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Recent blitz performance overview

From your latest blitz games, you’ve shown strong willingness to engage in sharp, tactical play and you’ve had several clean wins when you’re ahead in dynamic positions. There have also been a couple of tougher results, including a game where the combination ended in a loss for you as Black. This mixture is common in blitz, and it points to opportunities to sharpen clock management and defensive discipline in tricky middlegames.

What you did well

• You handle tactical skirmishes well and can turn a small edge into a win when you keep the pressure on your opponent.
• You find active ideas to counterattack, even when the position becomes semi-open or unclear.
• You convert multiple White-initiated games into wins, showing solid practical chances in faster time controls.

Key areas to improve

• Time management under blitz. Aim to reach the middlegame with more time on the clock so you can calculate calmly rather than rushing moves.
• Maintaining king safety and simplifying when you’re ahead. If you’re facing heavy pressure or unclear lines, prioritize solid development and reduce risk by trading to a simpler position when suitable.
• Endgame technique in blitz. Practice rook endings and knight versus bishop endings to improve conversion of advantages and to hold drawish positions when needed.

Opening choices and study plan

Your openings show several reliable lines with good results. Focusing on a compact repertoire for blitz can increase consistency. Consider prioritizing these approaches:

• As Black, the Nimzo-Indian Defense: Leningrad Variation tends to provide solid, flexible piece play. Nimzo-Indian Defense: Leningrad Variation
• As Black, the Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin offers steady development and clear middlegame themes. QGD: Ragozin
• As Black, the Accelerated Dragon in the Sicilian can yield sharp, winning chances when you’re comfortable with tactical motives. Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon
• As White, solid setups like the London System or English-based lines can help you reach good positions quickly in blitz. London System

Consider adopting 2–3 main openings for both colors and drill the typical middlegame plans rather than trying to memorize long move sequences. This should help you navigate time pressure more smoothly. You might find it helpful to review these openings using the links above and discuss which feel most natural to your style. horvpet

Practical practice plan

• Daily: solve 10–15 tactical puzzles focusing on common motifs like forks, pins, discoveries, and overloading to boost quick calculation under time pressure.
• 3 sessions per week: run short blitz drills with a clear objective, such as maintaining a consistent plan and converting small advantages, then review the critical moments afterward.
• Weekly: select one recent loss and annotate the position where your defense cracked or where a simpler line would have been stronger; write a short corrective note.
• Endgame focus: practice rook endings and king-and-pawn endings to improve your ability to convert or hold simplified positions in blitz.

Next steps

Try implementing this plan over the next two weeks. If you’d like, we can review a couple of your recent games together and annotate critical moments to tailor the plan further. See your profile for game history: horvpet