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chrisgoulis

Playing Since: 2021-09-20 (Active)

Wow Factor: ♟♟

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Daily: 1200
0W / 1L / 0D
Rapid: 564
246W / 293L / 40D
Blitz: 485
16W / 42L / 6D
Bullet: 491
0W / 1L / 0D

Chrisgoulis: The Chessboard Biologist

Meet Chrisgoulis, a chess player whose gameplay evolves like a well-adapted species in the wild savannah of the 64 squares. Starting with a rapid rating high of 1016 in 2021 and navigating through ecological niches down to 593 by 2025, Chris’s chess journey shows resilience and adaptation akin to a true survival enthusiast.

Chrisgoulis’s style suggests a penchant for strategic evolution. With an average endgame frequency of nearly 49%, Chris loves to nurture position until it blooms into victory—or sometimes a subtle draw, the chess equivalent of camouflage. Their comeback rate is a hefty 58%, proving that even if a few pawns fall prey, the kingdom's heart keeps beating fiercely. This player knows the value of regeneration, boasting a 100% win rate after losing a piece. Talk about cellular repair on the board!

Opening the game like a curious gene sequence, Chris favors the King’s Pawn and Knight variations as well as the classical Giuoco Piano, achieving up to a 50% win rate in some lines. These openings act like the root systems stabilizing a mighty oak, enabling steady growth before branching into complex middle games.

Psychological resilience is part of Chrisgoulis's biological wiring. With a tilt factor of 10, they keep their nerves mostly intact even under pressure. Of note, they have an early resignation rate of just under 6%, which means they seldom throw in the towel—more like cells fighting against apoptosis when the going gets tough.

In Blitz and Rapid, Chris shows a predilection for survival over speed, with peak blitz ratings above 1360, but a downward trend that might benefit from some evolutionary mutation towards more aggressive tactics. Their black pieces win rate (43%) slightly edges out white (41%), suggesting they thrive in defensive and counter-attacking roles—perhaps akin to a nocturnal predator maneuvering in shadows.

On match timings, Chris's best hours hover around afternoon and early evening, peaking with a robust 65% win rate at 10 AM and 60% at 6 AM, as if biologically attuned to the circadian rhythm of the chess ecosystem.

Beyond raw data, Chrisgoulis is a chess player who embodies the living chessboard's spirit—always adapting, occasionally mutating, but fundamentally thriving in the beautiful biology of the game. Whether facing new opponents or familiar contenders like blastplode0 and cjxchess14, Chris continues to evolve, one move at a time.


🆚 Opponent Insights

Recent Opponents
giogio707 0W / 1L / 0D
vinay_12300 0W / 1L / 0D
taha-vesal 1W / 0L / 0D
zeusproton 0W / 0L / 1D
ledix75 0W / 1L / 0D
Most Played Opponents
blastplode0 3W / 10L / 0D
cjxchess14 0W / 9L / 1D
manolismaridakis 2W / 5L / 0D
maruthipusapati 4W / 2L / 0D
balintcaius 4W / 0L / 0D

Rating

Year Bullet Blitz Rapid Daily
2025 532 595
2024 525
2023 491 968 629
2022 1121 706
2021 1165 934 1200
Rating by Year202120222023202420251165525YearRatingBlitzRapid

Stats by Year

Year White Black Moves
2025 11W / 20L / 3D 14W / 17L / 2D 75.9
2024 14W / 16L / 3D 10W / 18L / 1D 59.0
2023 40W / 63L / 12D 57W / 53L / 5D 61.3
2022 34W / 47L / 1D 29W / 48L / 2D 51.6
2021 18W / 14L / 1D 10W / 18L / 2D 43.6

Openings: Most Played

Rapid Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation 36 13 20 3 36.1%
Kings Pawn Opening 33 10 22 1 30.3%
Three Knights Opening 20 8 9 3 40.0%
Van t Kruijs Opening 16 8 7 1 50.0%
Giuoco Piano Game 16 8 7 1 50.0%
Scotch Game 16 4 11 1 25.0%
Giuoco Piano Game Four Knights Game 16 8 7 1 50.0%
French Defense Knight Variation 14 6 8 0 42.9%
Scandinavian Defense Mieses Kotrc Variation 12 5 5 2 41.7%
Four Knights Game Italian Variation 11 4 7 0 36.4%
Blitz Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Top Secret 19 4 14 1 21.1%
French Defense Advance Paulsen Attack 3 1 2 0 33.3%
Four Knights Game Italian Variation 3 1 2 0 33.3%
Colle System 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Giuoco Piano Game 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Giuoco Piano Game Four Knights Game 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Queens Pawn Opening 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Kings Pawn Opening Leonardis Variation 1 0 1 0 0.0%
English Opening Four Knights Nimzowitsch Variation 1 0 1 0 0.0%
French Defense Normal Variation 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Bullet Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Four Knights Game Spanish Variation Ranken Variation 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Daily Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Birds Opening 1 0 1 0 0.0%

🔥 Streaks

Streak Longest Current
Winning 10 0
Losing 10 2