Guibert B.

Quick summary

Nice session — you're finding active plans, winning messy middlegames and converting endgame advantages. Your recent wins show an eye for simplifying into favorable king-and-pawn or rook endings, while the loss highlights a recurring pattern: you sometimes allow the opponent to untangle with a central pawn break and open lines against your king. Keep the aggression, tighten the defenses.

What you're doing well

• Active piece play — you consistently bring pieces to aggressive squares and create concrete threats rather than passively shuffling.
• Good sense for when to simplify — in several wins you traded into an endgame where your king activity and pawn structure gave practical winning chances.
• Comfort with standard pawn breaks — you play timely pawn pushes (f4/f5, cxd5) that change the character of the position in your favor.
• Reasonable clock management — you rarely get into severe time trouble in the middle game which helps you avoid rushed blunders.

Main things to improve

• Watch freeing pawn breaks the opponent can use — in your loss the opponent opened lines that exposed your king. Before advancing, ask “what happens if they capture or push back?”
• Double-check hanging pieces and back-rank weaknesses before finalizing a move. A brief 2–3 second blunder check reduces losses a lot in blitz.
• Calculation in closed/blocked positions — you sometimes underestimate tactics that arrive after a pawn break or piece exchange. Slow down on critical moments and verify tactical shots (captures, forks, pins).
• Plan against exchanged queens — when queens come off, switch to king-activity and pawn-structure plans quickly. In one game you drifted before converting the plan to endgame play.

Concrete tips for blitz (practical and fast)

• Before making a move: check for checks, captures and threats (the 3-check routine). This habit removes most "Loose Piece" blunders.
• If you're about to push a flank pawn (g or f pawn), verify your king's escape squares — avoid creating targets on the 7th rank or weak diagonals.
• When you have a one-pawn or piece lead, simplify if it removes counterplay; otherwise keep pieces on to increase practical pressure.
• Use short time slices for concrete tasks: 10–15 minutes of tactics first thing in your session, then 15 minutes reviewing one recent loss (annotate 3 critical moves).

Specific lessons from your recent games

• Win vs "giza1" (Ruy Lopez structures): you turned activity into a decisive king-and-pawn advantage. Good transition to an active king — remember that king activity is often the winning plan after queens come off. See the opening concept: Ruy.
• Win vs "karimaster100" (Reti / fianchetto play): you used queenside pawn play and piece pressure to create targets. Keep developing with clear targets rather than aimless pawn storms.
• Loss vs "Chessmaagus" (French Winawer style): the critical moment came after aggressive pawn pushes where your enemy opened lines and exploited them. Next time, look for intermezzos or a defensive exchange before pushing — trading pieces can reduce the danger of open files to your king.
• Practice replay: review the Ruy Lopez win and identify the moment you chose to trade into an endgame — that's your conversion template for similar positions. You can jump to your profile: Guibert B..

Short weekly training plan (blitz-focused)

• Daily: 20–30 tactics (focus on forks, pins, discovered attacks) — keep the time per puzzle short (30–60s) to simulate blitz thinking.
• 3× per week: 30 minutes of endgame drills — basic rook endgames, king + pawn vs king, opposition and Lucena basics.
• 2× per week: open a short session (30–45 minutes) to review one loss in depth — write down 3 alternatives for each critical move.
• Weekly: 1–2 rapid games (10|0 or 15|10) to practice converting without the extreme time pressure of blitz.

Openings — what to tune

• You're comfortable with fianchetto systems and Ruy/Italian structures — deepen one mainline idea for each so you play the middlegame with a plan (example: central break timing, ideal knight outposts).
• If you see the Queen's Indian structures in your games, a short review of typical pawn breaks and piece placements will reduce guesses. See: Queen's Indian Defense.
• Spend a little time on lines with lower win rates in your database (for example Dőry / Bogo-Indian) — learn simple “one-plan” responses so you avoid getting uncomfortable positions from the opening. Pick 1–2 sidelines and learn the basic plan, not every move.

Next steps (this week)

• Pick one recent loss and annotate it: mark the turning move and your candidate moves. Try to catch the tactical oversight that allowed the open file.
• Do a 15-minute tactics session right before you play blitz — it sharpens pattern recognition.
• Record one idea you want to use in your next 5 games (for example: "trade queens when opponent has active rooks and my king is exposed"), and force yourself to apply it.

Want a deeper analysis?

If you like, I can:

• Annotate one specific game move-by-move and point out alternatives.
• Create 20 tactics based on positions that caused trouble for you today.
• Generate a short opening cheat-sheet for your three most-played systems.

Reply with which option you want or paste the game you want annotated. To jump to your games/profile use Guibert B.. Good work — keep the momentum and focus on cutting down those tactical slips.