Ben Ho

Ben Ho — The Biological Gambit Specialist

Ben Ho, known online as beeeeeeeens, is a chess enthusiast whose rating journey resembles a fascinating evolutionary tale. With a peak Daily rating of 1200 back in 2021, Ben’s rating has seen fluctuations that would make any biologist raise an eyebrow and say, "Ah, natural selection in action!"

Ben's opening repertoire is as diverse as a coral reef, exploring variations like the Nimzowitsch Defense, Englund Gambit, and even the elusive Van Geet Opening Reversed Nimzowitsch Variation in Rapid games. Although victories have been rare—Ben’s rapid record shows zero wins out of six attempts—the persistence is impressive, like a bacterium resisting antibiotics.

In Daily games, Ben has tasted victory once, notably mastering the Alekhine’s Defense with a 100% win rate in the scenario encountered—clearly a move that gives opponents a case of metabolic confusion. Despite a tough overall road with more losses than wins, Ben demonstrates resilience, with a longest winning streak of 1 and an average of 27 moves before sealing that rare triumph. Early resignation shows up around 29% of the time, suggesting sometimes Ben prefers to cut losses and enforce rapid cell division elsewhere on the board.

Ben tends to struggle with persistent foes, particularly maxbwise, who has been encountered seven times without yielding a single win for Ben. However, opponents like lausas02 have fallen once, proving Ben can develop a winning mutation in the matchDNA. The strategic battles often play out over 38+ moves in defeats, showing a gritty endgame endurance with a 31% endgame appearance frequency.

Psychologically, Ben’s “tilt factor” stands at a modest 7, a modest fever in the grand scheme of chess neurology. Win rates spike somewhat on Sundays, with a 50% success there—proof that even codified game strategies can't outcompete the rest day advantage. Ben’s 100% win rate after losing a piece is suggestive of remarkable cellular repair mechanisms, a comeback trait that chess bio-ethologists would envy.

While beeeeeeeens might not yet be the alpha predator on the digital chess savannah, this player’s profile is a fascinating study in evolutionary perseverance, diverse gambits, and the biology of losing gracefully with hopes of the next advantageous mutation.