Alexandro Bordignon

Overview of your recent blitz play

You’ve shown a strong willingness to fight for active play and to create concrete chances with bold, attacking ideas. The win set demonstrates you can convert pressure into decisive tactics, especially when you find forcing sequences that open lines against the opponent’s king. You also have moments of solid, practical defense that let you outplay the opponent in the middlegame and endgame when you keep the pressure up.

What you’re doing well

• Bold, tactical mindset: In several wins you pursued sharp lines and forced the action, turning uncertain positions into concrete outcomes.
• Active piece activity: You consistently activate rooks and knights, often pressuring the enemy king and exploiting open files or diagonals.
• Endgame conversion when ahead: When you gain material or create a passed pawn, you push through to a decisive finish, as shown by successful hustle to decisive moments.

Key improvement areas and practical steps

• Time management in blitz: In tight positions, you sometimes spend too long calculating complex lines. Aim to decide on a practical plan earlier and allocate a quick second-check for the most forcing moves. A simple rule is to aim to move every 15-20 seconds on non-critical moves and keep a few seconds to spare for the endgame.
• Keep your plans simple in the middlegame: When the position becomes tactical, it’s easy to overextend. Practice identifying a clear, working plan (improve a specific piece, control a file, or create a pawn push) and stick to it rather than pursuing every tempting tactical thread.
• Endgame technique: Strengthen basic rook and minor piece endgames, especially when you have a material edge or a protected passed pawn. Daily 10-15 minutes on common endgame shapes will pay dividends in blitz.
• Pattern recognition after exchanges: After trades, quickly re-evaluate the resulting structure (pawn skeleton, open files, king safety). This helps you choose the correct transformation (activate rooks on open files, simplify when ahead, or keep tension when you’re still fighting).

Opening choices and how they fit your style

Your openings data show you perform well with dynamic, solid setups like the Colle System variations and certain hyper-modern lines, where you can develop quickly and put pressure on the opponent. The Najdorf and other sharp Sicilians can yield great winning chances, but they require very precise calculation and energy to maintain the initiative in blitz.

• Recommended repertoire focus: consider solid, easy-to-remember lines in Colle System and King’s Indian Attack families, where you can develop safely, keep the game fluid, and rely on your tactical eye to strike at the right moment.
• Sharpened counterplay options: keep one or two sharp Sicilian lines as surprise weapons, but pair them with strong, simple plans so you don’t get tangled in long tactical battles when time is tight.

Two-week practice plan to accelerate improvement

• Daily tactics: 15 minutes of puzzles focusing on forcing moves and calculation accuracy.
• Opening work: 3 short study sessions this week (about 20-25 minutes each) on one Colle System line and one Hungarian Variation line, aiming for quick, repeatable plans.
• Endgame drills: 3 sessions this week on rook endings with a pawn or two, and simple king-and-pawn endings to convert small advantages.
• Post-game review: after every blitz session, spend 5 minutes writing one or two concrete improvements you noticed, plus one thing you’ll repeat in the next game.
• Time management practice: play a few 5+0 or 3+2 games with the goal of making a clear plan by move 12 and avoiding overthinking in the early middlegame.

Notes and optional annotated practice

If you’d like, I can attach a compact PGN snapshot of a notable recent win or loss with annotations to highlight turning points and mistakes. This can help you see exactly where a different plan or timing decision would have improved the result.

Next steps

Pick one or two openings to reinforce this week, and pair them with a consistent endgame routine. I’ll be here to review your annotated games and adjust the plan as you gain clarity and speed in your blitz play.