Biography
Danilo Cesar de Luna Alves Campelo — known online as dancesar — is a witty and relentless National Master who made a name for himself in fast-paced chess, especially bullet. A modern-day speedster, Danilo combines practical opening recipes with a stubborn endgame nose for nuance. He has played well over 3,600 online games across bullet, blitz, rapid and daily formats, polishing an instinctive, tactical style that often looks like controlled chaos to spectators and pure terror to opponents.
Playing Identity & Style
Danilo is a classic hustler of short time controls: bullet is his playground, blitz his training ground, and rapid his occasional gallery show. He earns wins by staying practical, avoiding long theoretical battles, and trusting a knack for tactical resourcefulness late in the game.
- Title: National Master (National)
- Favorite time control: Bullet — sharp, quick, decisive
- Personality at the board: hungry for complications, fond of endgames (Endgame Frequency ~78%)
- Known for: late-comeback ability (Comeback Rate ~82.5%) and gritty practical defense
Career Highlights
Danilo’s career reads like a marathon of fast chess marathons: long playing stretches, several strong peaks, and a fondness for trying the trickiest lines when the clock is low.
- Peak moments: a blistering Bullet peak late in 2025 and top Blitz forms earlier in his career. 2075 (2025-10-31)
- High-volume performer: more than 3,600 recorded games across time controls with deep experience in online tournaments and arenas.
- Notable streaks: longest winning run of 7 games; longest cold streak of 13 — which he calls “character building.”
- Most-played online rival: MrAnatta (10 games), a matchup he enjoys for its tactical fireworks.
Openings & Repertoire
Danilo keeps his opening wardrobe pragmatic and slightly spicy — perfect for time trouble. He mixes mainstream defenses with surprise gambits depending on mood and clock.
- Top choices as Black: French Defense, Caro-Kann Defense, and the occasional Scandinavian Defense.
- When he needs to complicate: the Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation and provocative sidelines like the Amar Gambit.
- As White: a steady diet of 1.e4, with strong practical results in C00/C01 systems across recent years.
Signature note: the French Defense features heavily in his database — it’s both a comfort and a weapon (and occasionally, a comic tragedy on bad days).
Stats Snapshot & Tendencies
Numbers tell part of the story: Danilo is prolific, sometimes streaky, and often at his best in short bursts of intense play.
- Approximate total recorded games: ~3,670 online games (bullet + blitz + rapid + daily).
- Win/Loss nature: very active in blitz and bullet with many decisive results (few draws overall).
- Time-of-day quirks: unusually strong around early-morning hours — “best time of day” in his stats reads 05:00 (take that, circadian rhythm!).
- Tilt & resilience: Tilt factor ~13, but excellent comeback rate — he bounces back more often than not.
- Endurance: average decisive games run ~72 moves — Danilo’s fights usually go the distance.
Memorable Game (illustrative)
Here’s a short illustrative fragment showing Danilo’s practical, classical approach in a time-trouble scramble. Use the viewer to replay and enjoy the tactics:
Off the Board
When he’s not chasing bullet trophies or experimenting with new gambits, Danilo is likely brewing coffee, annotating a chaotic endgame, or writing notes on openings that still misbehave in rapid time controls. He mixes dry humor with serious chess study — the best combination for surviving online arenas.
- Humor: self-deprecating, especially after a 13-game losing streak
- Practice habits: lots of blitz for pattern recognition, targeted work on openings in off-season
Looking Ahead
Danilo’s plan is simple: keep sharpening his bullet instincts, expand his rapid toolkit, and turn those spirited comebacks into steadier forms. Expect more daring opening tries, a few brilliant blunders, and a steady stream of entertaining games — both wins and heartbreaks — on his path forward.