Bladel FM

Hi Bladel! 🎯 A quick look at your recent Blitz games

You are an aggressive, tactically alert player who often seizes the initiative early. Your victories against strong opposition (e.g. Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad) show that you can calculate quickly under pressure and are not afraid to enter sharp positions.

What you’re doing well

• Opening ambition. As Black you employ the Nimzowitsch Defence (1…Nc6) and, against 1.d4, flexible Queen’s-Pawn structures. These systems lead to imbalanced middlegames that suit your tactical style.
• Piece activity and initiative. In your most recent win you sacrificed material (…Bxc3+, …Qxa1) to keep White’s king in the centre and were rewarded with a crushing attack.
• Pressure on the clock. Many of your opponents ran out of time while defending difficult positions—evidence that you keep them thinking.
• Rating strength. Congratulations on reaching 2804 (2021-06-01)! Maintaining ~2800 blitz is no small feat.

Recurring issues & improvement ideas

• Time management. Four of the five most recent losses were on time. Even when objectively winning you sometimes enter severe Zeitnot. • Adopt a “minimum moves per 10 seconds” habit in quiet positions. • Use the increment to rebuild your buffer instead of pursuing only the “best” move.
• End-game conversion. When the fireworks settle you occasionally reach better endgames but fail to convert, either from haste or unfamiliarity. A short daily drill on basic technical endings (rook + pawn vs rook, bishop of opposite colours, etc.) will pay quick dividends.
• Over-pushing kingside pawns. In the loss versus Kushagra Mohan the early …h5/…h4 weakened g3/h3 and the dark squares around your king. Before launching wing pawns, ask “If the attack stalls, what holes have I created?”
• Queen adventures in the Nimzowitsch. Moves like …Qa5/…Qa3 can pick off pawns, but they also cost tempi and invite Nb5/Ne5 ideas. Consider quicker development (…Nf6, …e6, …Be7) and delaying queen sorties until you are castled.

Annotated reference games

Model win – fast initiative & tactical accuracy

Model loss – structural weaknesses & time trouble

Action plan for the next two weeks

1. Play three 15 | 10 games focusing solely on finishing with >1 minute on the clock.
2. Solve 20 end-game studies (lichess “practice with computer” or any app) – aim for rook endings in particular.
3. Review the first 12 moves of your Nimzowitsch lines; create a “safe” main line with rapid development and delayed queen moves.
4. After each blitz session, pick one game you won and one you lost; spend five minutes annotating critical moments before moving on.

Your performance snapshots

Keep the energy, fine-tune the technique, and you’ll convert more of those promising positions into wins. Good luck, and enjoy the journey!