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Quick summary

Nice volume and experience — thousands of games give you a big sample to learn from. Recent months show swings: clear peaks followed by a slowdown (rating change: -27 last month; 3‑month +26 but 6‑month -399). Your win patterns show you excel with sharp, unorthodox systems (Amar Gambit, Australian, Colle), but the strength‑adjusted win rate (~0.49) and recent downward slope suggest inconsistent play and periodic time/accuracy leaks.

What you do well

• You score very well with aggressive/offbeat openings — Amar Gambit and the Australian are real weapons for you. Use them as practical surprise tools in blitz.
• High game volume: you learn quickly through repetition. That gives you a big advantage over casual opponents.
• Tendency to create imbalanced, tactical positions where you get practical chances — this is perfect for blitz where pressure and psychology help.
• Good conversion rate overall (many wins across thousands of games). Keep that attacking instinct.

Key areas to improve

• Blunders and hanging pieces. When you’re in a hurry you still leave pieces en prise — watch for the "Loose Piece" moments and LPDO (Loose pieces drop off).
• Time trouble / poor time management (the trend slopes and big swings indicate losses from blitz Zeitnot). Slow down in critical moments; avoid unnecessary pre-moves in unclear positions.
• Inconsistent opening maintenance. Winning with gambits is great, but some opponents have prepared refutations — learn the main responses and typical plans, not just traps.
• Middlegame planning and endgame technique: when you obtain an advantage you sometimes miss the simplest route to simplify and convert (exchange vs keep complications).
• Tilt/variance management: after a loss you sometimes play too fast and lose a second one. Add a one‑move breathing routine after a loss (reset the clock and breathe).

Concrete drills and habits (blitz focused)

• Daily 15–20 minute tactics: 20 mixed puzzles with focus on pattern recognition. Track which motifs cause you trouble (forks, skewers, discoveries).
• Blunder check before every move: get into a habit — "What hangs?" Scan for opponent threats and undefended pieces before you move.
• Play focused training sessions: 5×10‑minute games (not blitz) where you force yourself to avoid pre‑moves and to think 5–10 seconds on critical positions.
• Endgame micro‑drills: king+pawn vs king, basic rook endgames, and simple queen vs rook conversions — 10–15 minutes twice a week.
• Weekly review: pick your last 10 losses and annotate them — find recurring themes (time trouble, missed tactic, opening novelty). Use engine sparingly to check the turning point, then write one sentence lesson per game.

Opening advice (keep what works, refine it)

You already have high win rates with Amar Gambit, Australian, Colle and some Barnes/Scandinavian lines. That’s a strong base — prune and deepen rather than add more systems.

• Solidify 8–12 move plans for each main opening line you play. Know your typical pawn breaks, piece posts, and one key endgame that arises from the line.
• Study the common refutations opponents use against your gambits — prepare one reliable reply so a surprise doesn’t equal an early disadvantage.
• If you see lots of "Unknown" openings in your games, try to steer games into your prepared zones early (play moves that transpose into your comfort lines).
• Example practice: take one Amar Gambit game and store the critical variation as a three‑move refutation you can play fast in blitz.

Blitz-specific game plan

• First 10 moves: reach a comfortable, familiar structure. Save time for move 11–20 where tactics usually appear.
• When ahead materially, prefer simplification: swap pieces (not pawns) and trade into a technically won endgame rather than hunting flashy wins.
• Avoid pre‑moves in tactical or unclear positions. Use pre‑moves only for predictable captures when you are flagged or under heavy clock pressure.
• Manage the clock: keep a baseline — don’t let your average time fall below 4–5 seconds per move in clean positions.

How to review: simple workflow

• Pick 3 lost blitz games per session. Replay them without engine first and note the one moment you think changed the evaluation.
• Then run the engine to confirm whether your intuition was correct. If the engine shows a different critical move, classify it: opening, tactic, endgame, or time trouble.
• Log the categories. If "tactic" appears most often, increase puzzle practice. If "time trouble" is frequent, work on the clock plan.

Mini weekly plan (practical)

• 3× 20 minutes tactics (puzzle set with mixed themes)
• 2× 30 minutes opening study (one line, memorize plans and one anti‑refutation)
• 2× 20 minutes endgame drills (basic rook, pawn endings)
• Play 50 blitz games with rules: no more than 3 pre‑moves per session; review top 3 losses after session.

Small checklist to use during your next blitz session

• Before each move, ask: "Does anything hang?"
• If position is unclear, take an extra 3–5 seconds — avoid autopilot moves.
• If you win material, trade towards a simple endgame.
• After every loss, do one quick micro‑review (what was the turning point?).

Example position to practice tactical scanning

Run this short sequence on your viewer and try to predict the tactical motifs before the engine suggests them:

Next steps for you (actionable)

• Start the weekly plan tomorrow and mark results after 4 weeks. If the downward slope persists, increase time per move by playing some rapid (10+0) games to regain calculation accuracy.
• Keep the aggressive openings but make them resilient: pick 1 anti‑refutation and learn the key tactical line for each.
• Use the blunder‑check habit every move for the next 50 blitz games — that single habit often reverses a negative trend quickly.

Optional: share a game for targeted feedback

If you paste one of your recent blitz game PGNs or the opponent's username (example: opponent123), I can give sequence‑by‑sequence comments and point out the specific turning points and alternative plans.