Batbold Nyamsuren FM

Hi Batbold, here is a condensed review of your recent blitz games.

What you are doing well

• Opening consistency. With White you reliably reach favourable Réti / King’s-Indian-Attack structures (1.Nf3 2.g3 3.Bg2). Your piece development is smooth and you often seize the e-file and dark-square pressure before move 15.
• Initiative-first mindset. Your three most recent wins (see the first PGN) show confident pawn storms (d4-d5, c5-c6) and sacrificial ideas such as 15.Qxf7+! that keep the opponent on the back foot.
• Conversion in winning positions. When you reach an extra piece or a completely winning endgame you finish the job quickly, often under ten seconds, a great skill in bullet/blitz.

Recurrent issues seen in the losses

• King safety on the dark squares. Four of the five losses ended with a mating net on the dark squares (…Qh4, …Qh2#, …Qg5+ followed by …Nf4+, etc.). The common thread is a premature h-pawn push (h3/h4) plus early queen excursions (Qb3, Qa4) that leave g3/h3 weak.
• Handling of counter-sacrifices. Against WilsonPalencia21 and ravengelic you allowed …g5/…g4 breaks without challenging the pawn first. After 21.f3? gxf3 you never recovered the light-square complex.
• Overlooking forcing resources. In the loss to CarwynYeo you missed 19…Kd6! and then 22…Kb4!, showing that you sometimes chase material instead of calculating forcing replies to your own checks.
• Time usage balance. Even in 1-minute games you occasionally spend 8–12 seconds on one move and then blitz the next critical position. Several blunders happened immediately after a long think (classic “time-pressure afterglow”).

Action plan for the next two weeks

1. 30-minute focused tactic set every day. Choose motifs related to king hunts & dark-square attacks (double-checks, back-rank ideas). Target score: 85 % or higher.
2. Replay your own decisive mistakes. Load moves 22-32 of the ravengelic game and annotate by hand before switching on an engine. Ask: “What was the last safe moment?” Add the position to your personal flash-card deck.
3. Practical bullet drill. Play five 1|0 games starting every session with the goal “no pawn moves in front of my king before move 8 unless forced.” Stop if you break the rule, analyse immediately, then resume.
4. End each study block with 10 quiet moves vs. Stockfish on level 1. Concentrate on prophylactic moves only; if you can play ten moves without letting Stockfish give a +1.0 evaluation swing, reward yourself.

Opening micro-tweaks

Current line	Risk	Suggested tweak
1.Nf3 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 d6 4.O-O Nc6 5.e4(?)	Allows …Bg4 and …Bxh3 as in your win, but also sharp counters (…h5, …h4) in losses.	Delay e4; play 5.d4 first, keeping pawn chain solid.
Black vs e4: …c5, …Nc6, …g6 (Accelerated Dragon)	Quick queenside is good, but after 7.e5 Nh5 the piece on h5 is loose.	Consider 6…Qa5 ideas or transposing to mainline Dragon with …d6 first.

Key metrics

• Peak Blitz rating: 2548 (2022-07-24)
• Your best hourly win-rate so far:
• Win-rate by weekday:

Glossary links

zugzwang, blunder, prophylaxis

Keep the momentum!

Small structural fixes around your king and a sharper eye for forcing replies will convert many of those 60-second setbacks into extra points. Good luck on the climb to 2600!