pikatnimopete

Quick summary

Nice session — you scored clean wins with sharp tactics and converted a textbook queen+rook attack, but two losses came from time-forfeit situations. The play shows very good tactical vision and opening familiarity; the immediate area to fix is time management and a few defensive habits under pressure.

Highlights — what you did well

• Sharp tactical intuition: in the win vs Simão Poscidônio Dias you found the sacrificial shot Bxf7+ and followed through accurately to win material and create decisive king exposure.
• Coordination and finishing: in the win vs Austinhahaha you used knight and queen coordination to force mate threats (Qh7+ → Qe8#) — excellent pattern recognition for mating nets.
• Active piece play: you centralize rooks and use lifts (Ree6 / Rh6 / Rxh5) to invade — you understand how to convert activity into concrete gains.
• Repertoire: you’re comfortable in sharp systems (Sicilian/Dragon ideas and QGD lines) and your openings are producing dynamic middlegames where you shine tactically. See Sicilian Defense and Queen's Gambit Declined.

Key weaknesses to fix

• Time management — both recent losses were time forfeits. You often reach critical, complex positions with too little clock left. This turns winning/holdable positions into losses.
• When low on time you tend to keep complications instead of simplifying. Trading into a technical won or drawish endgame is often safer when the clock is short.
• Occasional overreach with speculative sacrifices early in the middlegame without checking defensive resources. The Bxf7 in your win was good because it was concrete — make sure similar shots in other games are equally sound.
• Defensive technique under repeated checks / harassment by the opponent’s queen. In a couple of games you allowed long checks that ate time and coordination.

Concrete moments to review (post-mortem)

• Win vs Simão Poscidônio Dias — study 9.Bxf7+ → 13.Nxe6+ → 14.Nxd8 and the follow-up around 29–35. Those moves show excellent calculation and converting material into mating pressure. Replay:
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• Win vs Austinhahaha — watch the knight jumps (Nf7, Nd6, Nxf7) that toppled Black’s king safety and led to Qe8#. Replay:
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• Loss on time vs TinoLang60 — pick this game for a focused clock/technical review. Find the moments where you could have simplified or traded to reduce calculation load (mid-to-late middlegame around move 22–30).
• Loss on time vs TrogloditaDiRoccia — replay the long checking sequence and mark positions where a quieter defensive move or a trade would keep the clock under control.

Short training plan (next 2 weeks)

• Daily 10–20 minutes tactics (mixed puzzles). Focus on sacrifices, forks, skewers, mating nets. Goal: 20 solved puzzles per day with accuracy above 80%.
• 3 sessions of clock training: play 10 games of 5+3 or 3+2, but force yourself to keep at least ~10 seconds on average per move in complex positions. Practice simplifying when below 30 seconds.
• Endgame drills: 15 minutes twice a week on basic rook endings and queen+rook vs rook techniques — these steadily increase conversion rate in blitz.
• One opening tune-up: pick your most-played sharp line (e.g., Sicilian Dragon / Yugoslav Attack) and review 3 typical tactical motifs and one safe sideline to reach playable middlegames when low on time.
• Post-mortems: annotate 1 win and 1 loss per day (5–10 minutes each). Mark three critical moves and a time-check comment (“I had X seconds here, should have…”).

Quick practical tips for blitz

• When ahead on the clock, avoid long-winded calculation — force trades to reduce complexity.
• If you see a speculative sacrifice, pause and ask: “What is my follow-up if they decline?” If you can’t see a clear follow-up in 10–15s, don’t play it in blitz.
• Use increment controls (play 5+3 or 3+2 regularly) to train making safe "short" moves — moves that don’t require full calculation but keep pressure.
• Keep a “default plan” in your openings: if opponent deviates, play a familiar developing move and avoid new theory when the clock is low.

Next steps — a 4‑game checklist

• Game 1: Focus on keeping 10–15s on the clock entering the middlegame. If under 20s, trade pieces.
• Game 2: Hunt one tactical pattern from the wins (Bxf7-type sacrifices) and try to find it where appropriate — then verify with analysis after the game.
• Game 3: Practice a “safe” Dragon sideline you can reach quickly; avoid entering the most theoretical Yugoslav lines if you’re low on time.
• Game 4: Finish with a 5+3 game and do a 3-minute review immediately after — mark one thing you did better vs one persistent mistake.

Resources & follow-ups

• Replay your two recent wins above (PGN links embedded) and tag three instructive moments per game.
• If you want, send me one annotated loss and I’ll give a focused line-by-line fix for the key critical positions.

Want me to load a game for you?

Pick one of these and I’ll produce a short annotated mini‑analysis (3–6 key moves) highlighting blunders, alternatives and a simple plan.

• Replay: win vs ProfSimao —
• Replay: win vs Austinhahaha —