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alan la guardia

alan0902 cagayan de oro city Since 2008 (Inactive) Chess.com ♟
46.0%- 52.9%- 1.1%
Bullet 1800
33780W 39517L 755D
Blitz 1792
1897W 1570L 75D
Rapid 1665
90W 72L 8D
Daily 400
0W 1L 0D

Overview

Alan La Guardia (username: alan0902) is a fast, fierce and occasionally theatrical online chess player best known for his blitz play. A true blitz specialist — Alan prefers the thrill of short time controls where intuition, nerves and coffee collide — he climbs and dips through long seasons of games with a stubborn tactical eye and a taste for offbeat openings.

Highlight: his peak blitz form is captured here: 1924 (2014-05-17). For a compact visual, view a decade of his blitz trajectory:

Blitz Rating188618321777172216672013: 17302014: 18682015: 18032016: 17062017: 16852018: 1792201320142015201620172018
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Playing Style & Strengths

Alan is the sort of player who makes the clock an enemy and a teammate. He thrives in complex, tactical positions and has a remarkable comeback instinct — able to turn a worse position into a win often enough to keep opponents on edge.

  • Preferred time control: Blitz — quick decisions, sharp tactics.
  • Comeback rate: impressively high; he recovers from material setbacks more often than most.
  • Endgame patience: his average decisive games run long, showing stamina and persistence in longer fights.
  • Psychology: sometimes tilts (he admits it), but his best hours are evenings when his win-rate ticks upward.

Favorite Openings & Repertoire

Alan enjoys surprising opponents. His repertoire blends tricky sidelines and solid systems — perfect for blitz confusion and surprise victories.

  • As Black he often plays unusual but effective choices like the Barnes Defense and Australian Defense — weapons he uses to take opponents out of book early. (Barnes Defense)
  • As White he plays Bird-style ideas and sharp systems aiming for imbalance. (Bird Opening)
  • He also returns to tried-and-true replies: French, Sicilian and the occasional Philidor when he wants a quiet evening (rare).
  • In blitz, some of his best win rates show up with the Barnes and Batavo Gambit lines — a hint that he loves chaos when the clock is low.

Career Highlights & Memorable Runs

Alan’s career is full of long stretches of activity, a few meteoric rises and some humbling slides — the kind of roller coaster most online competitors know well.

  • Long winning streak: 22 games — a run that had opponents whispering “who’s this monster?”.
  • Longest losing streak: 30 games — followed by a notorious, stubborn climb back to respectability.
  • Most-played opponents include: dinza (243 games), hammerikano (237 games), and marjuscat (188 games) — long rivalries that read like serialized dramas.
  • Sample matchup: View Game — a chaotic blitz battle that captures Alan’s fighting spirit.

Signature Moment (mini-replay)

Here’s a short, clean sample of the kind of blitz mini-epic Alan enjoys — a classical opening that can explode into tactics once the clocks start burning. Load the mini-replay in your viewer:

Fun Facts & Personality

  • Nickname-in-the-chat: “the Barnes Bulldozer” — earned from frequent Barnes Defense adventures.
  • He treats openings as mood statements: chaotic day = Amar Gambit; methodical day = French Defense. (Amar Gambit)
  • His average decisive game length is long for blitz players — Alan enjoys the fight even with the clock ticking.
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