piece placement.
   In your wins you sometimes waste tempi with …Bf6 → …Bg7. Try the main-line plans:
• Against e4 d4: …d6 …c6 …Nf6 …e5 or the immediate …c5.
• Against d4: transpose to a King’s Indian with …Nf6 …d6 …e5.
5. End-game technique.
   Several wins came only because the opponent’s flag fell while you were still converting a won game (e.g. rook & pawn endings). Pick one simple endgame theme each week—“Lucena position”, “rook vs. pawn”, “king & pawn opposition”—and rehearse it until it is automatic.
6. Clock management.
   Many games (both wins and losses) end in the final 30 seconds. Use a think routine: identify checks, captures, and threats for both sides before spending time on candidate moves. This will reduce blunders and give you extra seconds when the game really heats up.

Suggested study plan for the next 4 weeks

Track your progress

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Final encouragement

You already have a solid strategic backbone; sharpening your calculation and tightening your opening move-order will quickly push you toward 1800+. Keep practising, review every game (especially the losses!) and embrace prophylaxis—thinking about what your opponent wants to do before launching your own plan.

Good luck, and happy climbing! 🚀