Timour Koliada FM

Quick summary

Nice work — your most recent win shows strong attacking instincts and piece activity. Your losses reveal recurring practical issues: tactical oversights in sharp positions and time management. Below are concrete, prioritized steps to turn those wins into consistent results.

Recent game highlights

• Win vs Hayk Vardanyan — Modern Defense (Modern Defense)

  Good signs: you seized space with pawns (e4/f4), used knights energetically (Nd5 / Nf6+), and invaded with rooks and queen to create decisive threats. That style suits blitz: active pieces + pressure. Replay:
• Loss vs chess_mage1

  What happened: a tactical skewer / knight-net followed by quick piece exchanges and then passed pawn play. You were caught tactically on move 15 (Qxd4+) — the opponent exploited a loose tactical motif. Lesson: when the center opens, quickly check for opponent tactics against your pieces and king.

• Time-related losses (examples: Maj Zirkelbach, tebriz_fm)

  Several games ended by flag or lost on time in complex positions. Your play is sharp, but the clock cost you practical wins. Improve conversion by simplifying when ahead and allocating time earlier in the game for critical moments.

Patterns — What you do well

• Active piece play: you like to attack and place pieces on strong squares (knight hops into the opponent camp, rook swings). This creates practical pressure in blitz.
• Opening familiarity in dynamic systems (Modern/KID/Benko-style positions) — you reach complex middlegames confidently.
• Solid strength-adjusted win rate (~49.8%) — you already win almost as often as you lose against similar opponents.

Recurring weaknesses to fix

• Tactical oversights in sharp moments — moves like Qxd4+ or Nxc4 in your losses indicate missed intermezzos or forks. Increase short-tactic drills focused on pins, skewers, forks and discovered attacks.
• Time management — several games ended on the clock. Practice using the first minute to reach a safe, familiar middlegame and reserve time for complications.
• Opening lines with low win rates — some of your common lines (e.g., certain Alapin / Slav Bonet / London Poisoned Pawn positions) show below-average win rates in your database. Consider streamlining your repertoire to the lines you score best with.
• Endgame technique under pressure — when the opposition creates connected passed pawns (b-pawn pushes in several losses) you struggled to stop them cleanly. Work on basic rook + pawn and queen vs. pawn scenarios.

Concrete 4-week plan (blitz-focused)

• Daily (15–25 min): tactics trainer — 100 puzzles/week, focus on pattern recognition (pins, forks, discovered attacks).
• 3× per week (30–60 min): one slow game (10+5 or 15+10) and full post-mortem — identify the exact tactical miss or plan error in each loss.
• 2× per week (20–30 min): openings review — keep the top 2 lines that yield best results (pick from your Openings Performance with higher win rates like Gruenfeld Exchange or KID Sämisch) and drill typical middlegame plans, not just moves.
• Weekly (30 min): endgame drills — rook endings, passed pawn defense, Lucena basics. Practice converting a minimal advantage under the clock.
• Tempo & clock habit: in blitz, force yourself to spend an extra 2–3 seconds on every first 10 opening moves to avoid early tactical traps and to reach a playable middlegame.

Small tactical checklist (use during games)

• Are any of my pieces hanging or can they be forked/skewered after the next capture?
• If the center opens, will any check or discovered attack hit my king or queen?
• Do I have time to calculate a forcing sequence, or should I simplify to reduce risk?
• If pawn structure changes (b or c pawn pushes), who gets the outside passed pawn?

Opening adjustments — quick wins

• Keep the aggressive setups that suit your style (e4/f4 in the Modern / Pterodactyl) but memorize the key tactical shots opponents use in those lines (central breaks, knight jumps to c4/e3).
• Declutter low-performing sidelines from your repertoire (lines where your WinRate < 40%), and replace with a simpler alternative that leads to the same middlegame plans.
• Study one model game per opening you play and store 3–4 “go-to” plans for middlegame and 1 typical tactic to watch for.

How I can help next

• I can produce a focused tactics set tailored to the motifs you miss most (send 5 loss positions and I’ll extract motifs).
• If you want, paste 2–3 of your losing positions and I’ll give move-by-move lines showing where to watch for tactics.
• We can set a 4-week training calendar and track progress (tactics accuracy, time saved per game, opening error reduction).

Useful quick links from your recent games

• Win replay vs Hayk Vardanyan: game viewer above — review Nd5 / Nf6+ sequence.
• Loss to chess_mage1: focus on the moment after central exchanges where Qxd4+ appeared — check for knight forks.
• Losses on time: Maj Zirkelbach, tebriz_fm — practice time allocation in low-risk opening lines.

Parting note

You have a very strong backbone — excellent attacking sense and a near-50% strength adjusted win rate. Fixing a few tactical leaks and improving clock habits will convert many of those close losses into wins. If you want, send 2-3 specific loss positions (FENs) and I'll annotate them move-by-move.