Profile
bigspoon22 is a chess player who believes the weirder the opening, the better the story. With a peak Daily rating of 1393 (2020-03-21) and a Blitz peak of 972 (2023-01-07), this battler has spent hundreds of games proving that unconventional moves can still lead to epic fights. Their preferred time control is Blitz, where the ticking clock turns every wild position into a thriller.
The Unorthodox Repertoire
bigspoon22's opening choices are a love letter to chaos. The Amar Gambit appears in 78 Daily games and 9 Blitz games, with a 50 percent win rate in Daily. They also favor the Barnes Opening: Walkerling, and as Black they regularly step into the French Defense, winning 23 of 50 Daily games. This is a player who would rather surprise you than outbook you.
Rivalries
No opponent has seen more of bigspoon22 than sergiolobatoramos. Across 131 games, the two are almost inseparable: 66 wins for bigspoon22, 62 for sergiolobatoramos, and 3 draws. Then there is valag, the kryptonite: 17 games, 17 losses. Even a spoon cannot stir that pot. Against pickleeater22, bigspoon22 holds a healthier edge, 16 wins to 11.
Fighting Spirit
The stats paint a picture of a tenacious scrapper. bigspoon22 has a comeback rate of 78.1 percent, and after losing a piece they still win 37.1 percent of the time. They almost never resign: 29 wins by resignation, only 3 losses by resignation. Their games are marathons, averaging over 64 moves in wins and over 75 in losses. The longest losing streak was 10, but the longest winning streak was 5, proof that the spoon always comes back.
Peak Moments
The Daily rating chart shows a steady grind through 2020, peaking at 1393 in March. In Blitz, January 2023 was a wild ride, with a peak of 972 and a low of 622. Big swings, big feelings, big spoon energy.
- Best time to play: 10:00, with a perfect 100 percent win rate.
- Tilt factor: 10, but who is counting?
- More checkmate wins (66) than timeout wins (10), so they prefer to finish the job.
- They deliver checkmate with the queen most often.