Laith Kasib FM

Your current strengths

• Dynamic piece play – In your win vs. adwa2024 you kept central tension, then switched to a kingside pawn storm (g4–h3) that tied Black down and won material.
• End-game grind – Several victories came from equal endings where you kept pressure until the flag fell. Patience is a weapon in blitz.
• Opening versatility – You handle both 1.e4 and 1.d4 as White and reply with French, Sicilian and Modern as Black. Opponents rarely catch you in move-one prep.

Key areas to improve next

1. Clock management
   • 5 of your last 6 losses were timeouts in playable or better positions.
   • Adopt a “move every 3-4 seconds” rule in quiet spots and bank the increment.
   • Practise bullet sessions with the aim of zero -10 seconds spikes on the clock graph.
2. Central counterplay in the Sicilian
   Against Talaibek Osmonbekov the early f-pawn thrust let Black equalise with …d5. Review model games in the English Attack to learn when to strike vs. when to castle first.
3. Material evaluation & exchange sacs
   In the loss to Jhoel Garcia you grabbed a² and soon lost the thread. Train “imbalances” puzzles and annotate three GM games featuring the exchange sacrifice.
4. Minor-piece endings
   Versus WinterVault, an outside passed pawn (...b4) decided. Rule: in N-vs-B endings activate your king before pushing pawns.

Opening snapshot

Peak ratings — Blitz: | Rapid:

Four-week training menu

• Daily – 20 tactical puzzles (≥ 80 % accuracy target).
• 3×/week – 15-min engine review of one blitz game (focus on ±2 missed shots).
• Weekly – 5 rapid games (15 | 10) to practise deep calculation without flagging.
• Opening lab – Each week add one line to your repertoire file and test it in 10 blitz games.

When do you play best?

Hourly performance:

Win rate by day of week:

Mini-tactics quiz from your last win

Cover the screen and try to find the continuation before clicking “Play”.