John Bartholomew
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Your masterclasses
The openings you actually play, understood move by move.
♚ BlackScandinavian: the queen on a5275 games, 58.2%: Fins's defense against 1.e4. The queen comes out early, the c8 bishop gets out in front of the pawns, and the game revolves around the d4 pawn.
0/6
♔ WhiteQueen's Gambit: Fins's plans198 games, 59.8%: Fins's Queen's Gambit, often via 1.Nf3 and 2.d4. Bg5, the exchange on d5, and structures he knows by heart.0/6
♚ BlackSlav: the c8 bishop comes out166 games, 53.3%: Fins's Slav against 1.d4. The c6 pawn supports d5, and the c8 bishop comes out to f5 before …e6.0/6
Your lessons
One series per kind of mistake, the most frequent first.
- Hanging piecesYour move left material hanging. Find the safe move.113times in your games0/24
- Calculation and planning errorsMiddlegame: the move played swings the evaluation.106times in your games0/24
- Missed tacticsThe position had a winning move. You walked past it.55times in your games0/24
- Spoiled endgamesFew pieces left, but precision counts double.38times in your games0/24
- Mates allowedYour move allowed a forced mate. Find the defence.6times in your games0/6
- Missed matesYou had a forced mate and did not play it. Find it.1times in your games0/1
Your analysis
The numbers behind your lessons
817 blunders found in these games. Here is where they come from.
Work on this first
Your blunders cluster in the endgame
3.2% of your moves there are blunders, against 0.1% in the opening. That is where your games are decided.
Work on “hanging pieces”Your numbersHow to read this
A 50% score means you break even: a win is worth 1 point, a draw 0.5.
How to read this
A 50% score means you break even: a win is worth 1 point, a draw 0.5.
59.1%your overall score435 wins · 76 draws · 289 losses
60.9%as White1.8 pts above your average
57.4%as Black3.5 pts lower than as White
1.02blunders per gamea blunder = a move that costs you at least 20 points of winning chances
Your openingsHow to read this
Sorted by number of games. The bar starts at 50%: to the left you lose points, to the right you gain them. The light mark is your average score.
Out of the opening: the average edge Stockfish measures at move 12 (+1.0 ≈ a pawn up for you). Bad starts: the share of these games already clearly worse by move 12.
How to read this
Sorted by number of games. The bar starts at 50%: to the left you lose points, to the right you gain them. The light mark is your average score.
Out of the opening: the average edge Stockfish measures at move 12 (+1.0 ≈ a pawn up for you). Bad starts: the share of these games already clearly worse by move 12.
Out of the opening: the average edge Stockfish measures at move 12 (+1.0 ≈ a pawn up for you). Bad starts: the share of these games already clearly worse by move 12.
As White
Queen's Gambit94 games · +0.4 out of the opening · 1% bad starts
62.2%Masterclass →
English Opening (1.c4)48 games · +0.5 out of the opening · 0% bad starts
52.1%Against the Slav44 games · +0.4 out of the opening · 0% bad starts
63.6%Against the King's Indian28 games · +0.3 out of the opening · 4% bad starts
50.0%As Black
Scandinavian Defense97 games · +0.2 out of the opening · 7% bad starts
57.7%0/1
Sicilian Defense59 games · +0.1 out of the opening · 0% bad starts
59.3%Slav Defense47 games · −0.2 out of the opening · 4% bad starts
52.1%Masterclass →
Against 1.d427 games · +0.7 out of the opening · 0% bad starts
66.7%Against the English (1.c4)25 games · −0.3 out of the opening · 4% bad starts
58.0%