Noemi Špiranec WFM

Hi Noemi, here is your personalized training report!

Quick Snapshot

• Current form: solid 2000-2150 range, with a healthy win-rate in your favourite Catalan / Fianchetto set-ups.
• Historical best: 2084 (2024-09-08) – aim to pass this mark again before the next rating cycle.
• Activity pattern:

What you are already doing well

• Strategic Set-ups: Your repeated use of g3-Bg2 structures shows good understanding of long-diagonal pressure and you often steer the game into pleasant middlegames.
• Piece Activity: When you sense open lines, you rarely hesitate to seize them (e.g. the thrust 17.Bd6! in your win vs uday_adhau).
• Tactical Vision: Your combinations are crisp once the opponent’s king becomes airy – see the exchange-sac plan in the Spanish win 23...Rxe2, finished with an unstoppable passed c-pawn.
• Psychology: In several games you kept posing problems quickly; opponents flagged or resigned in worse positions. This “fast pressure” is a real asset in 3|2 time-controls.

Main growth areas for the next 4-6 weeks

1. Benoni & Benko structures as White.
   The loss to m_ns05 (Modern Benoni, A67) revealed two recurring issues:
   • After 19.Rb1 a6 20.Qe2 Rae8 21.Qc4 you allowed …c4!, handing Black the thematic pawn wedge.
   • Your queen drifted to a4/ b3 and you missed Black’s …Re2/ …Qxf4 combination.
   Action plan: rehearse typical Benoni motifs with a small motif deck; play out 10 mini-games vs engine starting from move 15.
2. Time management.
   In several decisive moments you dropped under 45 seconds with complex positions still on the board (see moves 30-40 vs DanishZ0507). Try the “30-second rule”: if a move is forced, play it inside half a minute; bank time for branching positions.
3. Endgame conversion.
   While you often reach winning endings, the technique is occasionally shaky (e.g. Catalan win vs yeleupov_nurbol – promotion could have been smoother). Dedicate three study sessions per week to:
   • King-and-pawn vs king drills.
   • Lucena & Philidor rook endings.
   • Opposite-colour bishops + passer themes.
4. Defensive alertness & prophylaxis.
   In the English loss to Eichborn you neglected the queenside dark-square complex; a simple …a6/…b5 would have softened White’s bind before it was irreversible. Each time you consider an attacking move, ask “what is my opponent’s next threat?”--a classic Nemtsov rule.

Opening focus for April

Exercise pack

1. Solve 20 intermediate tactics every morning on the theme “interference” and “clearance”.
2. Weekly sparring: two 15|10 games starting from this critical Benoni position –
– play once as each colour.
3. End of week: annotate one of your own games without engine help first, then compare with engine – note every instance of missed zwischenzug or zugzwang idea.

Motivational checkpoint

Remember: steady 10-point rating gains each fortnight compound quickly. Stick to the plan for just a month and you are extremely likely to smash through the 2200 barrier.

Good luck, train hard, and have fun!