Bjorn Andersson - FIDE Master and Chess Enthusiast
Meet Bjorn Andersson, a proud holder of the FIDE Master title, proving it’s possible to achieve greatness without being a grandmaster — yet. With a knack for blitz and bullet games, Bjorn's rating in these lightning-fast formats has danced its way up to impressive peaks (blitz max rating hitting 2418 in 2024, no less!). When Bjorn sits at the board, opponents better brace themselves for a whirlwind of quick moves and strategic cunning.
Playing Style & Strengths
Bjorn’s style is a fascinating blend of patience and aggression. While the average game might last around 68 moves, expect a comeback artist because Bjorn boasts an 85% comeback rate — yes, even when down a piece! And if Bjorn loses a piece, don’t count them out yet; the win rate after losing material is a nearly flawless 99.79%. This player knows how to turn misfortune into opportunity, likely causing opponents to question their life choices.
Performance Highlights
- Average Blitz rating around 2300+ in recent years, peaking impressively in 2024.
- Bullet rating consistently strong, with max over 2200.
- Daily chess win rate skyrockets to nearly 88% — the marathon runner of the chess world.
- Steady Rapid improvement landing at 2281 rating in 2024, showing adaptability across formats.
- Longest winning streak? A commendable 13 games — run that streak and the coffee breaks will be legendary!
Opponent Relations & Rivalries
Bjorn has a few favorite opponents, battling “kf3win” 89 times and holding respectable records against long-time rivals. Some adversaries seem to almost never win (sorry “a4rooka3”), while others must shuffle nervously whenever Bjorn logs in. Fun fact: Bjorn often clocks games on Tuesdays and evenings around 6 PM, where the win rate is highest — perhaps the magic hour to challenge the master.
Mental Game & Quirks
With a tilt factor of only 15, Bjorn keeps cool under pressure—because who has time for rage when the clock’s ticking? Also, a curious fan of endgames, Bjorn’s tendency to maneuver deep into the 80% endgame frequency could mean they enjoy puzzles more than quick finishes. And when the going gets tough, Bjorn doesn’t get going — a mere 0.68% early resignation rate shows fighting spirit!
Whether blitzing through the arena or grinding out a daily game, Bjorn Andersson is a force of nature in the chess world — a player not to be underestimated or out-ticked (pun intended). Watch out, chessboard, here comes the FIDE Master with a smile and an impeccable comeback plan.
Hi Bjorn!
You have a dynamic style and excellent fighting spirit. Below is a concise review based on your latest blitz session, followed by an action-oriented improvement plan.
Quick Snapshot
- Current peak blitz rating: 2418 (2024-05-14)
- Typical openings: 1.e4 as White, French & Caro-Kann structures as Black.
- Result distribution:
What You Already Do Well
- Opening variety. Alternating between French and Caro-Kann keeps opponents guessing and shows solid positional understanding.
- Practical mindset. You often choose lines that keep pieces on the board and create winning chances even in equal positions.
- Resilience. Several wins came from difficult positions where you kept posing problems until the very end.
Key Areas to Tackle Next
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Clock Management (Zeitnot).
• Five of your last six losses were on time in roughly equal or better positions.
• Average remaining time at move 20 (wins) ≈ 40 s; (losses) ≈ 9 s.
Skill focus: play the first 15 moves faster by trusting your opening prep and using premoves in forced recaptures. -
Tactical alertness vs. “Greek-gift” themes.
In the loss to A4RookA3 you allowed 9.Bxh7+ with no punishment. Reviewing this classic motif will save you many points.
Example fragment: -
Converting technical endgames.
In several wins you were a pawn up yet still played risky king walks, and in the game vs. GoodOldBell you flagged in a drawn R + P ending. A crisper conversion technique will both shorten the game and save clock time. -
Handling the Caro-Kann Exchange as Black.
Three recent opponents employed the Exchange with Bd3 / c3. Your current plan (…Nc6, …e6, …Bd6) is fine but leaves you vulnerable to quick Bf4 & Qb3 ideas. Consider studying the …g6 setup or the immediate …Bg4 pin to neutralise early pressure.
Four-Week Improvement Plan
| Week | Main Goal | Concrete Tasks |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faster openings | Build a 12-move “blitz file” for each main line. Drill vs. computer on 5-second increment until moves feel automatic. |
| 2 | Tactics & motifs | Solve 50 puzzles on bishop-sacrifice patterns (Bxh7+, Bxh2+, Nf7+). Review failures and create a flash-card deck. |
| 3 | Endgame technique | Play 20 “pawn-up rook endgames” on a training site against engine defence. Aim to finish each conversion with >30 s on the clock. |
| 4 | Practical blitz sets | Play 30 games of 3 + 1 focusing on the new ideas. After every 5 games, briefly annotate critical moments (no engine) to reinforce time-use habits. |
Final Thoughts
Your current strengths already place you near titled-player level. Shaving a few seconds per move in the opening and eliminating repeat tactical oversights will translate into hundreds of rating points at blitz speed. Stay patient, follow the plan, and let me know once you feel the next plateau coming—there will always be another step!
Good luck, keep the pieces active, and remember: the clock is also a piece.
🆚 Opponent Insights
| Most Played Opponents | ||
|---|---|---|
| KF3WIN | 45W / 40L / 4D | |
| bbb-th | 41W / 10L / 10D | |
| justhavingfunyo | 35W / 18L / 4D | |
| kamran SHIRAZI | 32W / 23L / 0D | |
| zimbabweanmakeyoucry | 28W / 26L / 1D | |
Rating
| Year | Bullet | Blitz | Rapid | Daily |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2158 | 2375 | 2281 | |
| 2023 | 2338 | |||
| 2021 | 1758 | 2036 | ||
| 2020 | 2163 | 2053 | 1998 | |
| 2019 | 2113 | 2099 | 1858 | 1875 |
| 2018 | 2083 | 1871 | 1807 | |
| 2017 | 2019 | 2115 |
Stats by Year
| Year | White | Black | Moves |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18W / 21L / 1D | 18W / 25L / 1D | 87.6 |
| 2023 | 5W / 6L / 0D | 8W / 3L / 0D | 77.0 |
| 2021 | 7W / 8L / 0D | 10W / 4L / 0D | 3.9 |
| 2020 | 716W / 619L / 44D | 666W / 703L / 37D | 71.5 |
| 2019 | 1753W / 1368L / 96D | 1551W / 1529L / 91D | 71.5 |
| 2018 | 2357W / 1810L / 123D | 2134W / 1975L / 126D | 72.5 |
| 2017 | 1094W / 865L / 89D | 1006W / 937L / 81D | 72.1 |
Openings: Most Played
| Blitz Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation | 531 | 290 | 219 | 22 | 54.6% |
| Scotch Game | 295 | 134 | 150 | 11 | 45.4% |
| Scandinavian Defense | 146 | 78 | 59 | 9 | 53.4% |
| Ruy Lopez: Classical Defense, Benelux Variation | 143 | 71 | 64 | 8 | 49.6% |
| Caro-Kann Defense | 95 | 52 | 40 | 3 | 54.7% |
| East Indian Defense | 93 | 40 | 50 | 3 | 43.0% |
| Blackburne Shilling Gambit | 90 | 39 | 46 | 5 | 43.3% |
| Barnes Defense | 84 | 48 | 32 | 4 | 57.1% |
| King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation | 81 | 35 | 42 | 4 | 43.2% |
| Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense | 80 | 41 | 38 | 1 | 51.2% |
| Bullet Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scandinavian Defense | 1899 | 981 | 867 | 51 | 51.7% |
| Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation | 1687 | 1011 | 636 | 40 | 59.9% |
| French Defense | 715 | 388 | 314 | 13 | 54.3% |
| Amar Gambit | 673 | 326 | 329 | 18 | 48.4% |
| Barnes Defense | 631 | 345 | 267 | 19 | 54.7% |
| Modern | 620 | 336 | 270 | 14 | 54.2% |
| Amazon Attack: Siberian Attack | 472 | 229 | 229 | 14 | 48.5% |
| Scotch Game | 453 | 221 | 217 | 15 | 48.8% |
| Alekhine Defense | 440 | 228 | 191 | 21 | 51.8% |
| Nimzo-Larsen Attack | 422 | 217 | 193 | 12 | 51.4% |
| Rapid Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Opening: Closed, Taimanov Variation | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.7% |
| Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Belyavsky Gambit | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.3% |
| Unknown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% |
| English Opening: Carls-Bremen System | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Botvinnik Variation | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Gligoric System, Exchange Variation | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Scandinavian Defense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Classical System, Benko Attack | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Delayed Fianchetto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Daily Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Attack: Siberian Attack | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Amazon Attack | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Scotch Game | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Old Indian Defense: Duz-Khotimirsky Variation | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Modern Defense: Pterodactyl Variation | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| French Defense: Exchange Variation | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| English Defense: Blumenfeld-Hiva Gambit | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Alekhine Variation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Botvinnik Variation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Czech Defense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
🔥 Streaks
| Streak | Longest | Current |
|---|---|---|
| Winning | 13 | 2 |
| Losing | 15 | 0 |