Alikhan Irgaliyev NM

Hi Alikhan, here is a personalized post-match review 🇰🇿

1. Quick Snapshot

Current form: 5-game winning streak followed by a tough loss.
Highest blitz rating so far: 2712 (2019-08-10).
Activity trends:

2. What you are doing well

• Tactical vision. In several games you spotted hidden resources (e.g. 25…Qxe2!! in the win vs remi04) and converted them efficiently.
• Practical decision-making in sharp positions. You rarely shy away from complications and often emerge a pawn up.
• Comfort with both colours in Alekhine’s Defence. The set-ups with …d6, …e5, …f5 are handled confidently, showing good opening understanding.

3. Main improvement themes

1. Time management. Two of the recent losses (vs Silversik and DinamicosKing) were on the clock while the position was still playable.
   ➜ Plan: add a “pause & evaluate” habit on moves 10, 20 and 30, spending no more than 15 % of the total time at each checkpoint.
2. King safety during pawn storms. Both sides of the board saw early g- and h-pawn pushes. When they work (your win vs 2008king) they look great, but in the loss to Kombinator01 the exposed king became a target.
   ➜ Study famous attacking classics where the h-pawn rush must be “justified” by pieces ready to join. A good rule: if you push h- or g-pawn before move 10, ask “How do all my pieces enter the attack within 3 moves?”
3. Endgame conversion and rook activity. In the critical loss you reached:

Here your rooks were beautifully centralized earlier, but once you allowed ...Rc4 and ...Rxf4 your own king became boxed in.
➜ Practise rook endgames vs engines starting from equal positions; focus on cutting the opponent king and activating pawns.

4. Opening workshop

5. Tactical motif checklist

Try to spot these patterns in every game:

• Back-rank exploits → keep luft or punish opponent (your 40.Rxh7# vs 2008king).
• Overloaded defender (22…Qf7 vs remi04) – ask “What is this piece defending?”
• Zwischenzug insertions before recapturing.

6. Next 7-day training plan

1. 30 min/day endgame drills (rook + pawn vs rook).
2. Review 5 master games in your key openings; build a short flash-card repertoire.
3. Play two 10 + 5 games focusing only on time usage goals (≥ 1:30 on clock by move 30).
4. Annotate one of your own wins and one loss without an engine first; then compare.

7. Stay motivated!

Your aggressive style is a weapon—polish the defence and clock skills around it and 2800 blitz is within reach. Good luck, and feel free to send your next set of games for review!