Bonn Rainauld Tibod

Strengths to Build On

You demonstrate sharp tactical awareness and good piece activity in blitz. In several games you press with active rooks and queen, creating practical problems for your opponents even when the position is unpolished. You also show resilience in complex middlegame fights and a solid approach to converting advantages into material or positional gains when your opponent missteps.

• You manage to generate concrete threats from open lines and open files, especially when the kings are exposed or files are semi-open.
• Your willingness to complicate the position can push less precise opponents into mistakes, which is a useful blitz trait.
• You handle time pressure in many games with steady, purposeful moves rather than rushed, guessy plays.

Key Improvement Areas for Blitz

• Time management: In fast games, aim to decide on a plan within the first few critical moves and then execute it. If you’re unsure after 8-10 seconds, consider a safe developing move that maintains your plan instead of exploring too many branches.
• Endgame technique: When you reach simplified endgames, focus on clear pawn structure plans (passed pawns, outside passer, Kirkman-style rook activity) and aim to reduce tactical noise that can flip a win into a draw or loss.
• Consistency in openings: You have strong results in several lines, but avoid over-reliance on a few heavily studied ideas. Introduce 1-2 flexible branches in your main openings to adapt to different opponents in blitz.
• Spotting threats and blunders: In dynamic, tactical positions, double-check for opponent threats and look for forcing moves (checks, captures with tempo, or threats that force concessions) to minimize blunders under time pressure.

Opening Strategy Recommendations

Your data shows solid results with several aggressive and dynamic defenses and defenses-to-counterlines. A practical approach in blitz is to:

• Keep expanding the repertoire around your strongest openings (for example, lines from the Sicilian Defense and the Caro-Kann) but add a flexible anti-branch to handle offbeat replies.
• Prepare key middlegame themes from each opening (typical pawn breaks, typical piece maneuvers, and common tactical motifs) so you can transition quickly from opening to middlegame with a clear plan.
• When you face unusual lines, avoid too deep novelty scouting in blitz; aim for solid, principled development and a clear plan rather than speculative improvisation.

Tip: after your next few games, write down a single plan for the middlegame in each opening you play (e.g., “activate rooks on the e-file, press on the kingside if the center opens”).

Endgame and Tactical Practice Plan

To sharpen your conversion and reduce blunders, try the following over the next two weeks:

• Endgame drills: practice rook endings with a pawn majority, focusing on creating a passed pawn and using the opposition to win.
• Tactical training: 15 minutes of puzzles daily, emphasizing back-rank ideas, tactical motifs like overloads and deflections, and recognizing forced sequences in sharp lines.
• Game review routine: after each blitz game, write 2-3 critical moments where a different, simpler plan would have been stronger, and what move would have accomplished it.

Practical Practice Schedule (next 14 days)

• Daily: 15 minutes of tactics, plus 1 short blitz game (3+2 or 5+0) to apply the day’s learning.
• Alternate days: 30-minute openings review focusing on 1-2 lines in your primary choices and 1 flexible anti-variation.
• End of week: review 3 of your recent blitz games with a focus on where a different plan in the middlegame would have saved time or gained a clear advantage.

Optional Example to Visualize Plan

To help you apply these insights quickly, you can load a sample game plan visualization. If you’d like, plug in a recent opening into a move-list viewer to practice planning the middlegame from the first strong developing move. Placeholder example below can be replaced with a real game when you’re ready:

Next Steps

Continue leveraging your strengths in initiative and dynamic play, while tightening time usage and endgame technique. The data suggests your trend is positive; keep a steady practice routine and add targeted endgame drills to stabilize decision-making under time pressure.