certuchi

Chess Profile: certuchi

Meet certuchi, a battling chess enthusiast with a knack for perseverance and a not-so-subtle flair for comebacks. With a rapid rating that crept from a modest 1092 in 2020 all the way up to 1458 by 2025, certuchi has shown steady progress across the board.

Playing Style & Strengths

• Endgame Aficionado: With an impressive 73.87% endgame frequency, certuchi clearly enjoys the battle when fewer pieces are left — a true grind-it-out player.
• Perseverance Personified: The comeback rate sits at a staggering 84.85%, with a perfect 100% win record after losing a piece. Believe it or not, certuchi thrives when the chips are down.
• Patient Mover: Surprisingly, average moves per win and loss hover close at around 70 and 68 moves respectively — either a marathoner or someone making opponents sweat!
• Early Resignation Avoidance: Only 2.48% of games are resigned early; this player fights till the tipping point, maybe a bit stubborn but who’s counting?

Opening Choices

certuchi’s rapid games lean heavily on classic openings:

• King's Pawn Opening: Close to 50% win rate across more than two thousand games — a reliable bread and butter.
• Caro-Kann Defense: A favored defense with a respectable win rate just under 48%, with variations like the Advance and Exchange seeing strategic play.
• Alapin Sicilian Defense: The surprise weapon with over 51% win rate, suggesting a sneaky side to certuchi's repertoire.

Performance & Personality Tidbits

With over 8,000 rapid games having been played, approximately half of which were wins, certuchi is no stranger to the battlefield. Although bullet chess might not be their thang (0 wins out of 3), blast from the past blitz scores hover near a respectable 50% win rate.

Peak rating moments show a consistent 1400+ rapid rating, but with the occasional hiccup — as seen in some ups and downs across years. Still, the current winning streak of 4 games hints that certuchi is warming up nicely.

Psychological Notes and Quirks

Tilt Factor stands at a surprisingly modest 11, so temperamental outbursts are rare — perhaps certuchi keeps their cool while flicking the pawns.

Interestingly, certuchi's best results tend to come on Friday nights and at early mornings like 6 am, when most mortals are asleep. A true night owl or early bird strategist?

Opponent Records

When facing some opponents like torrepajarete and bolat333, certuchi seems to be undefeated — a clean 100% win rate shows either mastery or those opponents just need to try harder.

In Summary

certuchi may not yet be a grandmaster, but their chess journey tells a story of patience, resilience, and unexpected comebacks. Somewhere between the classic openings and endgame battles, certuchi dances the delicate dance of chess finesse — occasionally stumbling, but always eager to rise and give it another go.

In the world of chess, certuchi proves there’s no such thing as giving up too soon (unless it’s bullet chess).