Lali Bibilashvili WCM

Overall Performance

Lali, your recent blitz games show a competitive level of play with a steady rating around the 1900s, reflecting solid skill and experience. Your strength adjusted win rate of approximately 51% is commendable, showing you generally outperform expectations against your opponents.

Your monthly rating trends indicate positive improvement in the short term, especially over the past 3 months with a significant upward slope. Keep leveraging this momentum to continue your progress.

Positives from Recent Games

• Opening Preparation: You are comfortable with a range of openings, such as the English Opening and King's Indian Defense, and manage to reach playable middlegames.
• Strong Positional Play: In your recent wins, you demonstrated good piece coordination and applying pressure, for example, advancing knights and placing your bishops actively.
• Effective Endgame Technique: Your wins often come from pressuring opponents into resigning as they face deteriorating positions – a sign that you convert advantages well.
• Adaptability: You handle different opening systems and positions fairly well, and your performance across openings like Caro-Kann and Modern Defense is balanced.

Areas for Improvement

• Opening Consistency: Some openings like the English Opening and Blackburne Shilling Gambit have lower win rates (35% and 40%). Consider deepening your theory or choosing lines with a clearer plan to improve these outcomes.
• Time Management: A recent loss by timeout indicates tightening your time control strategy during blitz games could help. Try practicing faster, more intuitive decisions for common positions to conserve time for critical moments.
• Mistake Reduction: In losses, tactical oversights or allowing opponent counterplay occur. Incorporating regular tactical training and reviewing critical mistakes post-game will help minimize these errors.
• Midgame Planning: Ensure you always have a plan, especially in open or complex positions. For instance, proactively improving piece activity and preventing opponent breakthroughs help maintain initiative.

Focus Recommendations

• Review and refine your less successful openings, perhaps experimenting with alternative lines or reinforcing thematic ideas with targeted study.
• Integrate puzzles focusing on tactics and calculation accuracy to reduce blunders in critical positions.
• Practice rapid decision-making scenarios to improve time management in blitz.
• Analyze your recent games—both wins and losses—to identify recurring patterns in both strong play and mistakes.
• Keep building on your momentum from the positive rating trend by setting specific goals such as increasing your win rate in particular openings.

Final Thoughts

Your dedication is evident and your recent performance is encouraging. By focusing on better opening preparation, sharper tactical skills, and improved time handling, you will be well positioned to raise your blitz performance further.

Keep enjoying your games and studying actively — consistent effort always pays off!