Overall Performance Summary
Mau Romano, your recent blitz games demonstrate solid play with a steady but cautious rating trend. While your 1 month rating change shows a slight dip of 1 point, your medium and long-term trends are very positive, with a 3-month increase of 203 and a 6-month increase of 43 rating points. The upward slopes for 1, 3 and 6 month intervals (3.5, 17.5, and 30.9 respectively) indicate that you're improving, especially over longer periods. Your strength adjusted win rate of approximately 50% reflects competitive matches against opponents around your level.
Highlights from Recent Games
- Opening Play: You frequently employ classical openings such as the Italian Game and Giuoco Piano. These openings suit your style and allow for tactical and positional play. Your knowledge in these lines is evident.
- Attack Execution: In several wins, you successfully capitalized on tactical opportunities like checkmates and exploiting opponent weaknesses, showing sharp attacking instincts.
- Time Management: Many games ended due to opponents flagging or resigning, indicating effective use of time pressure on your side.
Areas to Improve
- Defense Against Early Attacks: Some losses involved early attacks against your king, even quick mating nets (for example, the game lost in 11 moves by an early queen checkmate). Reviewing typical mating patterns and improving opening defense could help.
- Tactical Awareness: While you have sharp attacking moves, some games show vulnerabilities to opponents' tactical resources (forks, pins). Regular training on tactical puzzles focused on defense can solidify your safety.
- Endgame Technique: A few positions were lost or complicated in the endgame phase. Strengthening fundamentals in rook and pawn endgames will improve conversion of advantages.
- Handling Pressure: In blitz, maintaining calm under time pressure is crucial. Balancing speed with accuracy will help you avoid simple blunders.
Suggested Next Steps
- Study your losses focusing on defense to early attacks and common mating patterns for the openings you encounter.
- Incorporate daily tactical exercises emphasizing defensive patterns and counterattacks.
- Review endgame principles and practice fundamental rook and minor piece endgames.
- Practice time management skills to enhance decision-making speed without sacrificing accuracy.
- Continue playing your favored openings, possibly researching deeper variations to surprise opponents.
Keep up the Great Work!
Your recent results show promising growth. By addressing these focused areas, you can convert more games into wins and further raise your blitz rating. Remember consistency, practice, and reviewing your games are keys to improvement. Keep enjoying the game!