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Akshay S

Username: Aykay24

Playing Since: 2020-07-01 (Active)

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Daily: 1197
3W / 1L / 1D
Rapid: 1301
99W / 58L / 13D
Blitz: 1249
855W / 754L / 86D
Bullet: 1421
1120W / 910L / 42D

About Akshay S

Akshay S is a passionate chess player known for his love of the bullet time control, where speed and intuition reign supreme. Despite a few ups and downs, Akshay has demonstrated great resilience and a remarkable ability to come back from tough situations, boasting an impressive 73% comeback rate after setbacks. Whether maneuvering through rapid, blitz, or bullet games, Akshay's competitive spirit shines.

Playing Style & Strengths

  • Preferred Time Control: Bullet chess, showcasing lightning-fast decision making.
  • Psychological Edge: Known for remarkable tactical awareness with nearly 50% win rate even after losing material.
  • Endgame Specialist: Frequently reaches endgames in over 70% of games, showing patience and strategic depth.
  • Average Game Length: Around 66 moves when winning, giving the impression Akshay likes to finish with style.
  • Opening Preferences: Unique mixes including the Barnes Defense and the Amazon Attack, often catching opponents off guard.

Performance Highlights

  • Peak bullet rating of 1519, achieved in October 2023, marking Akshay as a formidable speed chess competitor.
  • Strong winning streaks, including a jaw-dropping 27 consecutive wins—spooky for opponents!
  • Solid win rates above 50% across Rapid (52.5%), Blitz (52.3%), and Bullet (50.5%) time controls.
  • Excellent records against frequent opponents with over 90% success against top rivals like "mxxnmine".
  • Won 1690 bullet games with 1209 losses and 90 draws—talk about dedication and stamina!

Favorite Openings

Akshay enjoys mixing things up with less common openings that lead to dynamic and tactical battles. Here are some faves:

  • Bullet: French Defense (70% win rate), Vienna Gambit with Max Lange Defense, and Amar Gambit.
  • Rapid: Amazon Attack (65.7% win rate) and Barnes Defense.
  • Blitz: Barnes Opening variations and Petrov's Defense with solid success.

Chess Personality

Akshay has a tilt factor of 14, which means even under pressure, he keeps calm enough to continue grinding games to the end. His best time of day to play is around 7 AM, so if you want to catch him off guard, maybe a late-night game is your chance. Or maybe not – he’s got that early bird tactical sharpness!

With a strategic approach that mixes patience and aggressive tactics, Akshay is a fierce competitor who enjoys long battles and isn’t afraid to resign early when the situation calls for it—though that's only about 1.7% of the time.

Looking Ahead

Akshay continues to push his limits with steady rating growth and a big volume of games. With his solid win record and love for bullet, he’s certainly a player to watch for lightning-fast victories and clever chess maneuvers.


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Overall Performance Overview

Akshay S, your current strength adjusted win rate stands at approximately 50.5%, which is a solid foundation in bullet chess. Over the last 6 months, you have improved your rating by 43 points, and the positive slopes in your rating trend, especially over 3 and 12 months, indicate consistent growth in your playing strength and understanding of the game.

Game Insights and Observations

Reviewing your recent games, several positive aspects and areas for further improvement emerge:

  • Opening Choices: You frequently employ the French Defense Queen's Knight Variation and other solid openings, suggesting a preference for structured play. Ensuring that you continue to deepen your understanding of these lines will help solidify your opening advantage.
  • Winning Tactics: Your wins often come from creating pressure on key squares and exploiting opponent blunders or time pressure, showing good tactical awareness in fast time controls.
  • Endgame Technique: In many games, you convert advantages efficiently and deliver checkmate promptly, reflecting an understanding of basic endgame principles.
  • Time Management: Many of your wins result from your opponents losing on time, indicating you maintain good time control. Yet, working on making quality moves faster could enhance your competitive edge further.
  • Loss Patterns: In your losses, early opening inaccuracies or tactical oversights sometimes allow your opponent to seize momentum. Focus on evaluating critical positions calmly and avoid unnecessary material sacrifice unless clearly advantageous.

Constructive Feedback and Recommendations

To continue your improvement in bullet chess, here are some tailored suggestions:

  • Solidify Opening Repertoire: Since you prefer openings like the French Defense, study common plans and traps within these variations to anticipate and counter your opponent’s ideas effectively.
  • Enhance Tactical Vision: Practicing puzzles and tactical exercises regularly will help you spot combinations quickly and avoid pitfalls during fast games.
  • Improve Time Usage: Work on quick, instinctive moves for well-known patterns so you can save time for complex positions.
  • Analyze Losses: Review games lost due to tactical errors or time trouble to identify recurring mistakes and develop strategies to avoid them.
  • Endgame Practice: Continue practicing fundamental endgames to improve conversion of material or positional advantages.

Next Steps

Invest time in reviewing your opening lines along with tactical exercises daily, and consider annotating your games to reinforce learning. Maintaining consistency in practice and analyzing your games critically will steadily increase your bullet chess rating.



🆚 Opponent Insights

Recent Opponents
itszhyar 1W / 0L / 0D
dani_indra 0W / 1L / 0D
completethemeat 0W / 0L / 1D
chiragmmh 0W / 1L / 0D
r777z 0W / 1L / 0D
kareooack 0W / 1L / 0D
fredpey 0W / 1L / 0D
kyngdarryl 0W / 1L / 0D
kurdzinduwa 0W / 1L / 0D
mimar001 0W / 1L / 0D
Most Played Opponents
mxxnmine 385W / 18L / 10D
DQ 171W / 197L / 25D
Jon Li 63W / 10L / 8D
salman00036 43W / 17L / 4D
Chess On Earth 16W / 42L / 3D

Rating

Year Bullet Blitz Rapid Daily
2025 1439 1249 1301
2024 1306 1098 1101
2023 1303 1301 1327 1197
2022 1461 1267 1470
2021 1504 1330 1454 1421
2020 1261 1087 1395 1392
Rating by Year20202021202220232024202515041087YearRatingBulletBlitzRapidDaily

Stats by Year

Year White Black Moves
2025 218W / 191L / 15D 222W / 190L / 13D 72.4
2024 574W / 398L / 38D 609W / 377L / 49D 67.8
2023 56W / 49L / 6D 56W / 51L / 2D 70.6
2022 18W / 17L / 1D 16W / 18L / 0D 55.1
2021 336W / 236L / 22D 298W / 274L / 18D 68.4
2020 371W / 290L / 28D 351W / 318L / 26D 64.4

Openings: Most Played

Bullet Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
French Defense 460 302 144 14 65.7%
Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense 325 206 109 10 63.4%
Amar Gambit 306 173 125 8 56.5%
Australian Defense 262 139 109 14 53.0%
Barnes Defense 228 138 85 5 60.5%
Scandinavian Defense 142 73 66 3 51.4%
Amazon Attack 142 70 65 7 49.3%
Caro-Kann Defense 105 45 57 3 42.9%
Four Knights Game 105 54 50 1 51.4%
Colle System: Rhamphorhynchus Variation 94 47 43 4 50.0%
Blitz Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Barnes Defense 122 63 53 6 51.6%
Barnes Opening: Walkerling 110 58 43 9 52.7%
Four Knights Game 97 48 44 5 49.5%
Blackburne Shilling Gambit 93 41 45 7 44.1%
French Defense 87 44 37 6 50.6%
Amazon Attack 82 45 33 4 54.9%
Australian Defense 74 43 29 2 58.1%
Petrov's Defense 67 39 25 3 58.2%
Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense 66 35 27 4 53.0%
Three Knights Opening 65 30 30 5 46.1%
Rapid Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Barnes Defense 41 21 14 6 51.2%
Amazon Attack 35 23 12 0 65.7%
French Defense 29 15 11 3 51.7%
Colle System: Rhamphorhynchus Variation 12 6 5 1 50.0%
Australian Defense 10 4 6 0 40.0%
Caro-Kann Defense 7 6 1 0 85.7%
Amar Gambit 7 4 3 0 57.1%
Petrov's Defense 7 3 4 0 42.9%
Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense 6 2 4 0 33.3%
Döry Defense 6 3 3 0 50.0%
Daily Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Sicilian Defense 2 2 0 0 100.0%
Three Knights Opening 2 2 0 0 100.0%
Amazon Attack 2 2 0 0 100.0%
French Defense: Burn Variation 1 0 0 1 0.0%
Barnes Defense 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Indian Defense: Schnepper Gambit 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Blackburne Shilling Gambit 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation 1 1 0 0 100.0%
London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation 1 1 0 0 100.0%

🔥 Streaks

Streak Longest Current
Winning 27 1
Losing 14 0