AlejoChessYT is a passionate chess player known for his rapid and flashy play style, preferring fast-paced time controls like Blitz and Bullet. Starting from a modest rating in 2020, AlejoChessYT has steadily improved, showing great dedication and resilience in his chess journey.
Playing Style and Strengths
AlejoChessYT thrives in fast games, especially Blitz where he's played thousands of games with a nearly 50% win rate, and Bullet where his relentless pace often overwhelms opponents. With a high tactical awareness, his comeback rate is an impressive 89%, meaning he's a fighter until the last move!
Average moves per game hover around 80, showing tenacious and strategic play.
Mad skills in endgames, with endgame occurrence at 81.5% of his games.
Careful with early resignations — only abandoning games prematurely 1.24% of the time.
Favorite Openings
In Blitz and Bullet, AlejoChessYT favors solid and classic systems with a twist:
Scandinavian Defense: Valencian Variation (Blitz) — nearly 50% win rate across 178 games
Queen's Pawn openings, including the Accelerated London System and Normal Defense, showing preference for strategic maneuvering
Benoni Defense in Bullet — aggressive counterplay and complexity
Likes to surprise opponents with openings like Nimzowitsch-Larsen and Zukertort in Bullet games
Notable Achievements & Stats
Peak Blitz rating: 2247 (achieved November 2024)
Peak Bullet rating: 2527 (January 2022) — not for the faint-hearted!
Preferred playing hours are surprisingly early — 7 AM is when he's at his sharpest.
Longest winning streak: 19 games — the chess gods favored AlejoChessYT for a while!
Fun Facts & Trivia
Despite blitzing through games, AlejoChessYT pays attention to detail, with an average first capture happening around move 6.
Black pieces haven't scared AlejoChessYT; they hold a solid 45.28% win rate too.
While bullet games can be chaotic, AlejoChessYT maintains a calm mind, maintaining a comeback rate near 90% after losing material.
He's faced some top-tier opponents like firouzja3000 and displayed remarkable resilience.
Your recent games show a competitive performance with a strength adjusted win rate of about 50%. Your longer-term rating trends are positive, with a 3-month gain of 71 points and a 6-month gain of 41 points, indicating consistent improvement over time. The slopes for your rating changes suggest an upward momentum, especially over 6 months.
In the short term, you have experienced a slight drop in rating (-9 in the last month), but your rating trend slope in the last month remains positive, showing signs of recovery.
Strong middle-game tactics and positional play helped you create winning attacks, for example in your game against chesszuka where you gained a decisive advantage on the board before your opponent resigned.
In several wins, you showcased effective piece coordination, especially in exploiting weaknesses around the enemy king and controlling key squares in the center.
Areas for Improvement
Endgame Technique: Some losses could be tied to difficulties in converting tight endgames. Reviewing basic endgame principles and practicing key endgame positions (king and pawn endings, rook vs. rook endings) can improve your confidence.
Opening Variations: You might consider deepening your familiarity with alternative lines, especially against responses to your favored openings. For instance, reviewing critical variations in the Scandinavian and the King's Indian Defense could prepare you better for opponents’ surprises.
Time Management: Several wins and losses ended on time or on time pressure. Improving your clock management to balance calculation and pace consistently will help avoid time trouble.
Tactical Awareness: Continue solving tactical puzzles regularly to sharpen your ability to spot threats and tactical opportunities faster during blitz games.
Next Steps
To maintain and build on your progress:
Review your recent losses, especially the ones that ended in critical moments such as the move just before mate or material loss. Analyze turn-by-turn what alternatives you had.
Keep reinforcing your opening repertoire, focusing on the key plans and pawn structures rather than just memorizing moves.
Practice rapid and blitz games regularly but balance them with some longer time control games to improve deep calculation skills.
Consider working with a coach or using chess software to analyze your games for consistent weaknesses or recurring mistakes.
Keep up the good work and enjoy your chess journey!
