Quick overview
Nice momentum recently — your play shows confident attacking ideas, good rook activity, and an ability to convert advantages. Below I highlight concrete strengths, the main mistakes that cost you the loss, and a short plan you can follow to keep improving in blitz.
Recent game spotlight
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Win — strong finishing technique: cm-oujda vs flamingdonkey (2026-05-22).
What worked: you pushed the queenside pawns to create a passed pawn, used a rook invasion to tie down the enemy pieces, and your queen and rook combined to force mate on the back rank.
Keep: advancing a passed pawn at the right time, opening files for rooks, and looking for second-rank penetration with rooks.
Opening reference: Neo-Grunfeld Defense (from the ECO info).
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Win — pressure and coordination: cm-oujda vs Salimskyi (2026-05-21).
What worked: you built central control, traded into a position where your pieces coordinated towards the kingside, and converted with active rooks and a passed pawn.
Opening reference: Scandinavian Defense.
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Loss — missed defence and back-rank danger: cm-oujda vs playtowin2020 (2026-05-24).
Turning point: after some exchanges you allowed your opponent to create decisive threats on the back rank and penetrate with the queen. The sequence around your pawn push and king recapture left you a piece down.
Takeaway: when your king is somewhat exposed avoid weakening pawn moves that open lines toward your king. If you are unsure, consider simplifying or improving king safety first.
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Draws worth reviewing (good defensive technique and endgame simplification):
What you do well
Active rook play and exploiting open files — you convert rook activity into real threats.
Turning pawn advances into concrete advantages (passed pawns and queenside breaks).
Good ability to coordinate queen and rook in attacking setups — frequent decisive penetration on the second and back ranks.
Your opening wins show you have reliable lines — lean into the lines with the best results.
Where to improve (highest impact)
Time management in blitz: several games show you drop to very little time in the critical middlegame. Try to keep 30+ seconds for key tactical decisions and avoid auto-moving in sharp positions.
Defensive awareness: reduce back-rank and queen infiltration mistakes by routinely checking opponent threats before pawn pushes.
Calculation under pressure: the loss showed a missed tactical defence sequence. Train short tactical sequences (1–4 moves depth) to build faster pattern recognition.
Endgame technique: some drawn/won endgames could be cleaned up faster. Practice common rook and king vs rook, and queen endings so you convert quicker in blitz.
Patch weaker openings: you have excellent winrates in many lines, but consider drilling lines with lower winrates like the Dőry Defense to avoid being surprised early.
Concrete training plan (weekly)
Daily: 10 tactical puzzles (5–10 minutes) focused on pins, forks, discovered attacks and back-rank motifs.
3x per week: 5 blitz games followed by immediate self-review of the critical position — annotate one mistake and one good decision per game. Start with reviewing the game vs playtowin2020 to find the defensive resource you missed (View Game).
2x per week: 20–30 minutes of endgame practice—rook endgames and simple queen endgames. Use short drills and mate-with-queen exercises.
Weekly opening session: choose one high-performing line to deepen (for example the Hungarian Opening or King’s Indian Attack lines). Also spend one session fixing a weaker line like the Döry Defense. Use structured repertoires and 10–15 model games.
One monthly review: pick 3 recent games (a win, a loss, a draw) and create annotated notes with your candidate moves and why you played them. Start with these three: View Game, View Game, View Game.
Blitz checklist (before you hit the clock)
One quick threat check: “Does my opponent have a forcing tactic next move?”
King safety: if your last move opens a file toward your king, pause and re-evaluate.
If ahead: favor simplification and trades that increase the clarity of your plan.
In time trouble: swap to simple plans (improve piece, reduce opponent counterplay) rather than long tactical calculations.
Small adjustments that pay big dividends
Auto-evaluate candidate captures: before taking, ask “Does this open a line to my king?”
Use 10 extra seconds at move 10–15 to set up a clean middlegame plan; it saves time later.
When ahead by material, keep rooks on open files and avoid unnecessary pawn breaks that create weaknesses.
Play a weekly slow game (10+0) to practice deeper calculation and opening preparation — this strengthens blitz decision-making.
Next steps for the coming week
Do the tactical routine each day and mark puzzles you miss for later review.
Review the loss vs playtowin2020 move-by-move and write down the defensive alternatives you missed (View Game).
Pick one opening line to expand (use your best-tested lines like Hungarian Opening), and one weak line to patch (Döry Defense).
After 10 blitz games, take 20 minutes to annotate the two most instructive games using the game links above.
Want, I can prepare a 7-day training sheet with puzzles and exact positions from your three recent games to practice — say yes and I’ll generate it.