Lazaro Pino NM

Hi Lázaro! 🌟 Overall assessment

You are an aggressive, initiative–oriented player who feels at home in the Sicilian (…g6 lines) with Black and the London-System family with White. Your tactical alertness and piece activity frequently give you dynamic positions even against titled opposition; your current peak blitz rating is 2420 (2023-03-07). The long technical win against azertytototgetot shows that you can also convert small advantages in endgames when the clock is on your side.

Key strengths to keep nurturing

• Opening understanding – consistent repertoires (Accelerated Dragon / London) mean you reach familiar structures quickly.
• Tactical vision – sacrifices such as 15.Rxf6! (vs. omarbestia1952) or ideas like Bh6/Bxh6 are spotted fast.
• Practical fighting spirit – you are ready to trade queenside pawns for open files and initiative, e.g. …a5/…a4 pushes.

Recurring issues observed

• Time-management – four of the recent losses ended on time or in severe time pressure. Your hourly performance curve (
  ) dips sharply after move 25.
• Over-extension in the Sicilian – the sequence …f6/…e5 against Mikhail_Golubev created dark-square holes and an exposed king:
  
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• King safety in the London – early h-pawn thrusts (h4-h5) without castling, e.g. vs. Sanan_Sjugirov, left you vulnerable to counter-punches and rook lifts.
• Converting big rating gaps – wins against 400-rated opponents are quick, but similar positions vs 2200+ sometimes slip due to missed quiet moves and endgame technique.

Targeted improvement plan

1. Structured time control drills
   Play two 15 | 10 games per day this week. After each game, spend 10 minutes annotating moves where you had <10 seconds. Goal: reduce blunders caused by habitual bullet instincts.
2. Dark-square awareness exercises
   For the next 30 puzzles you solve, filter for “king safety / dark-square weaknesses”. Reinforce patterns like the weak e6–f7–g6 complex in the Dragon.
3. Upgrade the Anti-London plan with Black
   In several games opponents equalised easily with …c5 followed by …Qc8-h3 ideas. Prepare a concrete line (e.g. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 c5 3.d5 b5!?) and test it in at least 20 blitz games.
4. Endgame endings › rook + minor piece vs rook
   Your win vs azertytototgetot was good but could be faster. Review Chapter 9 of Silman’s Complete Endgame Course (or similar material) and redo the drills.
5. Weekly self-review session
   Every Sunday export your own losses, create a “theme list” of 3 mistakes, and feed them into a spaced-repetition flash-card system (front: position, back: best move + explanation).

Opening snapshots to study

Motivational snapshot

Your win-rate spikes on Thursdays, especially in the 20:00–23:00 UTC slot: see

Final encouragement

Small tweaks to clock handling and king safety will convert many of those razor-thin losses into wins. Keep embracing your creative style, but anchor it with a little more prophylaxis and calm calculation. I look forward to seeing you break 2500 blitz soon!