Alejandro Trujillo

Quick summary for Alejandro Trujillo

Nice upward trend — your rating has been steadily improving and your recent blitz games show a growing tactical nose and an ability to finish cleanly. Keep building on that strength while tightening up king safety and defensive calculation under time pressure.

What you're doing well

• Strong tactical awareness — you find decisive queen and mating patterns quickly (examples: a clean queen mate on the long diagonal and a decisive queen capture on the seventh rank).
• Good piece activity — your rooks and queen are often in active squares ready to exploit opponent mistakes.
• Quick and decisive finishes — you convert winning chances instead of drifting into complications, which is crucial in Blitz.
• Consistent opening choice — repeatedly playing lines with bishop to c4 gives you familiar middlegame plans (good repeatable repertoire).

Key patterns to fix

• Vulnerability to knight sacrifices on f7 and similar king‑side tactics. In your recent loss you allowed a fork/sacrifice sequence that opened the king and led to a quick mate. Practice spotting "sacrificial checkpoints" (is my king safe? are f7/g7/h7 squares covered?) before moving pieces away.
• Occasional tunnel vision — when you see a win you sometimes miss defensive counterplay (counter threats, interpositions, or simple checks). Pause one extra second to scan opponent threats.
• Castling choices and pawn moves — when your opponent castles long or you do, pay attention to pawn storms and back‑rank weaknesses. Avoid premature pawn pushes that open file(s) against your king without full calculation.
• Endgame technique under blitz — you convert well, but a few routine endgame drills (rook and pawn basics, simple king + pawn mates) will make you more robust when the game simplifies.

Concrete drills and short plan (daily / weekly)

• Daily 15–25 tactical problems focused on forks, pins, discovered checks and mating nets (15 minutes). Emphasize positions where a knight sac opens the king.
• 3× a week: 10 blitz games (3+0 or 5+0). After each loss, spend 3 minutes to note the single reason you lost (tactic missed / king exposure / time trouble).
• Weekly: 1 focused opening review (10–15 minutes) for the line you play with bishop to c4 — memorize the typical mating/attack motifs for both sides. See the line on the board: Italian Game.
• Once a week: 10 minutes of basic endgame drills (rook endgames, king + pawn) to avoid losing winning positions in blitz simplifications.

Quick game notes (concrete takeaways)

• Win vs bheee12 — you exploited an exposed king after your opponent castled long and executed a decisive queen incursion to the a6 square. Nice conversion. Replay:
• Loss vs lopia12 — the decisive pattern was a knight sac fork into your kingside that you didn't parry. After the sacrifice, the king was dragged forward and a mating net formed. Work on the defensive checklist: (1) can the opponent sac on f7/g7? (2) If I capture, what checks open? (3) Any immediate interpositions? Replay:

Short checklist to use mid‑game (one glance)

• Is my king exposed? (sac squares on f7/g7/h7)
• If I make my intended move, what is opponent's strongest reply? (1‑move threat scan)
• Do I have any hanging pieces or overloaded defenders?
• Am I winning material or just winning time? If the opponent gets counterplay, simplify carefully.

Next session (30–45 minutes)

• 10 min tactics: forks / mating nets (target 12–15 problems).
• 15–20 min practice: 3 rapid review games (5+0), follow each with a 3‑minute self review on the critical moment.
• 5–10 min opening review: one typical middlegame plan from the Italian Game.

Closing encouragement

Your win/loss record and recent rating slope show clear progress — keep the tactical drills and add a little defensive routine. Small, focused practice sessions will compound fast in blitz. If you want, I can build a 4‑week training plan tailored to your schedule and the openings you like.