Alexie

Overview of your recent blitz performance

Your blitz results show healthy resilience in the long run, with steady activity across openings, but there have been some short-term fluctuations. Focused work on time management and concrete plan-forming in the early middlegame can help translate your knowledge into more consistent wins under time pressure.

What you’re doing well

• You handle sharp, tactical openings with confidence, especially lines like Amar Gambit and the Amazon Attack. These choices create practical chances and can push opponents into difficult decisions in blitz.
• You keep the initiative in dynamic middlegames and tend to press when you gain activity, increasing chances to convert positions into victories.
• You adapt well to different pawn structures and piece setups, showing flexibility in planning across varied openings.

Key areas to improve

• Endgame technique: In longer endings, refine converting modest advantages into a win. Practice king activity and pawn conversion in rook and minor-piece endings to avoid flatlining in close games.
• Time management in blitz: There are signs of time pressure affecting accuracy. Try a simple time-budget approach: allocate a clear amount of time for the opening phase, then aim to reach a solid middlegame by move 15. If unsure, steer toward safe developing moves and revisit plans only when you have more time.
• Opening risk management: Some openings show lower win rates, which can indicate facing strong preparation. Prepare 1–2 reliable responses against those lines and focus on reaching a comfortable middlegame instead of chasing sharp, unfamiliar ideas under time pressure.

Actionable training plan

• Daily tactical puzzles (15–20 minutes) to sharpen quick calculation and pattern recognition under time pressure.
• Opening study: For high-performing openings (like Amar Gambit and Amazon Attack), drill the main ideas and typical middlegame plans. For openings with weaker results (such as certain QGD/French lines), practice concrete lines and standard middle-game ideas until move 15.
• Endgame practice: Dedicate 15–20 minutes weekly to rook endings and king-pawn endings; learn two simple conversion patterns you can apply even when you are low on time.
• Post-game review: After each blitz session, write down 3 takeaways and 1 thing you did well, then apply those in the next session.

Optional annotated reference

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