Vojtěch Zwardon IM

What you’re doing well in blitz

Vojtěch, you show a willingness to enter dynamic, tactical positions and keep the pressure on your opponent. Your willingness to explore sharp lines can lead to practical chances in blitz when you stay active and avoid passive games. You also adapt well to situations where the position stays lively and you look for chances to complicate the game rather than immediately simplifying.

Key improvement areas

• Time management: in fast games, you can get caught in complex moments. Practice quick, solid decision-making in the opening and aim to reach a clear middlegame plan within the first 15 moves.
• Calculation discipline in sharp lines: while tactical aggression is a strength, be careful with speculative sacrifices or long forcing lines that rely on exact moves. When unsure, seek simpler, safer continuations that retain pressure.
• Opening consistency: you’re exploring a wide repertoire, which is great for variety but can lead to awkward middlegame structures. Consider stabilizing 2–3 reliable lines and study their typical plans and common tactics.
• Endgame readiness: blitz often reaches tricky endgames quickly. Strengthen basic rook endings and simple minor-piece endgames so you can convert small advantages or hold draws more reliably when needed.

Targeted plan to level up

• Repertoire consolidation: choose 2 White lines and 2 Black responses that fit your style and study the main middlegame plans and typical pawn structures for those lines. Build a quick-reference cheat sheet with key ideas and typical moves.
• Daily tactical focus: solve 15 short puzzles (5–10 minutes) concentrating on common motifs like forks, pins, skewers, discovered attacks, and simple checkmates. This trains fast pattern recognition for blitz.
• Post-game reviews: after each blitz session, write a brief 3-point recap focusing on the biggest mistake, the correct plan you missed, and one thing you’ll do differently next time.
• Endgame drills: dedicate 1–2 sessions per week to basic endgames (rook endings, king activity in rook endings, simple knight vs bishop endings) so you can finish games cleanly even when under time pressure.
• Time-factored practice: simulate short time controls (3+2 or 5+0) while doing focused reviews to improve decision speed without sacrificing accuracy.

Openings focus

Your openings show a diverse curiosity and a readiness to press in dynamic lines. To convert that into consistent results, consider narrowing to a couple of robust setups that provide clear middlegame plans. For example, you seem comfortable with structured English Opening suites and related aggressive systems; pairing those with a few reliable Black replies can create steadier middlegame themes and fewer risky deviations under time pressure.

If you’d like, we can create a short, opening-focused study plan tailored to the lines you enjoy, with quick-reference ideas and typical middlegame plans. You can also explore quick references like: English Opening: Drill Variation or Sicilian: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack to keep your notes handy.

Next steps

• Tell me which 2 White lines and 2 Black replies you want to own for the next two weeks, and I’ll build a precise, day-by-day study schedule with short tasks and a sample practice PGN you can follow.
• If you want, I can generate a compact 2-week blitz improvement plan and a practice set of 5–10 quick puzzles each day tailored to your chosen openings.
• Send a quick note after your next blitz session with a short reflection on what felt hardest and what plan helped you stay calm during the clock.