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Ariel Crawford

Username: acrawford28

Location: Chicago

Playing Since: 2015-01-12 (Active)

Wow Factor: ♟♟♟♟

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Rapid: 1826
11W / 3L / 0D
Blitz: 2359
91924W / 78670L / 6656D
Bullet: 1925
114W / 105L / 4D

Ariel Crawford: The Chessmaster of Cellular Strategy

Meet Ariel Crawford, a grandmaster in the art of checkmating not just opponents but also biology puns! A true chess cell-ebrate, Ariel's chess career has evolved like a finely tuned organism, steadily adapting and transmuting strategies over years of intense battle across multiple time controls.

Starting with a rapid growth in blitz rating, Ariel has ascended from a modest 1830 in 2015 to a stunning 2366 by 2021, proving that like any good enzyme, they catalyze complex combinations with remarkable precision. Their dynamic plays often resemble the intricate dance of proteins folding into perfect shapes, animated by an 87.55% comeback rate — the resilience of a hardy mitochondrion in the face of cellular stress.

On the battlefield of blitz, Ariel's preferred openings are as complex and varied as a biological genome, with a strong evolutionary affinity towards the Sicilian Defense, especially the Najdorf Variation — a strategy as unpredictable and deadly as a venomous neurotransmitter. With a win rate exceeding 56% in this opening alone, Ariel shows a specialized adaptation to exploit even the slightest cancerous weakness in their opponents' defenses.

Their rapid and bullet performances, though more recent, have also demonstrated promising catalytic activity with impressive peak performances nearing 1900 in rapid and 1953 in bullet formats, ensuring Ariel stays just as lethal across all temporal climates of the chess ecosystem.

Psychologically, Ariel exhibits a Tilt Factor of 71 — a figure that might call for a meditative mitochondria but under pressure, their 100% win rate after losing a piece reveals a recovery mechanism as robust as DNA repair pathways, turning predicted cell death into a victorious survival.

With a respectful total of over 160,000 blitz games under the belt—each one a mini metabolic cycle of risk and calculation—Ariel is a true chess cyborg, synthesizing millennia of knowledge and experience with the gut instincts of a predator. Whether fighting against casual pawns gone rogue or Grandmaster level exoduses, Ariel's discipline and strategy thrive in the endgame, appearing in 77% of finished bouts, proving they know how to finish strong.

So, if you ever find yourself facing Ariel Crawford across the checkered petri dish, beware—the strategist's moves are as precise as a well-spliced RNA, and their gambits, a viral strain of brilliance, ready to contagiously infect the scoreboard with wins. Check yourself, or prepare to be checked out!

“In the grand game of evolution, only the shrewdest survive—and Ariel has perfected the art of survival through checkmate.”

Username: acrawford28


🆚 Opponent Insights

Recent Opponents
lluiss 10W / 13L / 1D
Caleb Kircher 14W / 10L / 0D
keloglan00 2W / 0L / 0D
besp0114 1W / 0L / 0D
anirbanp167 2W / 4L / 0D
Most Played Opponents
zven 208W / 223L / 6D
deeppurple123 64W / 110L / 4D
Izmail 102W / 67L / 1D
vivam7 96W / 59L / 4D
gasonlinebr 86W / 64L / 8D

Rating

Year Bullet Blitz Rapid Daily
2025 2265
2024 2138 1826
2023 1925 2264 1831
2022 2216
2021 1785 2344 1392
2020 2116
2019 2098
2018 1495 2088
2017 1945
2016 1921
2015 1105 1830
Rating by Year2015201620172018201920202021202220232024202523441105YearRatingBulletBlitzRapid

Stats by Year

Year White Black Moves
2025 1141W / 911L / 89D 1052W / 1001L / 79D 71.7
2024 1924W / 1489L / 127D 1797W / 1635L / 114D 73.8
2023 7686W / 5989L / 535D 7201W / 6545L / 504D 73.2
2022 3758W / 2875L / 333D 3473W / 3206L / 314D 75.1
2021 9500W / 7561L / 800D 8891W / 8186L / 766D 75.2
2020 4614W / 4288L / 407D 4388W / 4495L / 383D 72.2
2019 4497W / 3631L / 251D 4228W / 3865L / 258D 72.0
2018 5815W / 4597L / 377D 5500W / 4931L / 329D 71.6
2017 542W / 468L / 28D 549W / 468L / 20D 69.8
2016 1840W / 1256L / 85D 1743W / 1372L / 85D 70.4
2015 3870W / 3141L / 231D 3759W / 3237L / 217D 70.8

Openings: Most Played

Blitz Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Unknown Opening 151854 78744 67392 5718 51.9%
Top Secret 15397 7993 6857 547 51.9%
Caro Kann Defense Advance Variation 56 32 21 3 57.1%
Pirc Defense Main Line 45 18 25 2 40.0%
Sicilian Defense Nyezhmetdinov Rossolimo Attack 38 22 11 5 57.9%
Alekhines Defense Scandinavian Variation 38 23 14 1 60.5%
Sicilian Defense Kan Knight Variation 37 15 20 2 40.5%
Sicilian Defense Open Najdorf Adams Attack 35 16 18 1 45.7%
Alapin Sicilian Defense 34 19 15 0 55.9%
Kings Indian Defense Normal Variation 33 18 13 2 54.5%
Rapid Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Unknown Opening 14 11 3 0 78.6%
Bullet Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Unknown Opening 221 113 104 4 51.1%

🔥 Streaks

Streak Longest Current
Winning 18 2
Losing 71 0