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 |
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 |