Artem Bardyk FM

Summary of Recent Performance

Artem, your recent games show a solid performance in blitz chess, evidenced by a strength adjusted win rate just above 50%. Your rating has improved significantly over the past six months with a notable increase of 1263 points and continues to trend upward across 1-month, 3-month, and 6-month periods, indicating consistent growth.

What You Did Well

• You played aggressively and seized tactical chances effectively as seen in your wins where strong tactical shots led to decisive material gains or mating nets.
• Your endgame technique is commendable, with good use of active king maneuvers and pawn breaks to convert advantages, shown in several wins by resignation or checkmate.
• Castling was timely and helped secure king safety in multiple games, contributing to your middle and endgame strategy.
• You managed time well in most games, maintaining good clock control especially during critical moments.

Areas to Improve

• Handling Pressure Against Tactical Attacks: In some losses such as the game against Kevin Joel Cori Quispe, improved caution around your king when facing strong attacking players could help. Look out for checks and pins, especially near your king.
• Opening Choices and Preparation: Consider deepening your understanding of popular Sicilian Defense variations since many games began this way. Strengthening your opening repertoire based on your opponents’ choices could give you better early-game stability.
• Positional Judgment: There were instances where simplifying or exchanging pieces earlier would have been beneficial to ease defensive challenges. Practicing strategic plans in positions can improve your long-term decision making.
• Resilience to Opponent’s Counterplay: Notice areas where your opponents broke through your setup. Building awareness of potential counter-attacks and preparing prophylactic moves will reduce surprise attacks.

Recommendations Moving Forward

• Analyze your losses in detail, especially focusing on the moments when the position became difficult. Identifying recurring tactical or positional weaknesses will focus your training.
• Develop a more diverse opening repertoire with a few main lines plus surprise weapons to avoid becoming too predictable.
• Incorporate endgame studies to continue polishing your technique, which is already a strong point in your play.
• Practice blitz games specifically under time pressure to enhance intuition and speed in complex positions.
• Use the Catalan Opening and other openings you performed well with as a base to deepen strategic knowledge.

Your rating trend and large rating gains over six months are excellent indicators of your dedication and talent. Keep up the structured study and gameplay, and you will see even further improvements!