Profile: Shiqun Ni (aka Backlight26)
Title: Woman Grandmaster (WGM)
Welcome to the fascinating biosphere of Shiqun Ni, a Woman Grandmaster whose chess prowess blooms on the battlefield like a well-timed gambit in spring! Known in the digital wilderness as Backlight26, Shiqun navigates the chessboard with the precision of a predator and the patience of a slowly unfurling leaf.
Rating and Performance Highlights
- Blitz Peak Rating: 2741 (2021)
- Bullet Peak Rating: 2629 (2020)
- Rapid Peak Rating: 2401 (2023)
Playing Style and Tendencies
With an average game lasting around 77 moves, Shiqun's games are more endurance race than quick sprint—emphasizing deep endgame mastery, boasting an endgame frequency of over 83%. Their style eschews early resignations, showing a stubborn will to fight on (only 2.22% early resign rate), and a tactical awareness that could be described as “biologically optimized” — making spectacular comebacks over 91% of the time and winning after losing a piece nearly 98.43% of the time.
Win Rates and Opponents
Shiqun's favourite prey? Opponents like shae11, kiiris_lummox, and advancedrook who fall victim 100% of the time. Though some nemeses remain elusive, with handfuls of opponents maintaining a tricky symbiosis with less favorable scores.
Fun Facts & Biological Tidbits
Just like a clever chess-themed organism, Shiqun’s play adapts beautifully with the time of day, enjoying a prime hunting hour around 9 AM with a win rate of nearly 58%, and even hitting an impressive 66.67% success rate at 2 PM – proof that this grandmaster's synapses fire brightest in daylight. Their tilt factor is a moderate 8, proving resilience under pressure and an ability to shake off those pesky mental toxins.
From rapid reflexes to slow, methodical endgame evolutions, Shiqun Ni embodies the perfect fusion of chess genetics—where strategy, endurance, and a playful sense of humor (with a pinch of biology pun) form an unbreakable genome of chess excellence.