Coach Chesswick
Feedback for winguselessking
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)
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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”. -
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:
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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:
• Day-by-day confidence: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.