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Alexey Root WIM

Username: childrenandchess

Location: Denton, TX

Playing Since: 2009-05-31 (Active)

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Daily: 814
2W / 8L / 2D
Rapid: 1944
118W / 9L / 8D
Blitz: 1781
92W / 61L / 8D

childrenandchess: A Chess Journey

From daily games to intense blitz matches, childrenandchess has built a reputation as a dedicated and tactical player. They began competing over a decade ago, starting out with a strong Daily rating in the 1800s and continuing their progress through various time controls. Their early matches showed a passion for learning the game, and it wasn’t long before childrenandchess could boast a personal best winning streak of 40 consecutive victories.

Across three major formats—Daily, Blitz, and Rapid—childrenandchess has displayed remarkable consistency. In Daily games, they have participated in multiple seasons of online chess, with a solid record of 16 wins, 12 losses, and 3 draws. The Blitz arena has seen them notch 94 wins and maintain a respectable 58% win rate for their most-used opening repertoire. Meanwhile, in Rapid play, childrenandchess has had particular success, winning more than 90% of the 126 games they contested—an impressive feat by any standard.

Known for their resilience and steadfast approach, childrenandchess demonstrates a high comeback rate, indicating a talent for overturning difficult positions. They are equally comfortable playing with either color, holding roughly a 70% win rate as both White and Black. Their endgame prowess is reflected in well over half their matches proceeding into deeper play, yet they rarely shy away from decisive tactics when opportunities arise.

Time management is also a key part of childrenandchess’s strategy. They have shown high success rates late at night (and on Tuesdays in particular), suggesting a playing routine that adapts well to certain hours of focus. While they don’t typically resign early, they know how to close out games efficiently, averaging just over 61 moves per win. This balance of methodical planning and tactical awareness keeps their opponents on their toes.

Today, childrenandchess continues to compete passionately, steadily refining their playing style. Drawing upon extensive experience and a willingness to learn from each match, they have proven that dedication, timing, and a bit of competitive spirit can lead to both strong ratings and impressive match records. Whether battling it out in daily challenges or blitz showdowns, childrenandchess remains determined to push their limits and share their love of chess with the world.


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Feedback for Alexey Root

Alexey, you have demonstrated solid fundamentals and aggressive attacking instincts in your recent games. Your ability to convert winning positions, especially by pressuring your opponent's weaknesses, is commendable. For example, in your recent victory where you coordinated your rooks and queen to create decisive threats, you showed good tactical awareness and timing.

Strengths

  • Opening Principles: You stick well to opening principles, controlling the center and developing pieces efficiently, which sets a strong foundation.
  • Tactical Awareness: You find good tactical shots in the middlegame, capitalizing on inaccuracies by your opponents.
  • Endgame Technique: You navigate simplified positions confidently, converting slight advantages with accurate rook and king maneuvers.

Areas to Improve

  • Handling Stronger Opponents: In games against higher-rated players, you sometimes get into trouble during the middlegame due to underestimating their counterplay. Focus on improving defensive awareness and looking deeper into your opponent's threats.
  • Time Management: From your recent games, it appears you often have plenty of time remaining. Use this to your advantage by double-checking your tactical calculations, especially in critical moments, to avoid unnecessary mistakes.
  • Positional Planning: While your tactics are sharp, strengthening your understanding of long-term positional plans—such as pawn structure weaknesses and piece activity—will help you maintain pressure and capitalize on small advantages.

Next Steps & Recommendations

  1. Review your losses against stronger players focusing on where the initiative shifted. Look carefully at key moments to learn how to defend better and spot counter-threats early.
  2. Study Pawn Structures including common weaknesses in your favorite openings to improve positional judgment.
  3. Practice with slower time controls occasionally to improve deep calculation and strategic decision-making.
  4. Replay your recent wins with an eye toward identifying recurring successful patterns that you can build upon.

Keep up the good work, and remember that consistent reflection and targeted practice will continue to raise your level. If you want, we can analyze specific games more deeply to focus on your key improvement areas.



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Rating

Year Bullet Blitz Rapid Daily
2025 1944
2024 1651
2023 1781 1791
2022 1800
2021 1719 814
2020 1649 1655 814
2019 702
2017 1478 800
2016 1835
2015 1835
2014 1835
2013 1272 1835
2012 1835
2011 1835
2010 1835
Rating by Year2010201120122013201420152016201720192020202120222023202420251944702YearRatingBlitzRapidDaily

Stats by Year

Year White Black Moves
2025 7W / 1L / 2D 4W / 2L / 1D 69.2
2024 2W / 0L / 0D 4W / 1L / 0D 71.9
2023 9W / 3L / 2D 13W / 1L / 1D 68.9
2022 15W / 0L / 0D 19W / 1L / 0D 68.8
2021 15W / 1L / 0D 10W / 0L / 0D 60.4
2020 60W / 31L / 5D 59W / 37L / 6D 65.2
2019 0W / 0L / 0D 0W / 1L / 0D 43.0
2017 1W / 1L / 0D 1W / 0L / 0D 29.7
2016 0W / 0L / 0D 1W / 0L / 0D 14.0
2015 1W / 0L / 0D 1W / 0L / 0D 16.5
2014 2W / 0L / 0D 1W / 0L / 0D 54.7
2013 2W / 0L / 0D 3W / 0L / 0D 30.2
2012 0W / 1L / 0D 1W / 0L / 0D 46.0
2011 1W / 1L / 0D 1W / 0L / 0D 28.3
2010 1W / 0L / 1D 1W / 0L / 1D 11.2

Openings: Most Played

Blitz Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Modern 15 5 9 1 33.3%
French Defense 11 10 1 0 90.9%
London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation 11 8 3 0 72.7%
Australian Defense 10 8 2 0 80.0%
King's Indian Defense: Larsen Variation 7 4 3 0 57.1%
Colle: 3...Bf5, Alekhine Variation 6 5 1 0 83.3%
Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Amsterdam Variation 6 2 4 0 33.3%
French Defense: Exchange Variation 5 4 0 1 80.0%
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack 5 1 3 1 20.0%
Modern Defense 5 3 2 0 60.0%
Rapid Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Australian Defense 19 16 1 2 84.2%
London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation 19 19 0 0 100.0%
French Defense 11 11 0 0 100.0%
Amar Gambit 8 8 0 0 100.0%
Modern Defense 8 5 2 1 62.5%
Colle: 3...Bf5, Alekhine Variation 7 6 0 1 85.7%
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Sherzer Variation 6 6 0 0 100.0%
Modern 6 4 1 1 66.7%
French Defense: Exchange Variation 6 5 1 0 83.3%
French Defense: Advance Variation 5 4 1 0 80.0%
Daily Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Modern 6 2 3 1 33.3%
Amar Gambit 3 2 1 0 66.7%
London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation 2 2 0 0 100.0%
Scandinavian Defense 2 1 1 0 50.0%
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Sherzer Variation 2 1 0 1 50.0%
French Defense 2 1 1 0 50.0%
Philidor Defense 2 1 1 0 50.0%
Barnes Defense 1 1 0 0 100.0%
English Opening: Drill Variation 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Australian Defense 1 1 0 0 100.0%

🔥 Streaks

Streak Longest Current
Winning 40 4
Losing 8 0
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