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Gaël

Username: Danglard2

Playing Since: 2020-12-16 (Active)

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Daily: 992
81W / 61L / 0D
Rapid: 927
199W / 206L / 16D
Blitz: 614
1396W / 1397L / 106D
Bullet: 385
12816W / 13238L / 493D

Meet Gaël (aka Danglard2): The Chessboard Biologist

Gaël, known online as Danglard2, is a fascinating chess player who loves to experiment with moves like a true chess scientist in the lab of life. With a dynamic rating journey across various formats, Gaël has waddled through the ranks with all the determination of a knight crossing enemy terrain.

Chess Ratings & Style

  • Daily: Rating fluctuated around 940-1064 from 2021 to 2024, showcasing resilience despite a few bumps in the rating genome.
  • Blitz: A quick surgeon of the board with ratings peaking at 748 in 2024 – lightning-fast instincts sure to make pawns evolve in panic.
  • Bullet: Gaël's bullet rating hovers around the 500 mark, battling at frenetic speed where neurons fire faster than you can say "checkmate."
  • Rapid: Although played less often recently, Gaël's rapid games reveal steady performance with a solid rating near 1024.

Playing Themes & Tendencies

Boasting a comeback rate approaching 66%, Gaël thrives under pressure like a phoenix from chess ashes, and has a perfect 100% win rate after losing a piece – truly a master of evolutionary adaptation on the battlefield of 64 squares. Their early resignation rate is low at 2.68%, proving that they don’t shy away from survival battles. Endgames are a specialty with an impressive frequency of 44%, indicating Gaël’s knack for navigating the final moments where the smallest error can cause a mutation in the outcome.

Signature Openings

In the wild forest of openings, Gaël predominantly employs habitats such as the Bishop's Opening Berlin Defense with a win rate hovering near 77%, and the ever-elusive Nimzowitsch Defense with an 86% success rate. Their tactics are as intricate as a DNA double helix, with solid presence in Italian and Giuoco Piano variations, indicating strategic depth and biological precision.

Battle Record & Opponent Relations

Over thousands of chess duels in bullet and blitz, Gaël has evolved a fighting record with dramatic ebbs and flows but an overall competitive edge. Fierce rivalries include significant encounters with opponents like prince-s and desperadosfab. Interestingly, some adversaries seem almost extinct, with Gaël’s win rates against certain foes reaching 100%, while others are more challenging, showing a natural predator-prey relationship on the branching tree of competition.

Personality & Psychology at the Board

With a tilt factor of 13, Gaël shows considerable emotional resilience, but even the strongest spores face environmental stress. Their behavior suggests a player who enjoys calculated risks rather than rushing to early extinction. White pieces have a slightly better survival rate, winning over 50% of such skirmishes, while black still holds its ground with a competitive 46% success rate – a testament to Gaël’s balanced chess metabolism.

Fun Biological Chess Puns:

  • Gaël’s games are a real check-mate-osis, evolving each turn!
  • Strategic mutations in openings lead to survival of the fittest pieces.
  • King, queen, and pawns form a true chess-netic family.
  • Every game is a genome analysis with forks and pins replacing genes.

With a fierce and adaptive style, Gaël is not just a player but a true chessmolutionist – forever evolving, learning, and planting new seeds of strategy in the fertile fields of the chessboard. Keep an eye on this fascinating organism as the evolution continues!


🆚 Opponent Insights

Recent Opponents
mightywulgar 1W / 0L / 0D
apolomb 0W / 1L / 0D
payapama 0W / 1L / 0D
dhruvpandey0 1W / 0L / 0D
csupakabra96 0W / 1L / 0D
Most Played Opponents
prince-s 35W / 32L / 1D
desperadosfab 48W / 10L / 0D
zan974 34W / 7L / 0D
chaos_4560 16W / 5L / 4D
lxki 15W / 9L / 1D

Rating

Year Bullet Blitz Rapid Daily
2025 408 616 1026
2024 503 748 944
2023 511 722 1024 1046
2022 521 673 1064
2021 430 664 1024 940
Rating by Year202120222023202420251064408YearRatingBulletBlitzRapidDaily

Stats by Year

Year White Black Moves
2025 95W / 88L / 4D 88W / 102L / 0D 48.1
2024 824W / 802L / 36D 781W / 861L / 38D 49.6
2023 1760W / 1572L / 86D 1562W / 1775L / 107D 50.4
2022 1933W / 1887L / 63D 1878W / 1955L / 57D 47.4
2021 2103W / 1956L / 72D 1854W / 2195L / 96D 47.2

Openings: Most Played

Bullet Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Englund Gambit 2060 1009 1018 33 49.0%
Kings Pawn Opening 1510 739 744 27 48.9%
Scandinavian Defense Mieses Kotrc Variation 1456 725 700 31 49.8%
Giuoco Piano Game Giuoco Pianissimo Variation 1348 714 602 32 53.0%
Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation 1248 632 596 20 50.6%
Italian Game Two Knights Modern Bishops Opening 1009 570 422 17 56.5%
Bishops Opening Boi Variation 982 480 480 22 48.9%
Italian Game 917 451 455 11 49.2%
Giuoco Piano Game 771 373 380 18 48.4%
Van t Kruijs Opening 660 304 348 8 46.1%
Rapid Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Englund Gambit 22 12 9 1 54.5%
Giuoco Piano Game 21 10 9 2 47.6%
Ponziani Opening 20 10 10 0 50.0%
Philidor Defense 20 12 7 1 60.0%
Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation 18 8 8 2 44.4%
Bishops Opening 16 11 5 0 68.8%
Ponziani Opening Jaenisch Counterattack 14 6 8 0 42.9%
Italian Game 14 7 7 0 50.0%
Giuoco Piano Game Giuoco Pianissimo Variation 12 5 7 0 41.7%
Sicilian Defense Bowdler Attack 12 6 6 0 50.0%
Blitz Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Englund Gambit 284 129 147 8 45.4%
Kings Pawn Opening 199 89 107 3 44.7%
Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation 179 81 87 11 45.2%
Scandinavian Defense Mieses Kotrc Variation 137 85 50 2 62.0%
Giuoco Piano Game Giuoco Pianissimo Variation 114 57 54 3 50.0%
Philidor Defense 114 58 51 5 50.9%
Bishops Opening Boi Variation 113 58 51 4 51.3%
Italian Game 108 51 55 2 47.2%
Giuoco Piano Game 92 46 44 2 50.0%
Ponziani Opening 91 44 47 0 48.4%

🔥 Streaks

Streak Longest Current
Winning 13 1
Losing 13 0