Coach Chesswick
Feedback for Зубарев Александр
Зубарев Александр, your recent games demonstrate solid positional understanding and good endgame technique, especially in complex and unfamiliar positions like Chess960. Here are some points to focus on to further improve your play:
- Opening Choice and Preparation: You seem comfortable with Sicilian structures and some classical open games, as well as Caro-Kann and English-style setups. Deepening your knowledge in these openings, including typical pawn breaks and plans, will help you achieve better middlegame positions consistently.
- Time Management: Some of your wins and losses were decided on time. Practicing better time allocation per phase could improve your practical results in fast time controls.
- Calculation and Tactics: In key moments, precise calculation allowed you to convert advantages, such as tactical motifs around pins and attacks on the king. Keep training tactical exercises regularly to sharpen your vision and calculation speed.
- Positional Play: You are good at activating your pieces and creating pressure, as seen in pawn breaks and piece maneuvers. Further study of strategic themes like weak squares, outposts, and pawn structure nuances will add strength to your middle game play.
- Middlegame Planning: At times, improving the clarity of your plans — when to attack, exchange pieces, or simplify — could help, especially in complex positions where creating targets or weaknesses can determine the outcome.
- Endgame Technique: Your endgame play is very promising. Continue practicing theoretical endgames and practical ones to increase conversion rates in advantageous positions.
Overall, you're playing at a good level with strong fundamentals and tactical awareness. Working on opening depth and consistent time management will boost your results further. Keep analyzing your own games, especially losses, to spot recurring themes and avoid the same mistakes.
Looking forward to seeing your progress!