Arunprasad Subramanian GM

Overall Performance Overview

Arunprasad, your strength adjusted win rate stands just above 50%, at about 50.7%, indicating a balanced competitive level in your recent bullet games. Although the last 1 to 6 months have seen a slight rating loss of 20 points, the positive trend slope suggests potential for improvement if the right adjustments are made.

Recent Game Insights

Your recent wins and losses show strong understanding of common openings and endgames, often capitalizing on opponents' time pressure and errors. However, some games ended due to time losses or tactical oversights, indicating areas to focus on:

• Opening play: Maintaining familiar and solid openings like the King's Indian Attack, French Defense, and Caro-Kann are working well. Continuing to deepen your knowledge here will be beneficial.
• Time management: Several matches ended due to clock pressure. Practice bullet time control scenarios to improve speed and reduce time losses.
• Tactical alertness: Watch for critical moments where tactics decide the game, such as avoiding blunders that lead to checkmate or material loss.

Opening Performance

You are well-versed in a variety of openings as reflected in your games, including:

• King's Indian Attack
• French Defense
• Caro-Kann Defense
• English Opening
• Sicilian Defense variations

Focus on refining the early middlegame plans and common tactical motifs in these lines to increase pressure on your opponents.

Areas for Improvement

• Consistent Time Usage: Work on allocating your time more evenly throughout the game, especially in critical positions to avoid losses on time.
• Endgame Technique: Some losses arose from unfavorable endgame positions. Reviewing basic endgame positions and techniques will boost your confidence when approaching the final phase.
• Tactical Training: Engaging regularly with tactical puzzles will help sharpen your calculation skills and spotting threats or opportunities quickly.
• Opening Repertoire Depth: Continue to expand and memorize typical plans and traps in your favored openings to gain early advantages.

Next Steps for Improvement

• Practice bullet games focusing on better time management to reduce time scrambles.
• Analyze recent losses to identify repeat mistakes, especially tactical oversights or endgame misplays.
• Use training tools focused on tactical awareness and endgame fundamentals.
• Study your preferred openings deeper to understand plans beyond the first 10 moves.

With your positive rating trend and dedication, focusing on these areas will help swing your results further in your favor.