About BDC array94
BDC array94 is an enthusiastic online chess player who predominantly plays Rapid games and enjoys testing their skills across Blitz and Bullet formats as well. Known for their tactical comebacks and persistence, array94 finds the thrill in fighting back from losing positions, boasting an impressive 78.87% comeback rate!
Playing Style
- Favored time control: Rapid, showcasing a solid win rate above 53%
- Known for ending games typically around the 62-move mark, indicating deep and strategic play
- Relatively patient with an average first capture around move 6
- Displays resilience with one of the lowest one-sided loss rates at just 5.26%
- Bright moments often happen in the quiet hours — their best time to play is 1 AM!
- Somewhat prone to tilt, with a tilt factor of 7 — even chess warriors have their off days!
Opening Choices and Performance
array94 experiments with a variety of openings, favoring solid systems:
- French Defense enjoys decent success, especially the Normal Variation with a 60% win rate in Blitz and 67% in Rapid.
- Philidor Defense is a bit of a nemesis, seeing little success in Blitz games.
- Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack shines in Rapid with a perfect 100% win record across 3 games.
- Also tries out the Horwitz Defense and the Queen’s Pawn Game with mixed but promising results.
Competitive Record & Highlights
array94 has a respectable career so far:
- Total Rapid wins: 49, showing their strength at this pace
- Blitz wins: 22, with more experience coming up
- Bullet is a new frontier, with just one game played so far
- Longest winning streak: 8 games — a sign of their potential dominance when in the zone!
- Peak ratings: Blitz 939, Rapid 766, and Bullet 156 (still early days in Bullet)
Notable Opponents
array94 has battled numerous players online, with great success against many. Among their worthy adversaries:
- Maintains a perfect win rate against jaysenplayz (2 games)
- Also undefeated versus players like jeroenhouben, exh1larated, and easygeezy123
- Some tougher matches have come against ghodoos, zajac1207, and rhjay
Clearly, array94 thrives against the competition but always seeks to grow from each challenge.
Fun Facts
- Array94 plays their best chess while most of us sleep — their perfect win rate at 1 AM proves that night owl advantage!
- Prefers solid and strategic openings, but isn't afraid to experiment with less common defenses like the Horwitz Defense.
- Known to resign early only about 2.6% of the time—shows that array94 rarely gives up and fights till the end.
Overall Performance Summary
Your recent games show a solid performance with a strength-adjusted win rate of approximately 54%. However, your rating has dipped by 12 points over the last month and this decline continues consistently over the past six and twelve months. Maintaining focus on key areas can help stabilize and improve your rating going forward.
Positives from Recent Games
- You have demonstrated effective use of the French Defense family of openings, particularly the Normal and Knight Variations, securing several wins. Favoring these openings can be a good strategy to build your playstyle around familiar lines.
- Your attacking play showed energy in games where you quickly capitalized on opponent mistakes and created tactical opportunities.
- Successful mating nets and timely exchanges led to multiple wins by resignation, highlighting your ability to convert advantages efficiently.
Areas for Improvement
- Opening Stability: Some losses indicate vulnerability to pressure in the early to mid-game, especially when opponents challenged your central control aggressively. Reviewing key themes in the Spanish and Scotch openings, which appeared in your losses, may help you better navigate these lines.
- Endgame Technique: A couple of defeats came from being outmaneuvered in complex endgame positions. Working on fundamental endgame knowledge and practicing basic king and pawn endgames could give you an edge in close games.
- Tactical Awareness: Pre-empting your opponents’ threats through deeper calculation can avoid sudden checkmates and losing material unexpectedly. Consider daily tactics puzzles focusing on spotting threats and defenses quickly.
- Time Management: Some timestamps suggest rapid play under pressure. Allocating your time more evenly may reduce errors in critical moments.
Next Steps and Recommendations
- Revisit games where the opponents successfully executed checkmates against you. Analyze move-by-move to understand missed defensive resources.
- Continue to play openings you are comfortable with, such as the French Defense, but also experiment with defenses against openings where you struggle.
- Integrate regular tactical training, endgame studies, and slow practice games to build confidence in complex situations.
- Review your%20opponents%E2%80%99 games from recent losses to identify any recurring strategic or tactical patterns you might be missing.
Stay consistent with your study and practice, and you’ll find your rating and confidence rising again soon.
🆚 Opponent Insights
| Most Played Opponents | ||
|---|---|---|
| Jaysenplayz | 2W / 0L / 0D | |
| alimohamed_77 | 1W / 0L / 0D | |
| clevil28 | 0W / 1L / 0D | |
| jesuseitoralba | 1W / 0L / 0D | |
| slisar | 0W / 1L / 0D | |
Rating
| Year | Bullet | Blitz | Rapid | Daily |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 156 | 623 | 714 |
Stats by Year
| Year | White | Black | Moves |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54W / 50L / 1D | 43W / 62L / 2D | 62.4 |
Openings: Most Played
| Blitz Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| French Defense | 23 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 34.8% |
| Barnes Defense | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 69.2% |
| Philidor Defense | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.4% |
| Scandinavian Defense | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 28.6% |
| Australian Defense | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16.7% |
| Ruy Lopez: Old Steinitz Defense, Semi-Duras Variation | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20.0% |
| Scotch Game | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.0% |
| Caro-Kann Defense | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.0% |
| Amar Gambit | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Bishop's Opening | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.3% |
| Rapid Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| French Defense | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 60.0% |
| Elephant Gambit | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% |
| Barnes Opening: Walkerling | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 85.7% |
| Australian Defense | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33.3% |
| Philidor Defense | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.0% |
| Amar Gambit | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.0% |
| Scotch Game | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Barnes Defense | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.3% |
| Scandinavian Defense | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Three Knights Opening | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.7% |
| Bullet Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnes Defense | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
🔥 Streaks
| Streak | Longest | Current |
|---|---|---|
| Winning | 8 | 0 |
| Losing | 8 | 2 |