Hi Om, here’s your personalised post-round report
👍 What’s already working
- Piece activity. In your recent Caro-Kann win you seized the d5 break on move 16 and followed with Bxg6, opening lines at the perfect moment.
- End-game patience. The technical conversion against TenisMaster showed you can nurse a small edge for 50+ moves without rushing.
- Clock handling. You finish most blitz games with 20-40 s in reserve—an excellent buffer that prevents blunders.
🛠️ Quick fixes (easy rating points)
- Clamp down on early queen excursions. Games vs Yasser Quesada Perez and wonderfultime feature multiple Qg3/Qh4 loops that only lose tempi. Adopt the rule “no queen before move 10 unless it wins material or stops mate.”
- Castle first, attack later. Several losses begin with f- & h-pawn pushes while your king languishes in the centre (NguyenXi game). Secure the monarch, then roll pawns.
- Convert by creating a second weakness. You often press on one flank only. Review the principle of two weaknesses and practise closing the game faster.
📚 Opening snapshot
• With White you reach Open Sicilian structures after 1.e4 c5 Nf3.
• With Black you juggle the Caro-Kann and Sicilian-Taimanov. Consider specialising in one defence for depth.
Specific tip: In the Tartakower Caro-Kann (after 14.Rfe1) study 14…Qd7!? which slows your opponent’s d5 break. A 15-minute engine check here will pay for itself quickly.
⚡ Tactical motif to drill
You win many games via rook-lift to the third rank
yet missed 27…Qxf4! in the loss vs Guillermo Camacho Martínez. Create puzzles with themes “back-rank” and “rook activity” and solve 20/day.
📈 Training plan for the next 2 weeks
- Mon-Wed : 25 tactical puzzles + annotate one of your own games.
- Thu : 15-minute opening drill then 5 rapid games using the new line.
- Fri : End-game flashcards (rook & pawn vs rook, opposite-colour bishops).
- Weekend : One 15|10 training match with deep post-mortem.
🔎 Stats & trends
Blitz peak: 2590 (2019-09-03)
Performance dashboards:
🎯 Game of the week
Replay the highlight below and note three improvements you’d make today.
🏆 Next milestone
Climb back to 2400 Blitz (+37 Elo). Cutting blunders from 1.8 to 1.3 per game should be enough.
Keep up the great work, Om! Ping me once you feel your openings stabilise so we can dive deeper into middlegame planning.