About Crazy
Crazy is a formidable Grandmaster whose chess style embraces speed and precision, especially shining in Blitz and Rapid games. Known for a strong tactical awareness and an impressive comeback rate of over 70%, Crazy is a competitor who rarely resigns early and prefers long, strategic battles that often average around 65 moves per win.
Playing Style & Strengths
- Preferred time control: Rapid, with a peak rating of 2569 as of March 2024 2569 (2024-03-06).
- Amazing winning streaks, including a remarkable 23-game winning streak.
- Psychologically tough with a low tilt factor of 3 — that's staying cool under fire!
- Clock management: With many wins by checkmate and timeout, Crazy balances tactical sharpness with time pressure mastery.
- Loves a strong endgame, featuring in over 71% of games — talk about endurance!
- Excellent performance playing Black, boasting an 82.7% win rate with the darker pieces.
Opening Repertoire Highlights
Crazy favors flexible and resilient lines in various openings, with a particular affinity for the English Opening and its many variations. The Smith-Morra Gambit and Queen’s Gambit Declined also feature in the arsenal with solid results. Here are some notable rapid and blitz records:
- English: Closed — 100% win rate over 4 games
- English Opening: Anglo-Lithuanian Variation — perfect 2/2 wins
- Queen’s Gambit Declined — flawless 2/2 victories
- Smith-Morra Gambit — mixed but competitive results in Blitz and Rapid
- Excellent success in lesser-trodden lines like the Anglo-Scandinavian Defence and Great Snake Variation
Performance & Records
With a professional track record featuring over 115 Rapid games and 26 Blitz games played, Crazy shows impressive consistency:
- Rapid: 90 wins, only 7 losses, and 9 draws — a dominating 77%+ win ratio
- Blitz: solid with 19 wins out of 26 games
- Bullet: competitive, reaching a peak rating of 2423 and winning 32 out of 44 games
- Strongest days to play? Monday and Wednesday with win rates at 100% and 89% respectively — maybe a lucky charm?
- Favorite hours for peak performance include early morning 4 AM and evening 10 PM, with flawless 100% win rates
Fun Facts
- Crazy's comeback rate is nearly 70%, which means if things are tough, don’t count them out just yet!
- The average first capture is around move 6.5 — a sign of a player who likes a well-fought battle rather than a premature skirmish.
- Has a knack for dismantling common opponents, including a great record against the user bigrooster983 with over 29 wins out of 39 encounters.
- Known to excel in the dead of night and early dawn, a true night owl of the chess world.