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Bonamente GM

Playing Since: 2008-10-18 (Active)

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Daily: 1830
119W / 9L / 7D
Rapid: 2010
44W / 0L / 2D
Blitz: 2403
27W / 17L / 1D
Bullet: 2629
356W / 81L / 9D

About Bonamente

Bonamente is a formidable Grandmaster, known for dominating the rapid time control with exceptional skill and strategy. With a chess journey marked by consistency and flair, Bonamente tackles opponents across bullet, blitz, rapid, and daily formats, demonstrating both versatility and endurance.

Playing Style & Strengths

Bonamente's style is a blend of sharp tactics and deep endgame knowledge, with an impressive comeback rate of over 68%. They maintain an average of nearly 54 moves per win, showcasing patience and precision.

  • Strong in rapid games with an undefeated record (61 wins, 0 losses).
  • Exceptional win rate even after losing material (69.17%).
  • Prefers to finish games long and strong, often going beyond 50 moves before sealing victory.
  • Psychologically resilient with a low tilt factor of 11, keeping cool under pressure.
  • Strategic openings mastery, often employing the French Defense and Caro-Kann with high success rates.

Key Achievements & Milestones

  • Achieved a peak bullet rating of 2645 in March 2022, showcasing rapid-fire tactical prowess.
  • Reached a personal best blitz rating of 2476 in January 2022, proving speed and accuracy.
  • Attained an impressive rapid peak rating of 2010 in July 2023, reflecting strategic depth.
  • Maintained an undefeated rapid record with over 60 wins and no losses—talk about rapid dominance!
  • Longest winning streak of 61 games, a testament to consistency and focus.

Favorite Openings

Bonamente's opening repertoire shows a strong preference for classical defenses with modern twists:

  • French Defense — often with 2.Nf3 d5, boasting an 81.25% win rate in bullet games.
  • Caro-Kann Defense — virtually unbeaten with an 86.67% win rate in bullet games.
  • Horwitz Defense — a tricky weapon with a 73.33% bullet win rate.
  • Queen's Pawn structures and Nimzo-Larsen Attack also feature prominently.

Unique Stats & Fun Facts

  • Bonamente’s best time to strike? Apparently at 5 AM, with a 100% win rate at that hour—maybe dreams turn into checkmates!
  • They have a quick first capture move average, making the early game explosive and exciting.
  • Known for finishing games by checkmate 276 times, showing an aggressive endgame style.
  • Despite a heavy focus on rapid, Bonamente keeps bullet games sharp with over 570 wins.

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🆚 Opponent Insights

Most Played Opponents
ffilandr 117W / 92L / 18D View Games
jiox97 41W / 0L / 0D View Games
jijoattumaliljose 31W / 0L / 0D View Games
Alex Byrne 7W / 8L / 1D View Games
beptee 16W / 0L / 0D View Games

Rating

Year Bullet Blitz Rapid Daily
2024 2629 2457 1830
2023 2629 2461 2010 1830
2022 2629 2403 1844 1830
2021 2341 2403 1719 1823
Rating by Year202120222023202426291719YearRatingBulletBlitzRapidDaily

Stats by Year

Year White Black Moves
2024 3W / 3L / 0D 1W / 5L / 0D 20.6
2023 23W / 6L / 3D 24W / 7L / 2D 68.8
2022 197W / 74L / 13D 184W / 79L / 15D 68.8
2021 238W / 33L / 10D 220W / 31L / 19D 51.2

Openings: Most Played

Daily Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Scotch Game 33 31 1 1 93.9%
French Defense: Advance Variation 22 14 4 4 63.6%
French Defense: Exchange Variation 19 16 2 1 84.2%
French Defense 18 14 3 1 77.8%
French Defense: Burn Variation 18 15 1 2 83.3%
Caro-Kann Defense 12 11 1 0 91.7%
Unknown 11 9 2 0 81.8%
Scandinavian Defense 10 9 1 0 90.0%
Barnes Defense 7 6 1 0 85.7%
Sicilian Defense: Closed, Anti-Sveshnikov Variation, Kharlov-Kramnik Line 7 5 1 1 71.4%
Bullet Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
French Defense 91 80 9 2 87.9%
Amar Gambit 53 43 10 0 81.1%
French Defense: Exchange Variation 40 29 7 4 72.5%
French Defense: MacCutcheon Variation, Wolf Gambit 31 14 15 2 45.2%
Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical Variation 30 16 12 2 53.3%
Australian Defense 28 18 9 1 64.3%
Scandinavian Defense 28 21 6 1 75.0%
Czech Defense 28 23 4 1 82.1%
Barnes Defense 23 21 1 1 91.3%
Nimzo-Larsen Attack 18 9 8 1 50.0%
Blitz Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Unknown 6 2 4 0 33.3%
French Defense 4 2 2 0 50.0%
French Defense: Burn Variation 4 3 0 1 75.0%
Caro-Kann Defense 3 2 1 0 66.7%
Amazon Attack: Siberian Attack 3 2 1 0 66.7%
Scotch Game 3 3 0 0 100.0%
French Defense: MacCutcheon Variation, Wolf Gambit 2 1 0 1 50.0%
French Defense: Exchange Variation 2 1 1 0 50.0%
Blackburne Shilling Gambit 2 1 1 0 50.0%
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack 2 1 1 0 50.0%
Rapid Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Blackburne Shilling Gambit 7 7 0 0 100.0%
Barnes Opening: Walkerling 4 4 0 0 100.0%
London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation 3 2 0 1 66.7%
Philidor Defense 3 3 0 0 100.0%
Scotch Game 3 3 0 0 100.0%
French Defense 3 3 0 0 100.0%
Four Knights Game 3 3 0 0 100.0%
Barnes Defense 3 3 0 0 100.0%
Petrov's Defense 3 3 0 0 100.0%
Caro-Kann Defense 2 2 0 0 100.0%

🔥 Streaks

Streak Longest Current
Winning 61 0
Losing 11 2
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