tuksz GM

Hi tuksz – personal post-game report

What you are already doing extremely well

• Opening flexibility. You switch comfortably between the King’s Indian Attack, Nimzo-Larsen, the Modern/King’s Indian set-ups and the Nimzowitsch (…Nc6) Defence. Opponents never know whether they are facing a flank fianchetto or a centre-first approach.
• Tactical danger-sense. Typical shots such as 18.Nd5!! in your win vs alexrustemov and 19.Ne6+! in the Larsen game appear quickly on your board – the calculations are crisp and rarely miss resources.
• Converting material advantages. Once a pawn or exchange up you usually keep the pieces active, centralise the king and finish with clean technique (see the R+P vs R ending vs LiamPutnam).
• Clock handling. Even in 3 | 0 you are entering critical positions with 1:40–2:00 left – a very healthy buffer that lets you calculate instead of premove.

Priority improvements

1. Pawn-structure hygiene.
   The losses show repeated early …g6/h6/…h5 or h-pawn thrusts when your king is still in the centre, producing dark-square holes that strong opponents exploit.
   • Drill some “castle first, ask later” discipline.
   • Add the idea of waiting moves (…Re8, …c6, …h6 only when necessary) to your Modern and Nimzowitsch repertoire.
2. Plans in symmetric/closed structures.
   In the Queen’s Indian loss you reached the diagram below and ran short of ideas, drifting with …a5, …h5, …g5. Create a mental checklist:
   • Target the base of White’s pawn chain (…b5–b4 or …c5).
   • Occupy the only open file before pushing side-pawns.
   • Ask “what improves my worst piece?” every two moves.
3. Practical defence.
   In several setbacks you resigned in positions that were unpleasant but still defensible (engine ≈ +3). Adopt a rule: if there is counter-play or opposite-coloured bishops, play on; you will save rating points when the opponent slips under time pressure.
4. Trim the Nimzowitsch Defence repertoire.
   The current line (1 e4 Nc6 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 Nf6 4 Nc3 g6) leaves the c-pawn pinned after 10.Bg5 in your loss. Consider the sounder branch 3…e5! or even switching to the Pirc/Modern move-order where …c6 neutralises Bg5 ideas.

In-game snapshot

Try finding a holdable plan for Black in the position that ended your Queen’s Indian game:

Action plan for the next two weeks

1. Play 25 blitz games where you never push the rook pawns before move 10 unless it wins material.
2. Analyse 10 Queen’s Indian structures with the theme “minority attack vs central break” – engine off for the first pass.
3. Solve 50 defensive puzzles filtered for “side to move and survive”.
4. Replace the current Nimzowitsch line with the classical Pirc for at least 20 test games; note the difference in middlegame pawn structures.

Stats & trends

Your peak blitz rating so far: 2961 (2022-11-10). Keep an eye on when the losses cluster:

• Hourly performance →

• Day-of-week swings →

Glossary jump-links

Need a quick refresher while reviewing? Tap: prophylaxis, minority_attack, zwischenzug.

Well played & good luck!

Remember – at your level the margins are tiny; polishing the three habits above will matter more than memorising another 20 opening lines. Enjoy the grind!