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Alex Ilyin

Username: AlexIlyin72

Playing Since: 2021-01-14 (Inactive)

Wow Factor: ♟

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Daily: 800
0W / 1L / 0D
Rapid: 883
1304W / 1324L / 126D

Alex Ilyin: A Chess Biography

Meet Alex Ilyin, a rapid chess enthusiast whose rating has danced like a nimble knight across the board of time. Starting at 949 in 2021, Alex's rapid rating blossomed to a peak of 1,035 in 2022, akin to a rook sweeping across open files, before settling around the 900s in subsequent years. Though daily games are fewer—a mere single digital pawn move—Alex warms up with rapid games, having played over 2,700 matches with almost equal wins and losses, testing the bacteria of strategy against many opponents.

Alex’s opening repertoire is as diverse as a genetic pool. The King's Pawn Opening is favored like a trusty ancestor, played in 451 games and winning about 49% of the time. The Queen's Pawn Opening Zukertort Variation shows a cool evolutionary edge with a 52.5% win rate—clearly a move that doesn’t just survive, but thrives. The King's Pawn Opening Leonardis Variation, boasting a 56.25% success rate, is the perfect example of a mutation that led to survival advantage in Alex’s strategic genome.

With a longest winning streak of 9, Alex has proven to resurrect from tactical infections—featuring an impressive 72.56% comeback rate and a 100% win rate after losing a piece. It’s like a chess immune system kicking into high gear, healing wounds and turning the tables with precision. The endgame is where this player truly germinates success, featuring a heavy frequency of 57.22% in matches.

Psychologically, Alex’s tilt factor hovers moderately at 10—somewhat akin to grappling with nervous synapses during high-pressure moments—but that mild fragility doesn’t stop the bio-champion on the board. The average duration of wins and losses suggests a patient cell awaiting the perfect moment: 61 moves for victories and 56 for defeats.

Known by some by the username AlexIlyin72, this player’s digital petri dish of opponents has included a wide fauna of foes, with legendary dominance—100% win rates—against many challengers like “ryudkno,” “elvaron82,” and “sunsaphien.” Alex has also been infected by defeat at times, suggesting even the strongest genomes evolve through trial and error.

Whether mornings or dim twilight hours, Alex’s win rate fluctuates like circadian rhythms, peaking with an infectious 55% success around 2 AM and 10 PM—proof that, sometimes, genius strikes while the rest of the colony sleeps.

In the living ecosystem of the chess world, Alex Ilyin is a resilient strategist with a rich opening DNA, tactical adaptability, and an endgame flourishing with evolutionary vigor. Always ready to perform his next move, Alex continues to thrive in the complex biosphere of the chessboard.


🆚 Opponent Insights

Most Played Opponents
Weltmeister56 1W / 7L / 1D
mkbendtsen 3W / 3L / 0D
Elevate Automotive Care 1W / 3L / 1D
uriel547 0W / 4L / 0D
ZEMU ZHANG 2W / 2L / 0D

Rating

Year Bullet Blitz Rapid Daily
2025 881
2024 941
2023 901
2022 1035 800
2021 949
Rating by Year202120222023202420251035881YearRatingRapid

Stats by Year

Year White Black Moves
2025 3W / 5L / 1D 2W / 6L / 0D 64.5
2024 90W / 73L / 12D 82W / 92L / 4D 62.5
2023 132W / 129L / 9D 116W / 137L / 18D 61.3
2022 266W / 220L / 29D 215W / 262L / 24D 62.2
2021 208W / 203L / 10D 189W / 196L / 19D 59.5

Openings: Most Played

Rapid Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Kings Pawn Opening 451 223 216 12 49.5%
Philidor Defense 193 83 92 18 43.0%
Queens Pawn Opening 187 91 84 12 48.7%
Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation 169 77 87 5 45.6%
Bishops Opening 91 45 38 8 49.5%
Queens Pawn Opening Zukertort Variation 80 42 35 3 52.5%
French Defense Normal Variation 58 27 29 2 46.5%
Scandinavian Defense 54 24 29 1 44.4%
Kings Pawn Opening Leonardis Variation 48 27 17 4 56.2%
Vienna Game 46 17 26 3 37.0%
Daily Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Queens Pawn Opening Zukertort Variation 1 0 1 0 0.0%

🔥 Streaks

Streak Longest Current
Winning 9 0
Losing 10 1