Aditya Mittal GM

Hi Aditya!

Congratulations on maintaining a world-class bullet rating (3060 (2025-02-04)). Your recent results show a healthy +60 % score and a fearless, creative style. Below are a few observations that can help you squeeze out those last Elo points.

1. Time Management (your biggest “opponent”)

• Four of the last six decisive games were settled on the clock, including the lone loss against GarayevKanan that reached move 80. Even when you are clearly better – or already winning – Zeitnot turns the board into a lottery.
• Practical tip: Adopt a “30-20-10 rule.” After move 10 you should still have ≈ 30 s, after move 20 ≈ 20 s, and never let yourself dip under 10 s until a forced win/endgame tablebase position is reached.
• Work in 1-move premove batches instead of chains of premoves; this lowers the risk of blundering yet keeps the hand speed high.

2. Opening Selection & Risk Profile

• You often begin with …a6/…b5 (St George / Owen’s style) and as White mirror it with a4/b4. It creates imbalanced, fun positions, but against top-3000 opposition the loose queenside pawns are targeted instantly (see the ClydeHillKid losses).
• Suggestion: Keep the surprise weapons, but add one solid “meta” line each with White and Black (e.g. 1.e4 e5 → Berlin, 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 → Nimzo) so you can fall back on structures you know deeply when the match score is tied.
• Your early-queen forays (…Qg5-h5 in the Polish, or Qe5/Qa5 in sidelines) scored some miniatures but also cost tempi when the opponent played precisely. A one-tempo delay in bullet is huge; consider developing the queen no earlier than move 6 unless it wins material outright.

3. King Safety & Pawn Storms

• Several defeats feature an exposed monarch after pawn storms on both flanks (example: h-pawn rush vs ClydeHillKid). While double-edged play suits bullet, remember that open kings also require extra calculation time – the exact commodity you’re short of.
• Study model games with the “hook” structure g3/h3 (or …g6/…h6 as Black) to learn the right moment to break with …h5/h4 or g4. The Kramnik-Topalov, Wijk aan Zee 2004 King’s Indian Attack is an evergreen reference.

4. Conversion Technique

• The win against Pencil-in-a-bar (first PGN) drifted from +10 to a spinning rook ending before you finally flagged him. In bullet you will not convert every +10, but you can learn schematic finishes: trade queens when up a rook; push connected passers instead of hunting pawns.
• Drill: Set up winning-but-not-trivial endgames vs engines and play them out with 10 s + 0 delay until you can convert 9/10.

5. Tactical Alertness

Your tactic vision is elite (see 21.Nd6+!! vs Wizard_97 and 10.Nxg7+!? vs Pencil-in-a-bar). Continue sharpening with 3-minute Puzzle Rush sessions right before playing; it primes the pattern-recognition part of the brain without tiring you out.

6. Study Capsule (one week)

1. Daily 15-minute opening clean-up: build a “safe mode” repertoire file.
2. Daily 10-minute endgame drill: rook + pawn vs rook, or two connected passers vs piece.
3. Three times a week: 25-run Puzzle Rush Survival.
4. Every weekend: Review the auto-analysis of your worst time-trouble losses, tag the moment where speed dropped.

Progress Tracking

Highlight Game to Revisit

The following miniature shows excellent central control and pawn levers; try to reproduce the key ideas over a board:

Final Word

Small tweaks in clock handling and a slightly more restrained move-one pawn push will convert many “almost wins” into points. Keep the creativity – just anchor it with a safety net. Good luck, and see you above 3100 soon!