Created by potrace 1.16, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2019

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Playing Black · 20 blitz games · 11W 7L 2D · Your opponents choose this

King's Fianchetto Opening

You win the opening against 1.g3 comfortably, then lose it back in time scrambles.

Score60%+11% vs your average
Win chance after move 1261%+9% vs your average
Blunders per game1.00−0.22 vs your average
Clock left at move 102:38−1s vs your average
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Your most common line

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6

What it says about you

Hypermodern 1.g3 players hand you the centre, and you take it with ...d5 and ...Nf6. That's classical, confident chess. The results show you understand these positions better than your opponents do. Your recent 3/3 suggests it's clicking.

How you play it

This is one of your best starts: move-12 win chance 61.0 and move-20 win chance 64.4, both well above baseline. You score 60% (11-7-2). But 5 of your 7 losses were timeouts, and you only converted 9 of 15 winning positions. The damage comes late: your recent mistakes cluster between moves 32 and 37, when you had 50 down to 34 seconds left. That includes the 37...Rh7 rook blunder that took you from 90% to 29%.

Last 90 days: 3 games, 100% score.

What you're missing

  1. 01

    In one late sequence you missed ...Rxh4 (33...Rh6, 90% to 59%), then ...Qxa5 (35...Nc4, 75% to 52%), then hung a rook (37...Rh7, 90% to 29%). Rook manoeuvres in time trouble are your weak spot here.

  2. 02

    Timeouts are 5 of your 7 losses, despite reaching move 10 with 158 seconds, about on your baseline.

  3. 03

    You convert 9 of 15 winning positions, so a third of your big advantages here slip away.

  4. 04

    32...R8g6 (50% to 20%) was a positional drift, where the engine preferred ...d4. You were shuffling rooks instead of pushing the central pawn that the whole opening set up.

How to improve it

  1. 01

    Against 1.g3 d5 2.Bg2, a solid classical centre with ...c6 or ...c5, ...Nc6, ...e5, ...Be7 and ...O-O gives White nothing to hit. Keep d5 protected from Bg2 and c4.

  2. 02

    Your space advantage is the long-term trump, and ...d4 or ...e4 pushes cramp White. When unsure, advance a centre pawn rather than lifting rooks.

  3. 03

    In winning positions, take material that's offered (Rxh4, Qxa5). Simple captures beat clever rook lifts with 40 seconds left.

  4. 04

    Practise converting extra-material endgames at speed, for example on Lichess practice, where your aim is to win before the clock gets under 20 seconds.

Where it goes wrong

Your losses in this opening, by where and how the decisive mistake happened.

Phase of the decisive mistake

opening1n=1
middlegame2n=2
endgame1n=1

What the mistake was

Lost on time in a playable position3n=3
Big positional error (no simple tactic)2n=2
Hung a piece (left it undefended)1n=1
Missed a tactic / only move1n=1

Variations you reach

Main line1765%

Winning positions converted here: 60% (9 of 15).

Recent mistakes in this opening

Your move in red, Stockfish's in black.

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Positional error · 0:51 left
32… R8g6? Best was d4. 50% → 20%
vs saryelkholy (1506) · 08-08-26 →
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Missed a tactic · 0:48 left
33… Rh6? Best was Rxh4. 90% → 59%
vs saryelkholy (1506) · 08-08-26 →
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Missed a tactic · 0:45 left
35… Nc4? Best was Qxa5. 75% → 52%
vs saryelkholy (1506) · 08-08-26 →
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Hung a piece · 0:34 left
37… Rh7? Best was Nb2. 90% → 29%
vs saryelkholy (1506) · 08-08-26 →

Next steps

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Take free material fast

When ahead and short on time, scan captures first. You missed Rxh4 and Qxa5 in one game.

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Push the centre, not rooks

When you're unsure what to play, advance ...d4 or ...e4 instead of shuffling rooks, as in the 32...R8g6 drift.

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Keep 45 seconds at move 30

Five of your 7 losses were timeouts, so move faster between moves 15 and 30.