cchoww NM

Hi cchoww, here’s some focused feedback drawn from your recent 1-minute games.

Big picture

• Bullet specialist around 2612 (2025-01-31) – you convert advantages quickly and your tactical eye is sharp.
• Your win-rate pattern (see

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What you’re already doing well

• Initiative-first mindset. With White you grab space in the English and willingly launch pawn storms (g-pawn thrusts scored you clean K-side mates vs Jesse Davidson & nicholson97).
• Dynamic piece co-ordination. The 28…Rc1+ clearance in your win over real_karma shows good calculation under 5 s on the clock.
• End-game technique. The queen + pawn ending vs A-L_F-X was model play: create an outside passer, centralise king, push.

Key growth themes

1. King safety vs flank pushes
   Gambits work in bullet, but two recent losses show the dark side. Notice how the backward g-pawn gave Black direct mating routes:
   
   
   
   • Add a quick “king-safety checkpoint” before you advance the h- or g-pawns.
   • When you do push, keep a minor piece ready to drop back for defence – classic prophylaxis.
2. Time management
   Three of your five most recent losses were on time, including a winning position vs ماهان فرجی.
   • Bullet is still 60 moves on average; aim to reach move 20 with ≥ 35 s. Practise “hand moves” in your main openings until they’re ingrained.
   • Premove drills: build a safe premove chain (recaptures, automatic king recentering in Q + P vs Q, etc.).
3. Opening depth with Black vs 1.e4
   You rely on the Caro-Kann but slip into sharp side lines (Alien Gambit, 6.Nxf7, Panov) where opponents score quick tactical blows.
   • Refresh your memory on the solid 4…Bf5 Exchange line and the modern 4…Nf6-g6 system – both avoid early king walks.
   • After 6.Nxf7 you spent <1 s on 6…Kxf7; have a canned follow-up: …Qe8, …Kg8, …h6, keep rook on h-file.
4. Critical moments vs strong opposition
   In the loss to GMahan717 you equalised, then 20…f6?! 21.Qc4 Kf7 placed your king on an open file.
   • Insert one move of zwischenzug calculation before every king move. Ask: “What changes if I wait one tempo?”
   • Practical bullet rule: only walk the king if it gains material or a forced repetition.

Opening priorities for the next week

• White: mix in the Reversed Sicilian (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3) – it keeps kings safer when you’re low on time.
• Black: scan 15 minutes of model games in the Caro-Kann | Classical 4…Bf5; note typical piece placements (…e6-c5-Nc6-Bd6-Ne7-O-O-h6).

Drill set for the coming days

1. 15 tactic puzzles/day filtered for “mate in 3-4” to sharpen pattern speed.
2. Play five 3|2 games nightly focusing on clock discipline (no more than 10 s per move before move 20).
3. Analyse one loss with engine off, identifying the first move that turned the evaluation < -1.0. The blunder often hides 2-3 moves earlier.

Keep the initiative, but remember: in bullet the safest king usually wins. Good luck in your next session!