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Playing White · 15 blitz games · 7W 7L 1D · You choose this

Reti Opening

Your best opening positions of all, followed by your worst clock.

Score50%+1% vs your average
Win chance after move 1257%+5% vs your average
Blunders per game1.73+0.51 vs your average
Clock left at move 102:34−6s vs your average
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Your most common line

1. Nf3

What it says about you

You play 1.Nf3 occasionally, which shows flexibility and an understanding of move-order tricks. You get excellent positions from it, but you then play slowly enough that the clock wins instead of you. You also seem to enjoy the positional middlegames that follow, perhaps too much in 3|0.

How you play it

Your openings here are outstanding: move-12 win chance 57.1 and move-20 win chance 64.9 are the best of any opening you play, and early errors are just 0.13 per game. After that, you blunder more here than anywhere else (1.73 per game against a 1.22 baseline). Five of your 7 losses were timeouts, conversion is 7 of 12, and games average 41 moves. The recent mistakes are clock disasters: 24.Rd8+ with 14.5 seconds (97% to 51%), 29.Qe3 with 0.4 seconds and 31.Re5 with 0.1 seconds, which lost the queen.

What you're missing

  1. 01

    Timeouts account for 5 of 7 losses, after you won the opening. You're outplaying opponents and then losing the race against your own clock.

  2. 02

    24.Rd8+ hung a rook from a 97% position (down to 51%), when Qxb7 was simple. Under 15 seconds, flashy checks replace plain captures.

  3. 03

    You play your final moves with fractions of a second (0.4s and 0.1s). You need a pre-move and flag-avoidance approach, not deeper thinking.

  4. 04

    Blunders at 1.73 per game is your worst rate anywhere, all from after the opening.

How to improve it

  1. 01

    Use 1.Nf3 as a move-order tool: 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 and then Bf4 reaches your London while sidestepping the Englund Gambit (1.d4 e5), which scores only 41% for you over 93 games.

  2. 02

    In quiet Reti or Old Indian middlegames, choose a simple plan early (e4 break, queenside expansion with b4, or a kingside push) and play it quickly.

  3. 03

    Under 20 seconds, pre-move safe moves and choose captures over checks. Qxb7 would have kept 97%.

  4. 04

    Trade queens when ahead in time pressure. Your queen got lost on move 31 with 0.1 seconds.

Where it goes wrong

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

Phase of the decisive mistake

middlegame3n=3
endgame1n=1

What the mistake was

Lost on time in a playable position3n=3
Endgame technique error1n=1
Didn't see opponent's 2–3 move combination1n=1
Lost material in a bad trade1n=1
Walked into a fork1n=1

Variations you reach

Old Indian Attack350%

Winning positions converted here: 58% (7 of 12).

Recent mistakes in this opening

Your move in red, Stockfish's in black.

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Walked into a fork · 2:05 left
17. Bxd5? Best was cxd4. 33% → 3%
vs flash_1729 (1458) · 18-01-26 →
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Hung a piece · 0:15 left
24. Rd8+? Best was Qxb7. 97% → 51%
vs Ahmed_Ahmedmido (1458) · 18-01-26 →
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Positional error · 0:00 left
29. Qe3? Best was Rf5. 95% → 48%
vs Ahmed_Ahmedmido (1458) · 18-01-26 →
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Missed a tactic · 0:00 left
31. Re5? Best was Qxa7. 51% → 3%
vs Ahmed_Ahmedmido (1458) · 18-01-26 →

Next steps

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Use 1.Nf3 to dodge the Englund

Play 1.Nf3 then 2.d4 and Bf4 to reach your London without allowing 1...e5, a 41% leak.

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Aim for 40 seconds at move 30

Your openings are the best you play, but 5 of your 7 losses were timeouts, so play the middlegame faster.

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Captures over checks when low

Under 15 seconds, take the free material (like Qxb7) rather than checking, as 24.Rd8+ threw away 97%.