Dmitrijus Chocenka FM

Quick summary for Dmitrijus Chocenka

Nice recent run — you’re winning sharp Sicilian battles and creating real attacking chances. Your games show confident, aggressive play (pawn storms, piece activity and queen penetrations). The loss highlights a recurring practical weakness: converting or defending simple endgames and handling advancing passed pawns under time pressure. Below are practical, concrete steps to keep what’s working and fix the leaks.

What you’re doing well

• Aggressive plan-making: you consistently push pawns (f4/f5, g-file play) to open lines and generate initiative — that directly produced the decisive passed pawn and mating threats in your wins.
• Active pieces: rooks and queen get onto the 7th/central files quickly (examples: the game where Qf7+ or the pawn-e7 push decided the game).
• Opening consistency: your heavy practice in Sicilian structures (including variations like Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Sherzer Variation and Najdorf lines) pays off — you reach positions you know well and outplay opponents there.
• Tactical vision: you spot combinations and imbalances and are willing to calculate concrete pawn breaks (e.g., timely captures to open the king side).

Where to improve (highest ROI)

• Endgame technique: the recent loss ended after a passed b-pawn and active enemy rook infiltration. Work basic rook-and-pawn conversion, defending vs outside passed pawns, and common tricks (back-rank issues and perpetual attempts).
• Prophylaxis and back-rank safety: when you open files to attack, check for counterplay (enemy passed pawns, rook lifts to the 1st rank). A quick luft or rook exchange at the right time avoids swindles.
• Time management in blitz: you sometimes reach critical moves on very little time. Keep ~8–12 seconds for critical decision moments (use the 2s increment wisely) — slow down for forcing lines and simple endgames you can convert if given extra seconds.
• Selective simplification: when you have a clear material/positional edge (passed pawn or active rooks), simplify into a won endgame rather than keeping wild complications that let opponents create counter-chances.

Concrete drills & a short training plan (4-week cycle)

• Daily (15–30 min): tactics — focus on intermediate moves (double attacks, deflections, decoys). Use mixed time tactics and finish puzzles under 5–10 seconds to simulate blitz pressure.
• 3× week (30–45 min): endgame practice — rook + pawn vs rook, king+pawn races, outside passed pawn technique. Drill basic winning templates and defensive resources.
• 2× week (30 min): opening + middlegame plans — pick the top 2 Sicilian lines you play often and study 3 model games each; distill typical pawn breaks, piece placement and one common plan to remember per line.
• Weekly (game review): annotate your 3 most recent losses (or the tightest win) — find the critical moment where evaluation swung and write 1–2 sentence improvements. Focus on recurring patterns (passed pawn creation, where you traded wrong piece, etc.).
• Weekend: 1 slow rapid game (15+10) and review — practice converting advantages without time pressure.

Game-specific takeaways (recent games)

• Win vs LUCHO2727 — opening and attack

  You played a consistent pawn storm and exchanged into a position where the opponent’s queen and bishop were poorly coordinated. The f5/fxg6 idea opened files decisively. Keep practicing the pattern: pawn break to open the g-file, then bring rooks/queen to the 7th/file.

• Win vs campeon_e4 — converting advantage

  Great use of an advanced e-pawn and a queen check to force decisive material changes (the e7 push was a clean conversion). You punished loose development and used a direct route to the enemy king.

• Loss vs bojan990 — defending passed pawns & activity

  The game ended with an enemy pawn racing down the b-file and rook infiltration to the back rank. Key fixes: when your opponent’s pawn becomes a passed passer on the 2nd rank (your side), immediately assess whether you must exchange rooks or chase the pawn with king activity. Don’t trade into passive rook endgames if the opponent’s rook can invade.

  Study this game with the board (quick replay):

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Short checklist before your next blitz session

• Warm-up: 5–10 rapid tactics to get the pattern recognition going.
• Opening plan: review one short plan (2–3 moves) for your main Sicilian line so you reach familiar middlegames quickly.
• Time rule: if you’re winning a complex position, trade into a simpler endgame rather than keep perfect blitz complications.
• Post-game: pick one loss/draw to annotate immediately (5–10 minutes) — it’s the fastest way to stop repeating mistakes.

If you want a follow-up

I can: (A) analyze one of these games move-by-move and point out the exact candidate moves you missed; (B) produce a 4-week training plan with daily exercises tailored to your openings; or (C) build a short checklist to use during time trouble. Tell me which and I’ll prepare it.