lagushonok WIM

Quick summary

Nice run in blitz — you’re converting advantages tactically and creating concrete targets. Recent highlights: a clean tactical finish against Jacek Stachanczyk and good piece coordination in another win. The losses show two recurring themes: king safety on the back rank and time management. Below I focus on practical, short-to-use improvements that fit blitz.

Game example (study this one)

Replay the decisive game where you finished with a knight tactic — study the sequence to see how you created the outpost and forced the simplification:

• Interactive replay (click to open):

What you’re doing well

• Creating knight outposts and jumping into the opponent’s position — your N-digs (like the N to e6 sequence) win material and open files.
• Switching to piece activity quickly — you don’t hesitate to trade into favorable endings or seize open files with rooks.
• Good opening selection in many lines — your win rates in several Sicilian and side lines show you know the typical plans for both attack and defense.
• Practical conversions — you press small advantages until opponents crack or make tactical mistakes.

Recurring mistakes to fix

• Back-rank and king safety: the loss against relish_the_chase ended with a decisive mating motif on the seventh/ninth rank. When the position simplifies, make luft or coordinate a flight square for your king when pieces leave the board.
• Time management: you had a game flagged in a winning-ish position (vs prabala1359). In 3+2 blitz use the two seconds — make quick developing moves earlier so you avoid big think time in the middlegame.
• Missed defensive resources under pressure: in a couple of losses the reply to an opponent’s tactic was available but not seen. When your opponent creates an immediate threat, pause for a second to scan for checks, captures, and threats before you move.
• Over-reliance on tactical sharpness: your strength is tactics, but that can lure you into risky material imbalances without enough compensation (watch when you sack material without clear follow-up).

Concrete blitz fixes (do these between games)

• 5-minute drill: Solve 10 tactical puzzles that focus on forks, pins and back-rank patterns every day. Emphasize motifs you actually lost to (back-rank mate, knight forks).
• Mini routine before each game: 1) Check your opponent’s last game opening choice, 2) decide a simple plan for move 5–10 (develop, castle, single pawn break), 3) aim to spend no more than 30–40 seconds in the opening moves.
• Practice “one-second scans”: before each move, do a quick checks/captures/threats scan — this will cut down on blunders in time trouble.
• Endgame focus: practice basic rook endgames and king-and-pawn vs king. Simplifications go wrong when you don’t know the simplest winning technique.

Opening advice (targeted)

Your opening win rates show clear strengths and some weak spots. A few targeted suggestions:

• Double down on lines with high win rate: if you enjoy the Accelerated Dragon or Chekhover systems, keep refining typical plans rather than switching too often.
• For Sicilian Nyezhmetdinov/Rossolimo games (where you have mixed results), study the typical pawn breaks and piece trades that leave your king exposed on the back rank — look for move-order fixes to keep your king safe early.
• Before a game, pick one concrete plan for the middlegame (e.g., "play for kingside expansion with f-pawn and g-pawn" or "trade knights to reach rook+pawn endgame") and stick to it until it fails — consistency helps blitz decisions.

Short training plan (2-week focus)

• Week 1 — Tactics and time control
  • Daily: 15 minutes tactics (back-rank and knight forks focus), 3 rapid games (10+0) concentrating on not getting into time trouble.
• Week 2 — Endgames and openings
  • Daily: 10 minutes rook endgame practice + 10 minutes reviewing one opening line you play (watch one model game and note the plan).
• After 2 weeks: review 20 of your recent losses and mark the root cause (time trouble, tactic, opening, endgame). Fix one recurring cause per week.

Practical tips for your next session

• When ahead on the clock, simplify: exchange queens or heavy pieces if you’re positionally better — it reduces tactical risk in time trouble.
• Against opposite-side castling (common in your games), prioritize king safety over grabbing material — a temporary weaken can cost you the game.
• If you see an opponent repeating an opening you’ve beaten before (example: Birds used in your win), try to steer into the same type of middlegame where you felt comfortable.
• Use your increment: make harmless waiting moves if needed and rely on the increment to keep you alive — don’t panic in severe time trouble; play simple moves.

Next study actions (5–15 minutes)

• Replay the win vs Jacek Stachanczyk and pause at the moment you played the knight jump — ask: what made e6 available? (answer: outpost + pinned piece or overloaded defender).
• Replay the loss vs relish_the_chase and identify the move where the back-rank weakness started building — add a note to your opening prep to avoid that structure.
• Do one 5-minute tactical set focused on forks and back-rank mates right now.

If you want, next

• I can annotate the critical positions from any of the games above (pick one) and show the exact defensive resource or improvement in plain English.
• Or I can build a 2-week daily schedule with specific puzzles and example games to study based on your favorite openings.

Which would you prefer?