Overall feedback
You are playing sharp, ambitious chess and you clearly know how to create attacking chances in open Sicilian Defense positions. Your wins show real skill at pushing pawns against the king, coordinating heavy pieces, and converting passed pawns in the endgame. The main thing holding you back is not your attacking ideas, but small moments where a piece becomes unsafe or where a repetition or a tactical detail lets the opponent escape. If you tighten those moments, your results will match your aggressive style.
What you are doing well
- Strong attacking coordination. In your win against d86emon, you built a classic kingside pawn storm after castling long. You kept your queen and rooks working together, and the final check on the open g-file was very natural. That game is a good example of your attacking instincts in the Richter-Rauzer Variation.
- Good use of passed pawns. Against martidianos, you handled a long Najdorf Variation battle very well. You let your d-pawn and e-pawn advance together, and once the endgame began, those connected passed pawns decided the game.
- Resilience in difficult positions. In the time scramble against Dirk Bösch, you stayed active and kept creating threats even with less time. Winning on time is still a win, but the fact that you kept the position complicated and uncomfortable for your opponent was the real reason you survived.
Main improvement area: piece safety
Your loss to incognito_17 is the clearest lesson. You reached a reasonable position with white, but around move 20 your queen moved away from the defense of your bishop, and your opponent immediately captured the bishop. That is a classic example of a loose piece. In blitz, it is very easy to focus on your own attack and forget that a piece that was protected now has no defender.
Before making a move with your queen or rook, ask yourself two quick questions:
- What was this piece currently protecting?
- Will that defended piece still be safe after I move?
You can review the critical moment here: your loss against Incognito_17. Look at the position just before your queen moved to h4 and see how the bishop on d2 lost its protection.
Second improvement area: avoid automatic repetitions
In your draw against bailnojail, you reached a sharp Scheveningen-style position with white. Your opponent offered a rook shuffle on the h-file, and you repeated moves three times. The draw is not a disaster, but it felt like you had more to fight for. When an opponent repeats a position, stop for one second and decide whether the repetition is good for you or whether you can improve.
If you are better, look for a way to keep the tension. Repeating the same attacking set-up three times tells the opponent you are okay with a draw. In sharp Sicilian lines, the player with the initiative should usually try to increase the pressure instead of allowing a threefold repetition. Review this game and look for moves where you could have kept the rook on the g-file or improved the bishop instead of returning to the same square:
Third improvement area: converting winning or equal endgames
In several recent games, the position simplified into an endgame with only a few pieces on the board. That is where you can gain many free points if you stay patient. For example, in the win against martidianos, you converted beautifully with your passed pawns. In the loss against incognito_17, though, the endgame after the queens came off went badly because you had already lost a knight for nothing. Tighten the middlegame and your endgames will become easier to win.
When you reach a simpler position, try to use this quick checklist:
- Are all my pieces protected?
- Can my opponent capture something for free?
- What is my opponent's most active piece, and can I limit it?
Practical recommendation for your next training session
Since you play the Sicilian Defense so often, spend part of your training on typical tactical patterns from your main lines. Many of your games reach very sharp positions where one move changes everything. Instead of memorizing long opening variations, practice finding the pieces that are unprotected after every move. That simple habit will stop many of the blunders that are costing you rating points in blitz.
Also try to replay your last five games and label the exact moment when a piece became unsafe. If you notice a pattern, write it down in your own words and look for it during your next blitz session. You are clearly a dangerous player when the position gets complicated. If you combine that with better piece safety, you will convert more of those complicated games into full points.