Roberto Junio Brito Molina IM

What you do well in blitz

Your blitz play shows a strong willingness to fight for activity and lines opened by piece play. You tend to keep the initiative when your opponent overextends, and you’re not afraid to complicate positions to create practical chances. In middlegame battles, you often find ways to re-coordinate pieces and pressure key squares, which leads to opportunities to swivel into a favorable endgame or win material when a tactical sequence appears.

• You actively seek dynamic chances and don’t shy away from sharp lines when they arise.
• You manage to defend tough positions and avoid immediate collapses in the heat of the clock.
• You convert a few chances into wins by maintaining pressure and coordinating rooks and minor pieces effectively.

What to improve for stronger blitz results

• Time management: in blitz, avoid spending excessive time on early tactics. Build a simple plan for the first 8–12 moves and stick to it, then use the remaining time for concrete calculations in critical moments.
• Conversion of small advantages: when you gain a micro-edge, aim for a clear, practical plan to increase it (e.g., activate the king in the endgame, place rooks on open files, or force a liquidation that leaves you with a drawn or winning endgame).
• Endgame technique: practise rook endgames and basic pawn endings. In many blitz games, you’ll reach simplified endings; a few reliable patterns (rooks behind passed pawns, king activation, using opposition) can convert draws into wins or save losses from worse endings.
• Tactical pattern recognition: daily short tactics practice (10–15 minutes) focused on common motifs such as back-rank weaknesses, forks, discovered attacks, and typical defences to threats you’ve seen in your games.
• Opening discipline: cultivate a compact, reliable 2–3 opening choices with clear middlegame plans. This reduces early drift into uncomfortable positions and gives you clearer routes to play in blitz. Consider reinforcing the Slav Exchange, Caro-Kann Exchange, and a flexible Queen’s Pawn system as practical anchors.

Opening and game plan guidance

From your recent games, you’ve shown willingness to enter open lines and tactical melees. To sharpen results, solidify two to three openings and study their typical middlegame ideas so you can switch to a clear plan rather than guessing on move 10–12. For reference, you can explore these common choices in your repertoire:

• Slav Defense with the Exchange Variation, which often leads to stable pawn structure and clear rook files to contest.
• Caro-Kann Defense with the Exchange Variation, yielding solid piece development and chances to break in the center under controlled conditions.
• A flexible Queen's Pawn setup (e.g., London System family lines) to keep a steady, positional middlegame and avoid sudden tactical shocks.

Recommended reading targets include material on the Slav Defense, Caro-Kann Defense, and Queen’s Pawn systems. See placeholders for quick reference: Slav Defense and Caro-Kann Defense.

Practical plan for the next week

• Choose 2 openings to deepen (one dynamic, one solid) and study 6 model games for each, focusing on typical middlegame plans.
• Do 10–15 tactical puzzles per day, with emphasis on patterns you’ve encountered in your blitz games.
• Play 20 blitz games with a strict time plan: limit deep over-calculation in the first 12 moves, then use the remainder to decide the best practical plan and execute it.
• After each game, write down the critical moment and one concrete improvement you would apply next time.

Progress snapshot (for your reference)

If you want, I can tailor a 2-week training plan around your upcoming games. You can also share a couple of your latest games in PGN, and I’ll annotate them with concrete, move-by-move improvements. Roberto Junio Brito Molina