Sebastian Wiren

Quick overview

Nice work, Sebastian — you're converting practical chances in bullet and your short‑term trend is upward. Your strength‑adjusted win rate is about 51%, and your 1‑ and 3‑month rating slopes show you're improving steadily. Below I point out what you're doing well, the recurring mistakes from the recent games, and a short, actionable plan you can use in the next session.

What you're doing well

• Endgame/queen promotion awareness — in several wins you marched a pawn to promotion and converted cleanly. Keep pushing passed pawns when the opportunity appears.
• Creating tactical complications — you often generate double threats (checks + captures) that create practical winning chances under bullet time pressure.
• Solid opening choices: you play a lot of Caro-Kann Defense lines and have a reasonable win rate there — that familiarity saves time in bullet and reduces early mistakes.
• Clock conversion — you win a fair number of games by outplaying opponents in the time scramble (good instincts for flagging).

Main weaknesses from recent games

These are patterns that appear in the PGNs you provided and are quick to fix with targeted practice.

• Back‑rank vulnerability — in your most recent loss you were mated on the back rank. Create an escape square (pawn luft), or watch for checks before leaving the back rank. See the annotated moment below for review:
• Loose pieces and tactical drops — a few games show pieces going en‑prise or traded off for inferior compensation. Slow down for one extra second when a capture opens your king or allows a fork.
• Defensive tunnel vision — after you attack, you sometimes miss the opponent’s counterchecks or mating nets (watch the opponent’s queen/rook battery).
• Overreliance on time pressure — good to flag, but relying on flags loses you games when opponents survive long enough to exploit a positional weakness.

Concrete drills (15–30 minutes each)

Focus on these for the next 7–14 days. All are short and bullet‑friendly.

• Tactics: 10–15 minutes of mate‑in‑2/3 puzzles daily. Pattern: back‑rank mate, pins, forks. (This fixes fast tactical misses.)
• Back‑rank drill: play positions where you must defend back rank — practice making luft and trading into safer endgames. Review the loss vs xabier2222 shown above.
• Opening simplification: pick 2 Caro‑Kann lines you like and play 20 blitz or rapid games focusing only on the opening moves to build quick autopilot responses (this saves time in bullet).
• Review 5 losses fast: open each loss, find the one move that turned the tide, write down the trigger (e.g., "missed check", "no luft"), and replay the position once.

Short game plan for your next session

• Warm up: 5 minutes of mate puzzles (focus on back‑rank patterns).
• Play 10 bullet games but pause for 1 second before each capture that opens lines toward your king.
• Finish with 10 minutes of rapid (5+3) focusing on one Caro‑Kann line — try to keep the same setup every game.

Targeted tips (bite‑size)

• Before castling or after major trades, ask: "Do I have luft? Are there checks?" If not, make one pawn move to give the king breathing room.
• When ahead on material, trade queens to reduce mating chances — in bullet a single direct attack often decides the game.
• Use pre‑moves only when certain — a misplayed pre‑move can cost the game instantly in bullet (Mouse Slip / Fingerfehler risk).
• Keep one defender near your king when opponents have active heavy pieces (avoid moving all back‑rank protectors away at once).

Games to review (recommended)

Start with the loss vs xabier2222 above (back‑rank mate). Then review a recent win where you promoted a pawn and converted — study how you forced the simplification and created a clear path to promotion. You can also revisit wins versus kandysky and awasthi2720 to emulate the successful plans.

One‑week improvement checklist

• Do tactics for 10 min each day (mate patterns + forks).
• Play 3 sessions of 10 bullet games, using the "pause before capture" rule.
• Analyze 5 losses for the single decisive mistake — write it down.
• Keep your opening moves consistent for the week (preferably your best win‑rate openings).

If you want, next steps

• Send 2 specific games you want deep analysis on and I’ll mark critical moments and give line alternatives.
• I can also create a 4‑week micro plan (openings, tactics, endgame) tailored to your playstyle and most common mistakes.