Evan Park IM

Recent blitz performance snapshot

Your recent activity shows positive momentum over time, with a solid short-term gain and a stronger longer-term trajectory. Specifically, you posted a small one-month gain, a slightly larger three-month gain, and a notable six-month improvement, with a positive 12-month trend. This pattern suggests consistent practice is paying off and you’re building a clearer, more reliable blitz style.

From your openings, you tend to do well with solid, strategic setups (for example in Modern and London System variations). This indicates a preference for steady positions where you can press in the middlegame rather than chasing sharp tactical lines every game.

What you do well

• Consistent improvement over the medium and long term, indicating durable learning habits.
• Good results with solid openings that lead to clear middlegame plans, helping you avoid early chaos.
• Ability to maintain structure in many positions, which supports steady pressure in blitz where time is tight.

Areas to improve for faster, more consistent results

• Convert early advantages into concrete endgames. In several blitz games, small edge transitions can get blunted if you don’t step up the plan before the clock runs low.
• Improve decision speed under pressure. Focus on reducing time spent on each move in the first 12–15 moves, then shift to deeper calculation only on critical lines.
• Sharpen tactical vigilance in the middlegame. Blitz can hide threats; build a quick routine to scan for two major threats (opponent’s immediate plan and any back-rank or mating ideas) within 30 seconds of each move.
• Strengthen endgame technique, especially rook and minor piece endgames. Practice common endgame patterns so you can convert small advantages into wins or save draws when behind.

Opening ideas to keep and refine

You show strong results with Modern and London System family lines. To keep this advantage in blitz, continue to rely on 1–2 solid lines you know well, and deepen your understanding of typical middlegame plans and typical pawn structures from those setups. This helps you stay flexible without getting lost in theory under time pressure.

Tip: maintain a compact, easy-to-remember set of responses to common replies, so you can reach a clean middlegame quickly and confidently.

Training plan for the next 2 weeks

• Daily tactics practice: 15–20 puzzles focused on pattern recognition (forks, pins, discovered attacks, back-rank motifs).
• Endgame drills: spend 15 minutes twice this week on rook endings and knight vs. pawns in simplified endings.
• Opening deep dive: pick 1–2 lines from Modern and 1 London System line to study more deeply this week (30–40 minutes total). Learn typical middlegame themes and common plan moves.
• Post-game review routine: after every blitz game, note the moment you lost initiative or hesitated, and write down a precise plan for the next time you reach a similar position.
• Timed practice: occasionally practice at a slightly longer blitz score (e.g., 3+2 or 5+0) to train calculation under time pressure, then revert to your normal blitz pace to transfer those improvements.

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