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Aurora_the_cat

Playing Since: 2021-10-15 (Active)

Wow Factor: ♟

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Daily: 369
1W / 21L / 0D
Rapid: 378
1448W / 1517L / 125D
Blitz: 446
6W / 13L / 0D
Bullet: 455
1W / 4L / 0D

Aurora_the_cat: The Chessboard Enchantress

Meet Aurora_the_cat, a relentless chess adventurer known for a blend of perseverance, cunning tactics, and a curious affection for the Caro-Kann Defense and the Queens Pawn Openings. Her journey through the ranks has been as dynamic as a knight’s gallop — with a peak rapid rating touching an impressive 951 back in October 2021, proving she's no stranger to fierce competition.

Aurora_the_cat’s playing style is a captivating mix of patience and precision. Not one to faint under pressure, her comeback rate is a fierce 74%, perfectly illustrating her resilience when down a piece or two. Though she occasionally experiences tilt (about 11%), she’s known to bounce back with impressive tactical awareness.

Her signature openings? The Caro-Kann Defense with a solid 51% win rate and the crafty Sicilian Defense Bowdler Attack, boasting a win rate of 51.16%. Perhaps the chess gods favored her tenacity as she’s mastered these lines with enviable consistency. But beware: her Queens Pawn Zukertort Chigorin Variation is a notorious battlefield where she’s battled many a fierce skirmish, with a humble yet stubborn 37% win rate.

Games with Aurora are never short on drama — sometimes ending in elegant checkmates, other times by resignation, though her opponents have occasionally timed out trying to keep pace. She cherishes long battles, with an average of over 53 moves per win, clearly savoring the strategic dance until the very end.

Aurora_the_cat shines brightest in the mornings—her best alertness is around 9 AM, where her moves slice through opposition like a cat pouncing on an elusive red dot. She favors rapid games but dabbles in daily, blitz, and bullet formats, punishing impatience with a sharp eye and quick reflexes.

Her recent wins show a strategic flair for forcing opponent resignations, especially using the Caro-Kann Defense and Queens Pawn Openings, with opponents folding under her elegant pressure. Losses happen, but even then, Aurora_the_cat's fights are legendary—never surrendering without a valiant struggle.

Off the board, Aurora_the_cat is a mystery wrapped in an enigma — or perhaps simply a chess cat with nine lives, always ready to leap back into action and claw her way to victory.

“Checkmate? More like a warm-up.” – Aurora_the_cat


🆚 Opponent Insights

Recent Opponents
manduboy 0W / 1L / 0D
nikhil_boss_07 1W / 0L / 0D
sanju-daa 1W / 0L / 0D
nrllhzdn 0W / 1L / 0D
pioc40 1W / 0L / 0D
Most Played Opponents
fr-cobalt 3W / 1L / 0D
george_255 3W / 1L / 0D
jusy02 0W / 4L / 0D
py1974 0W / 4L / 0D
shaban1992 3W / 1L / 0D

Rating

Year Bullet Blitz Rapid Daily
2025 477 369
2024 501
2023 457
2022 455 446 465 394
2021 633 445 539 660
Rating by Year20212022202320242025660369YearRatingBulletBlitzRapidDaily

Stats by Year

Year White Black Moves
2025 102W / 121L / 8D 111W / 109L / 12D 58.7
2024 1W / 0L / 0D 0W / 0L / 0D 49.0
2023 0W / 1L / 0D 0W / 0L / 0D 52.0
2022 420W / 432L / 35D 415W / 433L / 38D 53.6
2021 152W / 161L / 15D 147W / 176L / 8D 56.2

Openings: Most Played

Rapid Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Sicilian Defense 156 70 77 9 44.9%
Caro Kann Defense 149 76 69 4 51.0%
Queens Pawn Opening Zukertort Chigorin Variation 107 40 60 7 37.4%
Indian Game 95 47 44 4 49.5%
Sicilian Defense Bowdler Attack 86 44 37 5 51.2%
English Opening Reversed Sicilian Variation 84 38 40 6 45.2%
Queens Pawn Opening Zukertort Variation 72 42 26 4 58.3%
Van t Kruijs Opening 72 41 30 1 56.9%
Queens Pawn Opening 67 27 38 2 40.3%
Englund Gambit 66 31 32 3 47.0%
Blitz Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Sicilian Defense 3 1 2 0 33.3%
Caro Kann Defense 2 2 0 0 100.0%
Englund Gambit 2 0 2 0 0.0%
French Defense Knight Variation 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Sicilian Defense Bowdler Attack 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Indian Game Knights Variation 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Alapin Sicilian Defense 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Sicilian Defense Old Sicilian Variation 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Bishops Opening Berlin Defense 1 0 1 0 0.0%

🔥 Streaks

Streak Longest Current
Winning 11 0
Losing 11 1