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Quick summary

Nice session — you converted a complicated Catalan/closed center game into a clean tactical win, and your short-term rating slope looks positive (one‑month +25 and an improving trend). That said, a few recurring patterns cost you losses: back‑rank/king‑safety tactics and missed checks after heavy piece trades. Below are concrete, focused items to keep doing and specific fixes to bring your blitz more reliable.

Highlights — what you did well

• Active piece play and tactical awareness in the win: you used bishops and rooks to create threats and exploited weaknesses on the kingside quickly (good use of forcing moves).
• Willingness to simplify into favorable lines — you traded into positions where your pieces were more active than the opponent's.
• Good short‑term trend: your recent form and one‑month slope show positive momentum — keep the training and focus consistent.
• Opening knowledge: your repertoire produces practical, unbalanced positions where you can outplay opponents in blitz (your Alapin / Czech / Colle results show this strength).

Key mistakes to fix (from recent games)

• King safety after trades — example: in the game vs VranesNikola, a sequence of exchanges left the f7 / back‑rank squares accessible and White delivered mate. After heavy piece trades, scan for back‑rank threats and weak flight squares before grabbing material.
• Tactical oversights around promotions and passed pawns — in the MaxLeto game you ended up down after a promotion tactic; be extra careful when the opponent's passed pawn is close to queening (double‑check knight/queen forks on escape squares).
• Greedy captures in unclear positions — sacrifices like grabbing pawns on the queenside (or Rxa2‑type grabs) work when calculated. If you’re not 100% sure, prefer keeping pieces active and king safe rather than one‑move material greed in blitz.
• Time management spots — in some losses you had plenty of time earlier but allowed complex tactical sequences in the later middlegame. Try to keep 10–15 seconds in reserve for critical moments (or flag traps).

Concrete drills and study plan (next 7–14 days)

• Daily 10–15 tactical puzzles focused on mating nets, forks, and back‑rank motifs (set target: 15–20 mins/day). Prioritize pattern recognition over speed first, then increase tempo.
• Play three 15|10 rapid games per week and review them at 1.5× speed — pause at any tactical turning point and ask “what checks/captures/intermediates exist?”
• Endgame micro‑work: practice basic rook and queen vs rook technique and common king + pawn races (20 mins, twice a week). Rook endings are common in blitz and forgiving conversions help win more games.
• Opening simplification: keep your blitz opening set simple and reliable. If an opening line gets sharp, have a fallback plan (a single simple developing move) so you don’t get surprised early and waste time calculating.

Blitz checklist to use during games

• Before capturing: verify the capture doesn’t open a decisive check or skewer on your king.
• After major trades: pause and scan for back‑rank weaknesses, pawn breakthroughs, and promoted pawn threats.
• When low on time: simplify if you’re slightly better; avoid crazy complications if you’re worse — look for practical counterplay instead.
• Reserve time: save at least 10 seconds for the last 10 moves — lots of blitz losses come from being blind in the final sequence.

Short tactical homework (this week)

• Concentrate on back‑rank mates and sacrifice checks: do 5 problems each day tagged “back rank” or “mate in 2/3”.
• Study one loss: open the game vs VranesNikola and find the exact turning move where your king became vulnerable — write down what you missed and how to prevent it next time.
• Replay your win vs pancser1987 and look for the move where you turned the position from equal to winning — repeat that idea in practice games.

Example: review your most recent win

Replay the game and focus on these moments:

• How you used central pawn captures to open lines for bishops and rooks.
• The tactical sequence that removed defender(s) of the enemy king — ask whether that sequence was tactical calculation or a positional squeeze that forced the tactic.
• Whether any move could have been improved to increase winning chances faster (move ordering or prophylaxis).

Interactive replay (tap to open):

Opponent profile: pancser1987

Small plan for your next session

• Warm up: 10 tactical puzzles (back‑rank and forks).
• Play 6 blitz games (3‑minute or 5‑minute). After each game, mark one concrete mistake and one good decision.
• Finish with one 15|10 rapid game and a 10‑minute review focusing on king safety and the final 10 moves.

Motivation & closing

Your long record shows you win a lot of games and have strong opening knowledge — small refinements in tactics and endgame technique will convert more of those close games into wins. Keep the focused drills, protect your king after trades, and use the checklist in blitz. If you want, I can build a 2‑week practice schedule tailored to the openings you play most.

Recent opponents to review: VranesNikola, Maxim Omariev, rodik_r.