ChampoulaDourada

Quick summary

Nice session — your recent blitz shows the three things you do reliably: 1) active piece play and good rook activity in the middlegame and endgame, 2) a mature opening repertoire (the English Opening and Benoni lines are scoring well for you), and 3) practical time-management (you won one game on time). Your strength-adjusted win rate is ~50%, and the rating trend is upward — keep that momentum.

What you did well (repeat and keep doing)

• Active piece play: you push pawns to open lines for rooks and use rook lifts well — this creates real practical chances in blitz.
• Opening preparation: your play in symmetrical English / Benoni-type structures is consistent; you often reach playable middlegames with concrete plans.
• Endgame technique and clock pressure: converting a technical position and winning on time shows good practical awareness.
• Resilience: you convert small advantages instead of overcomplicating; that’s how you grind rating gains (+17 in the last month, +148 over 3 months).

Key mistakes to fix (high impact)

• Short tactical oversights around queen and rook tactics. In the loss vs Solomon you let White’s queen and rook coordination create decisive threats — watch for incoming checks, pins and discovered checks before every move.
• Occasional passive responses instead of simplifying when under pressure. Trading a piece or exchanging into a favorable endgame is often the best defense — don’t try to defend passively with awkward piece placements.
• Move-order and coordination in complex positions. A small probing inaccuracy can leave a piece hanging or allow a fork; slow down one extra second in critical moments and run a quick mental check: “Are any of my pieces loose? Any forks, pins, discovered attacks?”

Concrete notes from two recent games

Win vs veteran57 — what went well:

• You played the opening into a symmetrical English-type structure and fought for the c-file and queenside. Good pawn advance to c5 and timely rook activity (Ra6/Ra5 ideas) forced concessions.
• You kept pressure on the enemy king, used a passed pawn and rook infiltration — practical, correct play for blitz.
• Critical sequence (simplified): you created a passed pawn on the queenside, invaded with the rook on the 6th rank, then converted with accurate king/rook coordination.

Loss vs Solomon — lessons:

• After 20...Qf6 and the subsequent queen sorties White built a mating/net threat on your kingside. Your 22...Re6 / 24...Rf6 sequence looked active but left tactical holes — White exploited queen + bishop activity.
• When your opponent threatens mate patterns or heavy-piece checks, prioritize neutralizing the threat (trade, block, or create luft) rather than counterplay that leaves the king exposed.

If you want to replay these positions quickly, here are the critical move-sequences:

• Win vs veteran57 (key line near conversion):
• Loss vs Penguinept (critical run-up):

Practical training plan (next 2–4 weeks)

• Daily 10–15 minutes tactics: focus on pins, forks and discovered attacks. Aim for 15–30 puzzles/day with increasing difficulty. That directly reduces the kind of tactical misses you saw.
• 2× 30-minute sessions per week: focused endgame practice — rook and pawn endgames (Lucena, Philidor), basic king+pawn vs king. These will improve your conversion rate and confidence in late middlegames.
• Weekly opening review: pick two trouble lines from your stats (for example the Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo variation where your win rate is lower) and review the 5–8 mainlines / typical plans. Use model games and note typical pawn breaks.
• One analysis habit: after each loss, spend 5–10 minutes within 24 hours to find the single tactical mistake you missed — write it down and repeat that motif in puzzles.
• Blitz-to-rapid practice: play 2–4 rapid games (10+5) per week to practise deeper calculation and reduce move-1 second errors in blitz.

Checklist to run in your head during blitz

• Before moving: “Any checks, captures, threats?”
• If opponent’s queen/rooks are active: look for back-rank and mate motifs.
• When under attack: consider exchanging a piece to remove the attacker rather than a risky defensive move.
• If material is equal and position is messy: simplify into a favorable endgame if possible.

Personalized notes from your stats

• Your opening performance is excellent in lines like the English Opening: Symmetrical Variation and Vienna Gambit — keep those as pillars of your repertoire.
• Strength-adjusted win rate ~0.4996 indicates you are performing at expectation vs opponents — the fastest gains will come from converting small advantages and eliminating tactical slip-ups.
• The rating trend is positive (1, 3, 6 and 12 month slopes all rising). That’s proof your method works — add the training plan above and the slope should continue up.

Want an annotated game?

Tell me which game you want annotated (give the opponent name or “last loss” / “last win”) and I’ll produce a short annotated version with 3–5 critical positions and suggested improvements. Example opponents in the sample set: Solomon and veteran57.