Aram Hakobyan GM

Overall Performance Review

Aram, your recent blitz games show solid performance with a strength adjusted win rate of about 50.6%. Over the last month, you have made a positive rating gain of 13 points and your rating trend slope suggests an encouraging upward movement recently. However, the three-month trend shows some volatility with a decline which you are currently recovering from.

Your six-month progress is positive overall with a notable gain of 25 points, indicating steady improvement over time. The 12-month slope continues to reinforce your ongoing development in blitz chess.

Recent Game Highlights

• In your wins, you have demonstrated strong understanding in openings such as the Nimzo-Indian Defense and English Opening. You showed good tactical awareness especially in the final phases, capitalizing on opponent inaccuracies and achieving decisive advantages.
• A good example is your game against German Bazeev where your control of the center and timely pawn breaks gave you a lasting edge leading to resignation.
• Against Daniel Naroditsky you efficiently converted a complex position into a checkmate showing good calculation skills and patience.

Areas for Improvement

• You faced tough challenges against players like Sina Movahed and Frederik Svane. Noticing the pattern, your losses mostly came in positions where proactive defense and timely counterplay were critical.
• In particular, openings such as the King's Indian Defense and some Sicilian Defense lines have given you difficulty. Consider reviewing typical pawn structures and key plans in these openings to improve your responses.
• There were endgame scenarios in your losses that suggest focusing on piece activity and king safety could help you hold or even turn around difficult positions.

Opening Repertoire and Strategy

Based on your recent games, you are comfortable with classical openings like the Nimzo-Indian and Queen's Pawn structures, as well as some English and Sicilian variations. To strengthen your repertoire:

• Deepen your understanding of typical pawn breaks and piece maneuvers in your preferred openings.
• Explore variations that lead to middlegame plans you are comfortable with to reduce unfamiliar positions in rapid play.
• Practice tactical patterns common in your openings to increase your speed and accuracy during blitz games.

Next Steps for Improvement

• Study the key moments in your recent losses, focusing on how your opponent created opportunities, and identify what you can do differently.
• Work on your time management during blitz. Some losses show time pressure impacting critical decisions.
• Play training games focusing on specific openings or endgames where you feel less confident.
• Analyze your games with an engine to spot tactical oversights and better positional ideas.
• Consider incorporating regular tactical puzzles and endgame exercises into your training routine.

Keep up the good work, and with continued study and practice, you will see further rating gains and stronger performance in blitz.