Ediz Gürel GM

Hi Ediz, here is some personalized feedback based on your latest games

What you are already doing well

• Fast decision-making: Most of your victories come from keeping the pressure until your opponent’s clock runs out. Your instincts in 30-second “hyper-bullet” are clearly strong.
• Consistent opening menu: With White you rely on 1 b3 and the Caro-Kann Exchange lines (Nc3 & f4) and with Black on the French/Rubinstein setup. Familiarity shows; the first 10 moves are played almost instantly and you reach playable middlegames.
• Opportunistic tactics: In your latest win you spotted 19.Nxf6! and immediately punished an overloaded defense, forcing resignation before move 23.

Key areas to improve next

1. End-game cleanliness & conversion speed
   Eight of the last ten decisive games (win or loss) were resolved on the clock. Sharpening a handful of standard end-game techniques will let you finish winning positions with 3-4 pre-moves instead of 15 nervous checks.
   • Train the “rook + pawn vs rook” and “queen vs pawn races” endings.
   • Adopt a simple conversion rule: Push passed pawns first, give checks only when they promote or win material.
2. Time-management balance
   Your losses vs Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus show the other side of the coin—when you are the one defending, the clock often burns during complicated calculations. Use a “maximum 2-second rule” per move once you are down material; keep the game alive and trust your flagging skills.
3. King safety in French structures
   In the Benoni loss (A56) and several French-Defense games the dark squares around e6/f7/g7 were over-exposed.
   • After 1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 you voluntarily enter …Be7 lines; consider switching to the safer …Bb4 or the fully solid 3…Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7.
   • When you play …c5 in Benoni structures, delay …g5/…h5 until your king is tucked behind …h6 or …Kh7.
4. Expanding the White repertoire
   1.b3 scores well, but opponents are beginning to target it with the early …e5 …Nf6 …d5 setup. Add a second weapon (e.g. 1.e4 or 1.d4 Nf3/2.c4) to stay unpredictable.

Critical moment snapshots

Latest Win – tactical strike

You correctly calculated that 21…Bxf6 22.Qxf6 wins a piece and played instantly—excellent instinct.

Latest Loss – end-game collapse

After move 50 both sides had seconds. Instead of 52…Kf5 you could force repetition with 52…Rxd4! 53.Qe7 Rd6. Practise spotting the simplest perpetual or stalemate resource when under time pressure.

Action plan for the coming week

• Daily 5-minute drill of pre-moveable checkmates (king + queen/rook vs king) on any puzzle site.
• Play three 3|0 games focusing only on solid king safety; no pawn storms before move 15.
• Review 10 random bullet games and mark every move that took >3 seconds; ask “Could I have played a safe alternative instantly?”.

Progress trackers

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Hourly win rate:

Motivation corner

Your current peak ratings: Blitz 3192 (2024-08-16)  •  Bullet 3273 (2024-07-06).
Crossing the next milestone is just a handful of clean conversions away—keep pushing!