Ataberk Eren IM

What went well in your blitz play

You’ve shown a willingness to seize the initiative and keep the position dynamic, especially in lines where you can push a rapid pawn break or activate your pieces quickly. In several games you demonstrated good piece activity and pressure on the opponent’s position, which is a strong habit in fast time controls.

• Active piece play: you often bring your pieces toward the center and use open files or diagonals to create threats.
• Consistent opening ideas within your preferred repertoires: you often reach familiar structures where you can execute your planned attack or central break with confidence.
• Resilience under pressure: in tight blitz moments you managed to keep the fight going and press for chances rather than collapsing, which is valuable in rapid time formats.

Areas to improve in blitz

• Time management and move ordering: some games show long periods of hesitation or making several forcing moves in quick succession. Practice a simple pre-move checklist and allocate a fair share of the clock to the opening and early middlegame to avoid getting into time trouble in critical moments.
• Endgame technique: in several losses or drawn-out battles, converting advantages in rook endings or minor piece endings can be tricky. Build confidence with a few targeted endgame drills (rook endings, king activity with pawns) so you can convert or hold more cleanly when the clock is tight.
• Tactical screening and blunder avoidance: blitz can hide double-edged tactics. Before deciding, quickly scan for forcing moves and obvious tactical responses from your opponent to avoid overcommitting to a line that looks appealing but isn’t sound.
• Opening plan consistency: while your repertoires show promise, in blitz it helps to have a clear, repeatable plan after the initial moves. Solidify a few core plans for each opening so you know what to do on move 8–12 without recalculating from scratch every game.

Opening notes to guide practice

Based on your openings performance, you tend to do well with aggressive, initiative-focused setups (such as the Amazon Attack-style lines and some Nimzo-Larsen and Alapin variations). Those give you concrete attacking chances and simpler middlegame plans when you handle them well. You also show room for improvement in solid, more positional lines (like certain London or Colle structures) where patience and a clear endgame plan are important.

• Lean into your strongest attacking setups and make them a bit more automatic in blitz. Practice the typical middlegame ideas that arise from those structures so you don’t have to re-evaluate everything move by move under time pressure.
• For openings with weaker results, study a few crisp, straightforward plans that you can execute quickly—especially those that lead to simple, playable endgames rather than forcing lines that require exact timing.

Focused training plan

• Time management drill: in every session, play a 15-minute blitz game focusing on finishing the opening phase with at least 6–8 solid, time-efficient moves. After the game, review one critical moment where you spent unnecessary time and identify a quicker plan.
• Endgame practice: dedicate two short sessions per week to rook endings and king activity with pawns. Start with simple rook vs rook endgames and gradually add pawns to build technique and confidence.
• Tactical pattern recognition: complete 15–20 quick puzzles daily that emphasize common blitz motifs (back rank, hanging pieces, fork patterns, and mating nets in the middlegame).
• Opening refinement: choose 1–2 openings you love (based on your strong results) and write a compact “plan sheet” for each (typical middlegame ideas, key pawn breaks, and common piece maneuvers). Use these sheets to speed up decision making in blitz.
• Game review routine: after each blitz session, pick one game (win, loss, or draw) and annotate it briefly to identify one engine-friendly improvement and one practical, time-saving adjustment.

Next steps

To tailor your plan further, I can annotate a few recent games with concrete alternative moves and a short, practical improvement note for each critical moment. If you share a couple more blitz games (even short ones), I’ll draft a compact, move-by-move improvement note and a 2-week micro-plan aimed at stabilizing your rating trajectory.