winguselessking IM

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What you already do well

• Dynamic piece activity – in the win against Juan Carlos Obregon Rivero you repeatedly improved the minor pieces (e.g. 27.Nd5!, 33.b4!) and kept Black under constant pressure.
• End-game stamina – several opponents were beaten in rook- and pawn-endings where you kept posing practical problems until their clock expired.
• Opening range – you can handle both 1.e4 and 1.Nf3/1.c4 as White and meet a variety of setups as Black, giving you flexibility in pairings.

Priority improvements (next 4-6 weeks)

1. Time management
   • Almost every decisive result (both wins and losses) is linked to the clock. In the loss to alicanelia29 you still had drawing chances but flagged with 3 queens on the board.
   • Aim to reach move 25 with ≥40 % of your starting time. A simple cue: glance at the clock every four moves; if you used ≥15 s, speed up.
   • Drill 3-minute puzzles on a timer to train “quick/clean calculation” instead of “perfect calculation”.
2. Consistent king safety in sharp structures
   • Several defeats arise from pushing the f-pawn (Modern, Alekhine, KID) before you have full control of the centre. Ask yourself “Will …Nxe4 / …Qb6 / …Qh4 become possible after this pawn move?”
   • Try inserting prophylactic moves such as h3/h6 or Kh1/Kh8 before launching pawn storms.
   • Review the following critical fragment and write down what you would change in hindsight:
   
   
   
3. Streamline the Black repertoire vs. 1.d4
   • You alternate between Bogo-Indian, Modern, Dutch and Grunfeld-style setups. That is lots of theory to remember and pattern-recognise in blitz.
   • Pick one main system (e.g. the King’s Indian you used in your win on 06-06) and build a forced-move tree for it in a study file.
   • Use the tree for 10-minute spaced-repetition sessions; you will soon play the first 10-12 moves almost automatically, saving precious seconds.

Micro-targets for the next 15 games

• Lose no more than 60 s on moves 1-15 combined.
• Keep your king on its original file until you have counted three safe squares for it in the middlegame.
• Play at least five games with the same Black defence to 1.d4 and annotate them afterwards.

Progress trackers

Use the dashboards below to make the improvement measurable:

Hourly performance:

Personal best so far: 2890 (2024-11-29) – let’s aim to beat it by +30 within one month.

Final thought

Your tactical eye and fighting spirit are clear strengths. By tidying up the early clock usage and repeating a narrower set of openings, you will convert more of those “won-on-the-board but lost-on-the-clock” positions and push beyond 2900.