WABUTI ROSE WFM

Hi WABUTI ROSE!

Great job keeping an active tournament schedule and consistently testing yourself in 15 | 10 games. Below is personalised feedback drawn from your recent results.

1. What you are already doing well

• Fighting spirit: Your wins often feature dynamic piece play — e.g. the Zukertort win over csupi50 where you sacrificed on f7 and kept the initiative.
• Central awareness: In many openings you get pawns to d4/e4 or d5/e5 early, giving you space for your pieces.
• King activity in endgames: The conversion vs Wanjau (…Kf6-e5-d4) showed good technique in a pawn endgame.

2. Main improvement themes

1. Tactical vigilance
   • Several losses stem from one-move oversights (e.g. 24.e5? in your most recent loss allowed 24…Rxc1⁺, 25.Qxc1 Qf5 winning material).
   • Add 15-20 min of daily puzzles focusing on
     ➤ Loose pieces drop off (LPDO)
     ➤ Forks, pins and the Zwischenzug.
   
2. Opening consistency
   • As White you score well with 1.Nf3/2.d4 systems. Keep this but prepare model plans vs …c5 and …e6 set-ups.
   • With Black you mix Pirc-style (…d6 …Nc6) and Philidor/Chigorin ideas. Consider building one main line repertoire so you recognise typical pawn breaks faster.
   • Quick wins/losses often arise from the same trick on f7/f2; memorise the critical continuations so you know when the sacrifice is sound and when it is unsound.
3. Resilience & decision-making
   • You occasionally resign in still-playable positions (e.g. after 26.Bd2 in the January game you were down a pawn but had compensation). Practise defending worse positions to build confidence.
   • Review each resignation by asking, “What is the resource I missed?”
   
4. Clock management
   • Good habit: you rarely reach time trouble.
   • Next step: invest some time in critical moments (tactical hotspots) instead of playing automatic moves.
   

3. Concrete opening pointers

4. Training menu (4-week sample)

• Puzzles: 100 tactical puzzles / week on the intermediate setting.
• Game review: After every session annotate 1 win & 1 loss focusing on the first tactical miss.
  Try to explain moves in words, not just variations.
• Model games: Watch 2 GM games per week that feature your main openings and replicate the ideas on a board.
• Endgame drill: 15 min twice a week using rook-vs-pawn and minor-piece pawn endings.

5. Useful snapshots

Your current personal best: 1778 (2016-04-01)
Momentum graphs:

6. Motivation corner

“Every master was once a beginner who kept analysing their own games.” — Anonymous

Keep that analytical spirit alive and the rating jumps will follow. See you at the board!