Sergey Averchenko FM

Feedback for Sergey Averchenko — blitz play

You play with a willingness to fight for initiative and to complicate positions, which is a strong fit for blitz. Your games show you can generate active, often sharp positions where opponents feel the pressure. At the same time, blitz can tempt overextension or tactical overreach, so focusing on consistency and clean conversion will help turn more of those stories into wins.

What went well

• You frequently seek dynamic piece activity and aim to keep your opponent on the defensive, creating practical problems that are hard to solve under time pressure.
• Your willingness to choose flexible, solid openings helps you avoid early strategic collapses and keeps pressure on the opponent early in the game.
• You show good willingness to simplify into favorable endgames when your initiative dries up, which is a solid skill in blitz where exact calculation can be limited by time.

Key areas to improve

• Time management: aim to secure at least a comfortable portion of the clock in the early to middlegame, so you’re not rushing decisions in critical moments.
• Threat-aware calculation: in sharp lines, pause a moment to verify your candidate forcing moves and look for quiet replies your opponent could have; avoid letting a strong defensive move slip through due to haste.
• Consistency in transition: work on turning initiative into tangible advantages (material or positional) rather than chasing multiple tactical ideas at once, which can lead to miscalculation.
• Endgame technique under time pressure: practice straightforward pawn endings and rook endings to convert small advantages into wins even when the clock is tight.

Opening choices to consider

Your performance indicates solid results with certain flexible structures. To build consistency, you might reinforce a compact repertoire around these lines. Consider exploring: Alapin-Sicilian-Defense and Australian-Defense to reach comfortable middlegame positions where you can press while keeping the king relatively safe. You can review typical middlegame plans from these lines and practice the common tactical motifs that arise.

Practical training plan

• Daily drills: 15-20 minutes of tactical puzzles focusing on common blitz motifs (forks, pins, skewers, back-rank ideas) to improve quick pattern recognition.
• Game analysis: review 2-3 recent blitz games (yours and a few opponent games) to identify a recurring moment where quick decision-making led to a risk or missed conversion.
• Opening reinforcement: spend 2 sessions per week expanding the Alapin-Sicilian and Australian-Defense lines, noting typical middlegame structures and safe plan ideas.
• Endgame practice: 1 short endgame drill per week (rook endings, king and pawn endings) to sharpen conversion under time pressure.

Notes on your openings performance

Your data suggests focusing on openings that keep tension but avoid early tactical chaos can suit blitz well. Emphasize solid, repeatable plans within those lines, and back them up with quick, high-quality calculation when opponents push. If you’d like, I can annotate a couple of recent games to illustrate concrete moments to improve within these openings. [[Link|analysis|Recent Games]]

Next steps

If you want, I can tailor a短, actionable 2-week plan and annotate specific positions from your latest games to show exact improvements you can work on. For a quick start, try implementing a stricter time plan in the first 10 moves and practicing the recommended endgame drills after your blitz sessions.