u/admirer145

I’m around 2100–2200 rapid on Lichess and for the last 5000+ games(bullet+blitz+rapid) I’ve basically only played:

- English Opening as White
- French Defense as Black

At first I thought this was a weakness because online advice constantly pushes expanding your repertoire. But honestly, specialising helped my chess more than learning new openings ever did.

After hundreds of games in the same structures, I stopped thinking about opening moves and started understanding:

- pawn breaks
- typical middlegame plans
- piece placement
- transition patterns

The English especially helped me improve positional patience, while the French taught me a lot about pawn chains and counterplay timing.

I have followed Hanging Pawns for English and Anish Giri for French.

Curious if other players had the same experience with opening specialization.

Hi, I’m currently rated around 2300 in Bullet on Lichess. My game relies almost entirely on fast pattern recognition, intuition and piece awareness.

If you ask me to find f6 or c4 instantly, I have to stop and think about it. It’s a massive blind spot, especially when I try to read PGN of any famous games.

Has anyone else with a purely visual memory dealt with this? How did you finally get coordinates to click?

Game Title: Multi Cars

Playable Link: https://multi-cars.vercel.app/

Platform: Web Browser

Description:
Multi Cars is a free browser-based reaction and coordination game where you control one or two cars, dodge obstacles, collect rewards, and try to survive as the road gets faster. The main mode is Classic Run, where you can choose between a simpler 1-car setup or the full 2-car challenge. There are also Practice Drills for focused skill-building, Challenges grouped by category and level, a Daily Road mode, and a Control Room where players can tune speed range, levels, and shield settings. The game is designed for quick sessions but with enough progression and replayability to keep improving over time. It works directly in the browser with keyboard or tap controls, so there is nothing to install.

Free to Play Status:

[y] Free to play

[ ] Demo/Key available

[ ] Paid (Allowed only on Tuesdays with [TT] in the title)

Involvement:
I’m the creator and developer of Multi Cars. I designed the gameplay loop, built the web version, added the different game modes, implemented the progression/settings systems, and deployed it online.