Claudia Amura: The Woman Grandmaster Who’s a Biological Force on the Board
Meet Claudia Amura, a Woman Grandmaster whose chess prowess has evolved like a finely tuned organism adapting to the wild battlefield of the 64 squares. With a rating that has blossomed from a sprightly 2097 in 2018 to an impressive blitz zenith of 2434 in 2024, ClauAmura has truly mastered the art of strategic evolution.
Known for an endgame frequency of 90.23%, her games tend to resemble complex cellular mitosis—methodical, calculated, and full of vital exchanges before a decisive conclusion. She plays an average of 76 moves on victories and even endures 83 moves on losses, proving her stamina rivals that of any marathon-running mitochondria.
When facing adversity, Claudia's tactical awareness kicks into overdrive: a stunning 93.75% comeback rate and a flawless 100% win rate after losing a piece suggest her resilience is encoded in her DNA. Her psychological tilt factor is low (5), showing that even when pawns try to infiltrate her defenses, her mental spine remains rigid.
Blitz is clearly where her enzymes catalyze the most activity: from a perfect 3-win start in 2018 blitz to over 126 games in 2024 with a win rate hovering in the 36% range overall, she enthralls opponents with the swiftness of a nervous impulse. Saturdays and the 18th hour of the day (read: 6 PM sharp) seem to be her prime time for synaptic firing, achieving win rates of 57% and 100%, respectively.
Claudia's opening repertoire remains a top secret enzyme cocktail, leaving opponents guessing and often lost in her molecular maze. She’s 100% effective against certain adversaries like austen48 and stratacticos, but a challenging opponent to others, reminiscent of a selective receptor site.
From the snug safety of her white pieces (winning 36.92% of the time) to the shadowy defense of black (35.29%), Claudia wields her chess DNA like a bio-computer: always adapting, precise, and ready to divide and conquer. Indeed, her record is infused with the vitality of a chess phenotype born to thrive.
All in all, Claudia Amura isn’t just a player—she’s a living experiment in strategic evolution. If chess were biology, she’d be the queen bee, buzzing through the ranks and stinging with checkmate!
Performance Snapshot
• Current Blitz peak: 2434 (2024-06-04)
• Recent trend:
What You’re Doing Well
- Opening Initiative with 1.d4 Bg5. In the most-recent wins you repeatedly seized space with early
e4/f4-f5, forcing concessions before move 15. - Tactical Awareness. Motifs such as the intermezzo
Nxe5!(vs. Austen48) and resourceful king walks in messy positions show sharp calculation skills. - Practical Fighting Spirit. Several victories came from playing on in objectively equal or even slightly worse endings until the opponent’s clock or nerves cracked.
Main Growth Areas
- Predictability. 1…
Bg4in the Chigorin and 1.d4 Bg5 account for >80 % of your games. Strong titled players such as AlainBruxelles have begun preparing targeted lines (see loss on 20 Aug). Add a second system to stay harder to prep. - Pawn-Structure Management. The aggressive
f-pawnpushes create lasting holes (e.g.e3–e4, f4, g3left dark-square weaknesses and an eventual mating net vs. subham777). When you advancef-pawn, decide beforehand how you will guard the resulting squares. - Endgame Technique. Several losses reached equal endgames but collapsed (rook + pawns vs. rook in 67…
Qxf3game). Prioritise basic Lucena/Philidor drills and practical rook-endgame themes. - Time Management. Average remaining time in won games: 35 s. In lost games: 9 s. The rating cost of blitz time-trouble blunders outweighs any advantage gained from ultra-deep calculation. Aim to hit 1:00 on the clock by move 20.
Opening Toolkit to Broaden
| Colour | Add-On Repertoire | Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| White | 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 – mainstream QGD/Catalan structures | Maintains initiative yet offers quiet plans when the opponent is booked vs. Trompowsky. |
| Black | 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 – Triangle or Semi-Slav | Gives solid pawn structure and reduces early forcing tactical lines that cost time. |
Drill-Based Study Plan (4 weeks)
- Week 1: Daily 15-min rook-and-pawn endgame trainer; annotate 3 of your own rook endings.
- Week 2: Build a “secondary” white file vs. 1…
d5(choose Catalan or London but stick to it for 20 blitz games). - Week 3: Tactical patterns themed on dark-square weaknesses after
f-pawnadvances; 50 puzzles. - Week 4: 10 practice games with a fixed 30-second move limit to internalise faster decision-making.
Highlight Victory
Illustrating your attacking flair and conversion technique:
Next Step
Review each loss where you resigned with material on the board >= rook. Ask: “Was resignation due to evaluation or tilt?” A short post-game note helps break resignation-tilt cycles.Stay creative, diversify wisely, and turn those time scrambles into confident wins!
🆚 Opponent Insights
| Most Played Opponents | ||
|---|---|---|
| andychess1714 | 3W / 1L / 0D | View Games |
| Cervantes Landeiro Thalia | 1W / 1L / 0D | View Games |
| Eyal Noy | 0W / 2L / 0D | View Games |
| Oleg Papayan | 0W / 2L / 0D | View Games |
| Ricardo D Darruda | 0W / 2L / 0D | View Games |
Rating
| Year | Bullet | Blitz | Rapid | Daily |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2356 | |||
| 2024 | 2356 | |||
| 2020 | 2270 | |||
| 2018 | 2097 |
Stats by Year
| Year | White | Black | Moves |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1W / 1L / 0D | 2W / 0L / 0D | 55.0 |
| 2024 | 23W / 36L / 3D | 21W / 37L / 6D | 83.1 |
| 2020 | 0W / 1L / 1D | 1W / 1L / 0D | 87.5 |
| 2018 | 1W / 0L / 0D | 2W / 0L / 0D | 43.7 |
Openings: Most Played
| Blitz Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Attack: Siberian Attack | 34 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 52.9% |
| Amazon Attack | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 46.7% |
| London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.7% |
| Sicilian Defense: Closed, Anti-Sveshnikov Variation, Kharlov-Kramnik Line | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20.0% |
| Dutch Defense | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Modern | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| QGD: Chigorin, 3.cxd5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, Cobra Variation | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Fianchetto Variation | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.3% |
| Rapid Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diemer-Duhm Gambit (DDG): 4...f5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| QGD: 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Nimzo-Indian Defense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Sicilian Defense: Closed, Anti-Sveshnikov Variation, Kharlov-Kramnik Line | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
🔥 Streaks
| Streak | Longest | Current |
|---|---|---|
| Winning | 4 | 1 |
| Losing | 5 | 0 |