asghar golizadeh GM

Hi Asghar, here’s your personalised post-session report

Key take-aways at a glance

• Your current bullet peak is 2746 (2024-05-02). That already puts you in the top fraction of Chess.com bullet, yet most of your recent games are still decided by the clock rather than the board.
• You win quickly when you get dynamic positions (see the miniature against ESultanov below), but several losses (e.g. to Marcel Petersen) occurred from equal or better positions that ran out of time.
• Openings are sound and flexible, but mid-game conversion and clock-handling can be streamlined.

Your strengths

1. Opening versatility. In the six-game sample you used the Rétí, Closed Sicilian, French-style setups vs. the Modern, and two different Sicilian sidelines as Black. This makes you hard to prepare for.
2. Tactical alertness. Moves such as 24.Nc6⁺!! against BuGMonster show you sense when to cash in tactically.
3. Piece activity over material. You often sacrifice pawns for open lines (e.g. 13.c4!? vs. the Modern) and get practical chances.

Most urgent improvements

1. Bullet time management.
   • In three of the five recent losses you flagged with material equality or advantage.
   • Adopt a “time buffer” rule: never let your clock drop below 10 s until move 20.
   • Use safe pre-moves in forcing sequences and instantly recapture with the most obvious piece when nothing else changes the evaluation.
2. Converting technical endings.
   • The K+R+2P vs. K+R ending against volvo333 was winning but drifted into time scramble. Practise the basic winning technique (cut-off, bridge-building, shoulder-checks).
   • When ahead, trade queens earlier; playing on with queens gives the opponent perpetual-check chances and forces you to spend more clock.
3. Simplify your king-side pawn storms.
   • In the Modern loss to Wotgenie you advanced h-pawns aggressively but weakened g3/f3 squares, leading to counterplay.
   • General rule: in bullet, only launch a pawn storm when your king is already safe and pieces are harmonised.

Illustrative moments

A model game to imitate

Notice how early central tension (…d5) allowed you to seize the initiative and finish the game with a neat queen switchback. Replicating this direct style will also save you clock.

A critical endgame slip

You were up a rook but still flagged. Once the a-pawn fell you only needed to give perpetual checks with the rook; instead, you spent time looking for mate. Memorise the basic winning method: check from behind, push passer when the king is cut.

Training plan for the next two weeks

• Daily 10-minute “bullet drill”: play one 1-minute game starting with 15-second handicap to practise ultra-fast moves.
• Endgame flash cards: K+R vs. K+R+p and Lucena/Philidor positions; 15 positions, 3 repetitions each.
• Review each session’s worst time-trouble moment, ask “Could I have pre-moved?”.
• Watch for Zugzwang motifs in rook endings; they often allow winning on increment without calculation.

When should you play?

Your best results come late evenings UTC – see

Keep sharpening the tactics, but let the clock be your ally rather than your opponent. Good luck!