Christian Salas Arros FM

Hi Christian!

Great work maintaining a performance around the 2550-2570 mark in 3-minute games. Your recent streak of 5 wins out of the last 8 shows solid form, and the quality of your victories proves you can outplay strong opposition.

What you are doing well

• Dynamic piece play. When you seize the initiative you rarely let go. The attacking sequence 23.Re7! in your win against tjcmhh is a model example (see full game below).
• Central breaks. You consistently find pawn breaks (e4–e5 vs KID, f5 in the French) that create practical problems for your opponents.
• Conversion technique. In several endgames (e.g. vs Kim Sergey with …Nd2) you showed good technique converting the material edge without giving counter-play.
• Opening range. You comfortably handle King’s Indian, French, Benoni and QGD structures with both colours—an asset for blitz.

Key improvement themes

1. Early king safety & pawn pushes.
   In the loss to José Francisco Veiga (Benoni) 14.h3?! weakened the dark squares and gave Black a clear pawn lever …f5. Ask yourself before pushing wing pawns: “Does this create a new hook for my opponent?”
2. Piece coordination when under pressure.
   Against Kim Sergey you allowed …Qc4, …Be6, …Ne6, suddenly every Black piece was better. When you feel the position slipping, trade the most active enemy piece or challenge a dominating square immediately instead of making a quiet improving move.
3. Time management in won positions.
   The timeout vs kjzsdu occurred in a position that Stockfish evaluates as ≈0.00 after 28…Re2. Try adopting a “safe-move” habit: when up on the board but low on the clock, play a simple consolidating move every 2-3 seconds, then calculate on the opponent’s time.
4. French Exchange & sideline coverage.
   The loss vs bach12345_lfay shows discomfort in slow French structures. Invest an hour to review typical plans: …c5 break timing, piece placement (often …Be7–g5), and ways to meet the Ng6 sac motifs.

Action plan for the next 2 weeks

Your peak rating snapshot

Blitz peak: 2669 (2022-09-20)

Performance overview

Hourly win rate:

Annotated highlight game

Enjoy revisiting your crisp attacking win:

Glossary

Unsure of a term? Click to open an inline tooltip: prophylaxis, hook, initiative.

Final thoughts

With a bit more discipline in pawn structure and time handling, breaking the 2600 barrier in blitz is absolutely within reach. Keep pushing and enjoy the climb!