Coach Chesswick
Hi ymflb8hj43890rfjiwo93i, here is your personalised post-match review!
Your current profile snapshot
Blitz peak: 2864 (2025-08-14) •
Rapid peak: 2648 (2025-03-14)
Activity charts:
What you are doing well
- Diverse opening repertoire. In the last session you handled the French, Caro-Kann, Sicilian and several Queen’s-Pawn structures with confidence. This makes you hard to prepare for.
- Dynamic piece play. Against cyber87547 you steered the French into an unbalanced middlegame and converted with energetic moves such as 24.Ne4–Nf6+ followed by the nice exchange sacrifice 37.Rxe1.
- Tactical alertness. Wins vs. LeoLV10 (30.Qxg7#) and DobbyTheElfHouse (35...a1=Q+) show that you spot mating nets and long tactical sequences when the clock is still healthy.
Recurring improvement themes
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Time-management in long conversions.
Four of your last seven losses were on time in objectively drawn or winning endings.
• vs. WhoCanItBeNowA: R+rook vs. R, 16 seconds left yet no pre-moves.
• vs. atbenina64: Completely winning rook-pawn ending but repeated moves with <2 sec.
Recommendation: Adopt a simple “KTHM” rule: once evaluation >+5, burn ≤10 s per move, push pawns, force exchanges. Practise bullet rook & pawn endings to automate the technique. -
Over-optimistic pawn storms without king safety.
In the loss vs. karlstad82 you advanced f- and h-pawns early (5.f4, 8.Ng5) without completing development and were punished by …Nc4–fxe5–Bh6.
Drill: During openings ask “How many pieces do I have developed compared to my opponent?” before launching a pawn break. -
Handling opposite-side castling positions.
Several games reach razor-sharp races (e.g. Caro-Kann 9.O-O-O vs. …a5-b5). You often get the initiative but occasionally misjudge defensive needs.
• In your last loss, after 19.Ra8+ you missed the simple 22.Rc8! followed by 24.b6, allowing Black counterplay.
Training idea: Annotate one attacking game per day from players like shirov. Note when they pause to create luft or exchange attackers. -
Transitioning from advantage to conversion.
You tend to keep pieces on when a clean technical line exists. Example: vs. Rsnr, instead of 21...g6 you had 21...Nxd5 22.Qxd5 Qxd5 23.Nf6+ winning a pawn and simplifying.
Checklist: When ahead material, look for (a) forced trades into won endings, (b) restricting counterplay before new attacks.
Opening micro-advice
| Opening | Quick gain | Resource |
|---|---|---|
| French (as White) | Add 3.Nd2 systems so opponents can’t rely on …c5 setups you just faced. | Watch 3 games by mvl this week. |
| Slav/Carlsbad (as White) | Review typical minority-attack plans; you missed b4-b5 in two games. | Search “Carlsbad plan” in your database. |
| Sicilian O’Kelly (as Black) | Your 8…Nc7 line is solid; add a prepared idea vs. 12.Ng5 (…d5!) | See Nepomniachtchi–So, Paris 2021. |
Illustrative moment
Re-play the decisive phase of your best win:
Next week’s training menu
- 3 × 15-minute calculation exercises from “Pump up your Rating”. Focus on candidate move enumeration.
- Daily 10-minute endgame drill: rook + 2 pawns vs. rook. Aim for 30 clean conversions without flagging.
- Play two blindfold (no pieces) games vs. engine level 4 to cement board vision and save clock time.
Motivation corner
“Good positions don’t win games; good moves do.” – Zugzwang is only created by relentless accuracy. Keep the moves flowing!
See you at the board, and happy calculating! ♟️