DontHurtMe1000

Quick summary

Nice work — your recent win shows strong attacking instincts and the ability to punish a loose black king. Your losses show a recurring pattern: good middlegame play, then time trouble and missed conversions. Overall trend is positive (3‑month and 6‑month gains). Keep pushing the same strengths while tightening up clock handling.

Recent games (playback)

Key win (decisive king hunt). Opponent: bontot_2609. Opened with a Scandinavian-style position — you ran a fast, forcing attack that led to the opponent's king being chased into the open.

• Replay:
• Loss where time ran out (example):

What you're doing well

• Attacking intuition — you see forcing sequences (sacrifices, checks) and follow through. Your king hunt in the win was sharp and effective.
• Opening variety — your opening database shows strong results in English-type systems and certain Gambit lines. Keep using those to get familiar tactical motifs (for example, English Opening patterns).
• Long-term improvement — your 3‑ and 6‑month rating jumps (+124 and +126) show you are learning and improving overall. Keep the momentum.

Where to improve (highest impact)

• Time management / Flagging: several games end "won on time". In bullet, decisions to simplify or to repeat checks should be influenced by your clock. Keep a small reserve (3–8 seconds) instead of going to 0.
• Conversion under time pressure: you repeatedly reach winning or equal endgames but then run out of time. Practice converting the simplest winning plans (trade to a winning pawn endgame, activate king, keep a passed pawn).
• Premoves & safety: premoves are powerful but dangerous. Use them only when you’re sure the opponent's reply is forced. When the position is sharp, avoid blind premoves that cost material or tempo.
• Endgame basics: several losses show promotions and rook-endgame swings. Drill basic rook vs pawn and queen+pawn endgames so you can play them confidently when the clock is low.

Practical bullet tips you can apply immediately

• Keep a 3–8 second “buffer.” If you have less than that on the clock, shift to simplifying moves and checks you know are safe.
• If you're ahead materially and low on time, aim to trade down into a king+passed pawn race rather than hunting for a mating net that costs time.
• Use premoves for obvious recaptures and pawn pushes only. Turn them off during chaotic tactical melees.
• Openings: favor lines you know blindfold — you already do well with aggressive English/Agincourt-style lines (English Opening / Amazon Attack). Those give you recurring tactical themes you can play quickly.
• When you see early queen sorties from the opponent (Qh5/Qf3 pattern from recent loss), don't panic — develop quickly and respond with natural moves (knight to f6, g6 when safe). This reduces cheap surprises.

Training plan (next 2–4 weeks)

• Daily: 10–15 minutes tactical puzzles focused on mates, forks and back‑rank patterns (these pay off immediately in bullet).
• 3× per week: 1+1 or 2+1 practice with the explicit goal of maintaining a 3–8s buffer. Play 10 games and count timeouts — aim to reduce them by 50%.
• Weekly: replay 2 recent losses and mark the moments where you switched from a safe plan to a risky one. Ask: did the board require the risk or did the clock force you?
• Endgame drill: 5–10 rook endgames and queen vs rook basics — 15 minutes total per week.

Small tactical checklist during a bullet game

• Are there checks or captures that force simplification? Prefer those when low on time.
• Who controls the only open file(s)? If it’s you, simplify into rooks+passed pawn; if not, avoid trading into a passive rook endgame.
• Do I have safe premoves? If not, switch them off.
• Is the opponent short on time too? If yes, keep the position complicated but safe; otherwise simplify.

Want a targeted review?

If you want, I can annotate one of these games move‑by‑move and highlight the exact moments where a different plan or a quicker move would have avoided the time loss. Which game should I analyze first?

• Win vs bontot_2609 — I can show the king-hunt ideas and where you got the initiative.
• Loss vs holdentoodix — we can focus on clock decisions and simplest conversion lines.

Closing encouragement

Your recent rating momentum and attacking play are solid foundations. Fixing the time management issues and practicing a few core endgames will turn close losses into wins. Keep the aggression — sharpen the clock skills.