Overall Performance Summary
Kirill, your recent blitz games showcase a resilient playstyle with a strength adjusted win rate of roughly 49.5%. Over the last 6 months, you've achieved a substantial rating increase of 955 points, highlighting strong growth and improvement in your skills. However, recent shorter-term trends present mixed signals: while the 1-month trend indicates a positive slope (around +4), suggesting some recent progress, the 3-month trend slope is negative (-14), and you have experienced a slight drop in rating (-1) this month and a larger drop (-29) over 3 months. This kind of fluctuation is not uncommon in blitz chess and presents useful learning opportunities.
Strengths Highlighted
- Solid Opening Preparation: You effectively employ openings like the Sicilian Defense Najdorf and Nimzo-Indian Defense, with detailed maneuvering seen in your games.
- Endgame Technique: In many of your victories, including the recent win against Kirill Alekseenko, your patience and precise play in simplified positions contributed to success.
- Positional Awareness: Your moves controlling key squares and gradual build-up in games show deep understanding of strategic themes.
Areas for Improvement
- Complex Tactical Defense: In your recent losses, opponents exploited tactical vulnerabilities especially during middlegame complexities. Focus on sharpening calculation skills under time pressure.
- Time Management: Multiple games ended on your time loss or on opponent time pressure. Improving pace to ensure better time allocation during critical moments can help maintain composure.
- Transition Handling: Pay attention to smooth transitions between opening to middlegame phases to avoid imbalanced pawn structures or unfavorable piece activity, as observed in some recent losses.
- Capitalize on Opponent Mistakes: In a few games, opportunities to press advantages were missed or delayed. Enhancing instinct to quickly recognize and convert advantages will increase your win rate.
Suggested Focus
- Work on sharpened tactical puzzles daily, especially focusing on defense when under pressure.
- Review and analyze your lost games to understand turning points and improve decision-making.
- Practice time control management to optimize your play speed, including key time control thresholds.
- Deepen study of your favoured openings like the Sicilian Najdorf and Nimzo-Indian to anticipate opponent plans better.
- Analyze endgames to continue strengthening your technique in simplified positions.
Encouragement
Your recent achievements and long-term rating progress indicate that you are on a strong trajectory. The temporary dips are common and can be used as stepping stones to reach further milestones. Keep your focus on consistent improvement, especially in tactical resilience and time control, and your blitz results will continue to improve.