Coach Chesswick
Hi Boris (boris abrashkin), here’s a tailored performance review
Current snapshot
Your present form is impressive: you regularly take down 2300–2500 opposition and have already reached 2768 (2025-03-27). Keep that upward trend! For a quick visual scan of when you play your best, open the interactive dashboards:
and .What you are doing well
- Initiative-first mindset. Your wins against DrOmaroav and akaPeikeda17 show a willingness to seize space and keep the opponent reacting. The pawn storms (…g5, …h5, g4) work because you usually back them with piece pressure.
- Tactical vision under pressure. In the Nimzo-Indian win you handled multiple pins and discovered attacks smoothly: Correct sequencing like this converts dynamic advantages into material.
- Flexible opening repertoire. With White you alternate between 1.d4, 1.c4 and the Slav–Exchange; with Black you’ve scored well in the French Advance (…c5) and Slav setups. Versatility makes you harder to prepare for.
Key growth areas
- Time management.
Four of the last six losses were on time or early resignation in equal positions (e.g. vs veteran57 and “BalukPro”). • Enter moves quicker in familiar structures—use the clock mainly for critical moments.
• Add a few 5 + 3 games to train decision-making with an increment.
• When you sense you are in Zeitnot, simplify; trading into a clean ending is often safer than calculating one more attacking line. - Endgame conversion.
The rook ending against veteran57 was still drawable at move 46, yet coordination slipped (both rooks on the same file, king cut off). Action plan: 15 min daily of “rook-and-pawn vs rook” drills on an engine or tablebase. Focus on:- Building the Philidor & Lucena setups quickly.
- Checking for horizontal as well as vertical checks before advancing pawns.
- Opening depth vs direct 1.e4 systems.
Your Modern Defense (1…g6 2.Nc3) was abandoned after two moves—probably a confidence issue. Either:- Commit to learning the Modern (start with the 150-Attack ideas for White to understand the danger spots), or
- Transpose to your successful French/Slav territory with 1…e6 or 1…d5 and stay within prep.
Quick tactical warm-ups
Before every session, solve three mate-in-two or “win-material” puzzles in <60 s each. This primes calculation speed and reduces impulsive blunders in real games.
Suggested weekly structure
- 3× blitz sessions (8–10 games each) strictly analysing one win and one loss afterward.
- 2× 30-min study blocks: Monday = opening depth; Thursday = rook & minor-piece endgames.
- 1× longer rapid game (15 + 10 or 25 + 5) to practice playing without habitual pawn storms, focusing on manoeuvring.
Final encouragement
You already show master-level ideas; refining time usage and endgame technique will remove the main obstacles between you and the next rating jump. Keep the energy, polish the fundamentals, and the results will follow—good luck!