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Brewington Hardaway GM

Username: Brewington_Hardaway

Playing Since: 2025-04-04 (Closed)

Wow Factor: ♟♟

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Blitz: 3025
683W / 334L / 152D
Bullet: 3151
2067W / 955L / 187D

About Brewington Hardaway

Brewington Hardaway is a formidable Grandmaster known for his lightning-fast moves and tactical prowess. Excelling especially in Bullet chess, Brewington combines deep strategic insight with a fierce competitive spirit that makes him a daunting opponent on the board.

Chess Style & Strengths

A master of the quick-fire game, Brewington thrives in Bullet chess where he has achieved a peak rating of 3203. His style blends endurance and patience with tactical sharpness, evident in his high average game length of around 82 moves even in blitz formats.

  • Exceptional at endgames – appearing in 82% of his games
  • Strong comeback skills with an 85% comeback rate even after losing material
  • Balances between early resignation and fighting till checkmate
  • Solid win rates both with White (63%) and Black (61%) pieces

Opening Repertoire Highlights

Brewington’s opening choices reveal both versatility and a liking for dynamic play:

  • Bullet: Notable win rates in Queen’s Pawn Game (69%) and Chigorin Variation (77%)
  • Blitz: Nimzowitsch-Larsen variations and Queen’s Pawn Game with win rates well above 60%
  • Embraces both classical and less common openings, keeping opponents guessing

Competitive Record & Rivalries

With over 1800 Bullet wins and a blitz win record surpassing 500, Brewington’s experience is vast. He has intense rivalries with top players like ilanschnaider and danielnaroditsky, demonstrating fierce battles and sportsmanship alike.

  • Longest winning streak: 149 games (don’t blink!)
  • Resilient approach, rarely tilting (12% tilt factor)
  • Strong performances against well-known players and a track record of 73% wins against the frequent opponent scacchiparlanodasoli

Fun Facts

  • Brewington’s best time to play? At the crack of dawn—4 AM seems to be his chess superpower hour.
  • Prefers to play fast; his favorite time control by far is Bullet, but he can hold his own in Rapid, boasting an undefeated streak in recent games.
  • Despite the furious pace, average moves per win hover around a thoughtful 82 moves—talk about fast and deep thinking!

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Overall Performance and Rating Progress

Brewington Hardaway, your recent bullet games show a strong performance with a strength adjusted win rate of approximately 56%. Your rapid rating improvement over the past 1, 3, and 6 months — each with a positive gain of around 180 rating points and a steady rating trend slope — is impressive and reflects consistent learning and growth in your game.

Key Positives in Your Play

  • Opening Variety: You effectively employed a range of openings such as the Reti Opening, Nimzowitsch Defense, and Pirc Defense, showing versatility and adaptability.
  • Aggressive Play and Tactical Awareness: Your games demonstrate sharp attacking strategies, often capitalizing on opponent errors quickly – which is vital in bullet chess.
  • Time Management: Several victories came through winning on time, indicating your ability to balance speed with moves under intense time pressure.
  • Endgame Technique: You show promising endgame understanding, converting slight advantages decisively.

Areas for Improvement

  • Defensive Vigilance: In some losses, quick tactical strikes from opponents led to checkmate. Strengthening your tactical defense and spotting threats faster could help prevent such outcomes.
  • Opening Stability: Although you use a variety of openings, consider deepening your knowledge and preparation in your preferred openings to gain early advantages and avoid tricky traps.
  • Transition from Opening to Middlegame: Focus on coordinating your pieces effectively after the opening phase. Streamlining plans will enhance your board control and avoid vulnerabilities.
  • Positional Play: Some losses suggest room to improve on positional understanding to maintain solidity against stronger opposition pressure.

Practical Tips for Bullet Improvement

  • Review your recent losses personally or with a coach/software to identify recurring tactical errors or weak spots.
  • Practice key tactical patterns regularly to sharpen your instinct during quick games.
  • Focus on quick, safe opening principles – rapid development, controlling the center, and king safety — to maintain good positions early on.
  • Keep practicing bullet games to improve your intuition and speed while balancing accuracy.

Next Steps

Continue your positive upward trajectory by consolidating your opening repertoire and enhancing your defensive tactics. With your consistent improvement trend, focusing on these aspects will likely bring even stronger bullet performances and further rating gains.



🆚 Opponent Insights

Most Played Opponents
badfarma07 145W / 96L / 21D
ScacchiParlanoDaSoli 164W / 54L / 5D
LeBonBon Pookie 91W / 77L / 7D
Oleksandr Bortnyk 42W / 112L / 18D
Abhimanyu Mishra 60W / 90L / 19D

Rating

Year Bullet Blitz Rapid Daily
2025 3151 3025 2400

Stats by Year

Year White Black Moves
2025 1452W / 630L / 173D 1391W / 700L / 169D 86.9

Openings: Most Played

Blitz Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Nimzo-Larsen Attack 66 44 15 7 66.7%
Sicilian Defense 47 20 18 9 42.5%
Colle System: Rhamphorhynchus Variation 41 21 15 5 51.2%
Amar Gambit 39 26 6 7 66.7%
Unknown 39 25 12 2 64.1%
Australian Defense 37 22 10 5 59.5%
Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical Variation 35 18 11 6 51.4%
Barnes Defense 34 20 13 1 58.8%
London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation 28 16 9 3 57.1%
Blackburne Shilling Gambit 27 17 10 0 63.0%
Bullet Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Amar Gambit 319 196 104 19 61.4%
Australian Defense 200 130 60 10 65.0%
Colle System: Rhamphorhynchus Variation 197 118 67 12 59.9%
Nimzo-Larsen Attack 190 135 48 7 71.0%
Scandinavian Defense 132 96 29 7 72.7%
Amazon Attack 128 73 48 7 57.0%
Barnes Defense 101 57 37 7 56.4%
Modern 96 76 16 4 79.2%
Benoni Defense: Benoni Gambit Accepted 95 64 25 6 67.4%
King's Indian Attack 92 53 30 9 57.6%

🔥 Streaks

Streak Longest Current
Winning 149 0
Losing 12 0