Narmin Soyunlu WFM

General Performance Overview

Narmin, over the past few months, your rating has shown very positive progress. You've achieved a steady increase of 14 points in the past month and a significant climb of 140 points over six months. Your rating trend slopes also reflect strong and consistent improvement, with the 12-month trend showing the steepest upward trajectory.

Your strength adjusted win rate is just above 50%, which means you are converting slightly more games into wins than losses when accounting for opponent strength. This is a healthy sign of your growing skill in blitz games.

Insights from Recent Games

You have a solid grasp of common openings such as the Four Knights Game (Gunsberg Variation), the Italian Game (Knight Attack), English Opening, Giuoco Piano, and Reti. These help you get comfortable positions early on.

• In your win against skchess22, using the Four Knights Game, you demonstrated strong defensive play and good endgame technique, converting pressure into a resignation.
• Your victory over Aryan Ali in the Italian Game Knight Attack showed excellent exploitation of opponent inaccuracies and active piece play.
• Against players like gm_pakanovich and moazim, you successfully created and capitalized on tactical opportunities, culminating in checkmates and favorable endgames.
• On the other hand, in some losses such as against the6thsin and professional_77, there were moments where defensive precision could be improved, particularly in handling pressure on your king and pawn structure in the middlegame.

Key Strengths

• Consistent upward rating trend reflects diligent study and adaptation.
• Strong knowledge of multiple classical openings providing flexible play.
• Good endgame skills demonstrated by converting small advantages.
• Ability to maintain composure in complex positions to win close games.

Areas for Improvement

• Endgame Precision: In some games, converting winning or equal endgames took multiple moves — refining your technique here could help you finish faster and avoid complications.
• King Safety and Defense: A few losses involved pressure against your king and pawn weaknesses; consider focusing on improving defensive tactics and anticipation of opponent threats.
• Time Management: Blitz games are fast-paced; maintaining a balanced pace to avoid time trouble is essential, as seen in some games where time losses impacted outcomes.
• Tactical Awareness: Keep training tactics regularly to spot opportunities and threats earlier in rapid positions.

Recommendations and Next Steps

• Analyze your recent games, especially losses, to understand key moments where defense could be stronger or tactical opportunities were missed.
• Practice typical endgame conversions (king and pawn endings, rook endings) to improve confidence and speed.
• Use training tools to sharpen tactical vision — puzzles focusing on checkmates, pins, forks, and discovered attacks are particularly useful.
• Consider exploring new opening lines inspired by your current repertoire to keep opponents guessing and increase your competitive edge.
• Keep enjoying your chess — steady progress shines through in your rating trend.