BlueSapphireChess NM

Blue Sapphire Chess – Personal Feedback Report

Your current competitive picture

• Peak blitz rating so far: 2284 (2025-05-18).
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What you are already doing well

1. Opening versatility as Black. You switch comfortably between the French, Semi-Slav structures and the Hyper-Accelerated Dragon. In the win against tausman you played the French Winawer and steered the game into an imbalanced middlegame where your knight pair did excellent work.
2. Resourceful pawn breaks. Typical examples are …c5 in the Winawer and …f5/ …g5 in your Semi-Slav wins. They created concrete targets and often provoked inaccuracies from your opponents.
3. Tactical alertness. In the game vs BartoszPoland1984 you spotted 24…Bd3! (pinning the rook on f1) within seconds and the game collapsed for White immediately.

Key growth areas

1. Time management.
   You lost on time three times in the last 24 hours while the engine shows the position was still playable or even favourable. Practical tip: adopt a simple “traffic-light” routine – at 1:40 on the clock ask yourself “Am I still in book?”, at 1:00 force a move every 10 seconds, and under 0:30 switch to “safe but fast” mode (avoid lengthy calculation unless it is forced mate).
2. King safety when you own a space advantage.
   In the loss vs comrel (Dutch Stonewall as White) your queenside advance 17.b4-18.b5 left dark-square holes. The critical fragment:
   
   
   
   Notice how the minor concession …Bf3 swung the evaluation completely. Rule of thumb: if your king sits on g1 and both f- and g-pawns are on g3/h3, do not weaken b- and c-files without a concrete tactical reason.
3. Handling of rook invasions & perpetual checks.
   Against RapidBllitzProMaster you repeated moves with 24.Rb7+-29.Rb8+ and ran short of time. When you have only one open file, calculate whether you are chasing a harmless draw or wasting tempi. A quick switch to a stabilising plan (e.g. 24.Rab1 intending b3-b4) would have kept the initiative with less clock pressure.
4. Opening depth with the English/Réti move-order as White.
   Several recent games started 1.c4/1.Nf3 followed by early b-, g- or h-pawn thrusts. The positions became highly committal before development finished. Recommendation: add one solid repertoire branch – e.g. the c4-e3-d4 “Mainstream English” – so you can choose between dynamic and positional setups depending on opponent and mood.

Action plan for the next week

Quick motivational snapshot

“In blitz the clock is your thirteenth piece. Treat it with as much respect as your queen.”

Good luck, and keep sharpening those tactical gems while building a safer strategic foundation!