Noe Tutisani IM

Hi Noe – here’s some constructive feedback based on your latest blitz sessions

What you’re doing well

• Tactical awareness: You routinely spot resourceful shots such as 24.Bxc6! (Italian win) and 13.Nd5! (Sicilian win), punishing loose enemy queens and backward pawns.
• Opening initiative: Consistent, well-prepared repertoires in the Open Sicilian and Modern Benoni give you active piece play straight from move one.
• Practical conversion when ahead: When the clock isn’t an issue you conduct clean technical finishes (e.g. rook ending after 25.Qxb4+).
• Fighting spirit: Even in worse positions you keep creating problems, often bouncing back on the clock or the board.

Main areas to improve

1. Time management
   Four of your last five losses were flagged positions that were objectively drawable or winning. Adopt a “good-enough, then move” mindset for 3-minute games and practise keeping ≥20 s from move 25 onward.
2. Over-extension of wing pawns
   In the Najdorf loss you advanced a4-a5 and h4-h5 without sufficient back-up, inviting …b4 and …g5 hooks against your own king. Study the idea of the hook and only push when three or more pieces can join the attack.
3. Benoni structure maintenance
   Allowing early Bxf6/Nxd7 exchanges leaves the c4 outpost and d6 pawn weak (see loss vs Revisor). Re-watch Bronstein’s model plans: keep the dark-squared bishop and aim for …b5 breaks before exchanging on c3.
4. Simplify into favourable endgames sooner
   Several time losses came after declining queen trades you were better in (e.g. 32…Qxd4+? instead of 32…Rxd4! equal endgame). Remember: “When ahead on material – trade pieces, keep pawns.”

Action plan for the next 7 days

Illustrative snippets

Sharp calculation under pressure

Missed simplification that cost the game
In the Modern Defense loss you could play 32.Rxd4! exchanging queens and reaching a drawn rook ending instead of 32…Qxd4+ followed by tactics against your king.

Stats & progress

Peak blitz rating: 2933 (2021-11-02)

Next steps

• Five-minute daily visualisation (replay a master game blindfold from memory).
• Arrange a time-odds sparring set versus Alexey Korotylev — you start with +15 s to focus on technique.
• Submit three annotated games by Friday for detailed commentary.

Keep the attacking flair, tighten the clock handling, and your next rating jump will follow quickly. Good luck, Noe!