About andreasheggen — online chess player

andreasheggen is a prolific online chess player known for long battles and dramatic comebacks across Bullet, Blitz, Daily and Rapid time controls. A Rapid specialist by preference, andreasheggen blends tactical flair with stubborn endgame play — perfect for viewers who enjoy clutch reversals and cheeky opening choices. This profile highlights style, favorite openings, notable rivalries and a few placeholders to explore games and moves.

Playing style & strengths

Keywords: chess player profile, tactical comeback, endgame specialist, online rapid chess.

Preferred time control: Rapid (often chooses longer, more thoughtful games).
Fearless comebacker — an exceptional Comeback Rate of about 80%: never count them out once a material deficit appears.
Endgame-focused: more than half of games go deep (Endgame Frequency ≈ 56%), with wins often decided after 50+ moves (Avg moves per win ≈ 60).
Low early resignation rate (~3.6%) — fights until the end.
Psychology: best time to play is often late night / early morning (reported BestTimeOfDayToPlay: 04:00) and tilt factor is moderate (12).

Memorable openings & repertoire

andreasheggen favors offbeat and aggressive systems that create tactical messes where comeback skills shine. Popular choices across time controls:

Elephant Gambit — a blitz favorite with a strong win rate in rapid skirmishes. (Elephant Gambit)
Blackburne Shilling Gambit — used often as a trap weapon; dangerous in fast games. (Blackburne Shilling Gambit)
Barnes Opening / Walkerling variations — a quirky pet line that pays off in Daily and Rapid. (Barnes Opening: Walkerling)
Scandinavian and Caro‑Kann appear regularly when stability is needed.

Quick opening highlights (sample win rates):

Blitz — Elephant Gambit: ~54% win rate.
Daily — Barnes Opening: Walkerling: ~94% win rate (small sample, big results).
Rapid — Barnes Defense & Amar Gambit: perfect 1/1 wins in recorded rapid games (fun stat!).

Rivalries & opponent records

andreasheggen has built long-running online rivalries. Top opponents and head‑to‑head summaries:

jaholm — most played (103 games): record 58–43–2. (jaholm)
cheggen — 70 games: record 41–25–4. (cheggen)
handerfar — 65 games: record 46–17–2. (handerfar)
heglar — 56 games: record 29–25–2. (heglar)
madicehawk — 34 games: lopsided 32–2 (beware this matchup!). (madicehawk)

Streaks, milestones & quirks

Longest winning streak: 16 games — a window of pure domination.
Longest losing streak: 12 games — every player knows the slump.
Current winning streak (recorded): 1 game — momentum, on paper.
Strong tactical awareness: wins even when down material about 47% of the time after losing a piece.

Sample game & study material

Explore a short illustrative sequence and a highlighted match (placeholders below are interactive when supported):

Mini‑PGN (study this opening tussle):
Featured game: Epic comeback vs jaholm

Analytics & quick placeholders

For viewers and analysts: a couple of quick placeholders you can open to explore peaks or charts.

Peak Rapid rating: 1700 (2018-11-30) — a career highlight in Rapid play.
Rapid rating snapshot chart:

Funny & humanizing facts

Plays openings that look like puzzles other players wrote at 03:00 a.m.
Refuses to resign unless the opponent has memorized at least three of andreasheggen’s trap lines.
Favorite (unofficial) pre‑game ritual: a single stretch, a sip of coffee, and a menacing stare at the board — even when it’s virtual.

Want to follow and study more games? Use the profile and game placeholders above to jump in. Good luck and enjoy the tactical mayhem!