You often reached good positions, then missed a check, capture, or threat. Scan forcing moves first. Control trades in endgames. When ahead, stop their counterplay.
Several middlegames changed at once because you missed a check, queen move, or pawn push. Three mistakes turned clear advantages into worse positions.
Before every move, list their checks, captures, and direct threats.
Open each lesson. Spend 3 minutes naming every check before you choose a move.
In your next 10 games, miss no more than 2 forcing moves.
Before moving a knight, list every queen check against your king and rooks.
Nce4: develops the knight toward the attack, so it looks useful. The score fell from +3.09 to -6.11. The queen check wins the rook on f1.
Rxf7: removes the danger. If Black checks on f1, your rook can capture the queen.
When a knight moves, check which queen captures it stops guarding.
Nxc6: looks like a simple trade, but the knight was guarding c3. The score fell from +6.85 to -2.43. The queen takes on c3 with check.
Na4: keeps the queen out. You can answer Qxa1 with Qxa1.
Before a quiet retreat, look for your strongest check, capture, or pawn threat.
Bf2: saves the bishop, but it gives Black time for c4. The score fell from +2.15 to -1.15. The pawn push takes space and drives your pieces back.
f5: creates your own threat first. After c4, f6 keeps Black busy.
Natural-looking trades and rook moves gave your opponent the next forcing move. One winning endgame fell from +5.71 to -5.44.
Before a trade, ask who gets the next check or forced capture.
Open each lesson. Compare your move with one check and one forcing trade.
In your next 10 games, allow 0 endgame swings larger than 3 points.
Before a trade, list every check your opponent gets after it.
Bxf3: wins a piece, but it leaves your king open to checks. The score fell from +5.71 to -5.44. Black starts a series of queen checks.
Rb5+: checks first. It keeps control and leads to a good trade.
When rooks face each other, look for the move that forces a trade.
Rab8: puts a rook on an open file, but it does not challenge Black's rooks. The score moved from -0.30 to -4.43. Black joins the rooks and takes control.
Re8: forces rook trades and keeps the position close to even.
Compare every capture with check before choosing a quiet capture.
Bxf2: wins a pawn, but it gives White an easy reply. The score fell from -1.15 to -4.41. White's king joins the fight.
Rxg3+: checks first. The forced reply gives you time for e4+.
Two moves in one winning game gave Black active replies and lost your edge. Wins can hide mistakes. Fixing them makes good positions easier to convert.
When ahead, name their best reply before you push a pawn or take a piece.
Open both lessons. Write their strongest reply before you choose your move.
In your next 10 games, stop their reply in at least 8 of 10 winning positions.
When ahead, test your pawn push against their strongest reply.
f5: looks aggressive, but it also gives Black a strong reply. The score fell from +2.90 to -1.88. Black's pawn push attacks your position at once.
Nd7: improves the knight and keeps Black's threats under control.
Before a capture, check where the enemy queen lands after it takes back.
Bxe4: wins material now, but it invites the queen to a strong square. The score fell from +3.12 to -2.43. Black's queen becomes active in the center.
Qe7: moves your queen first and makes the later trades safer.
No critical example in this report.
5 critical positions in this report.
3 critical positions in this report.
You won 4 of the 5 rook endgames in these games.