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Даник Яковенко

Username: DaniKain

Playing Since: 2021-10-16 (Inactive)

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Daily: 537
35W / 43L / 2D
Rapid: 1545
585W / 453L / 57D
Blitz: 1582
108W / 51L / 7D
Bullet: 844
142W / 108L / 9D

Даник Яковенко (aka DaniKain) - The Chessboard Biologist

From the early humerus moves in 2021 to dominating ranks in 2025, Даник Яковенко has been evolving on the chessboard like a masterful organism adapting to its environment. With a peak blitz rating swelling from a modest 582 in 2021 to a ferocious 1582 in 2025, this player’s strategic genome is clearly evolving fast!

Specializing in rapid and blitz play, DaniKain has shown a keen spore-to-chess growth pattern, boasting a rapid peak rating of 1561 and a bullet max of 844, proving that speed and precision are strong in this specimen.

On the opening front, Даник has a peculiar fondness for the Sicilian Defense — especially the Hyperaccelerated Dragon Variation, where he sports a perfect 100% win rate in blitz games. That's like finding the perfect mating pheromone! Plus, his Italian Game Two Knights variation wins at an impressive 86%, making his playstyle both diverse and deadly.

While sometimes the evolution hits a rough patch with a tilt factor of 9, DaniKain's comeback rate is an astounding 68.2%, and when losing a piece, this chess player fights back with 100% win rate—quite the survival instinct!

Not just a fast starter, DaniKain’s endgame frequency is over 57%, showing that he’s not afraid to crawl into the final phases of battle, striking with patient, calculated moves that can confuse opponents like genetic mutations in a gene pool.

Interestingly, playing as White yields a slightly better outcome with 57.07% wins compared to 51.12% when playing Black—suggesting a slight preference for initiating cellular mitosis rather than defensive meiosis on the board.

DaniKain’s time of prime activity shows a peak win rate around 8 a.m. (64.18%) and a solid 60% success between 14 to 18 hours, indicating perhaps a circadian rhythm advantage where tactical neurons fire best.

With a longest winning streak of 14 and an average of nearly 56 moves per win, Даник is clearly in a game of endurance and cunning—his playstyle is as much about cellular respiration as it is about clever traps and calculated risks.

So if you ever face DaniKain on the board, remember: this isn’t just a game of kings—it’s a game of survival of the fittest, and Даник’s chess biology might just outsmart you cell by cell. Prepare to be checkmated in a Darwinian dance of strategy!


🆚 Opponent Insights

Most Played Opponents
Екатерина Яковенко 💜 73W / 39L / 14D
Дмитрий Яковенко 12W / 7L / 0D
sarriza 5W / 5L / 0D
vlad_st_10 1W / 4L / 0D
miladchesster 4W / 0L / 0D

Rating

Year Bullet Blitz Rapid Daily
2025 844 1582 1545
2024 819 1213 1260
2023 580 1088 1237 537
2022 698 645 1176 535
2021 301 582 941 484
Rating by Year202120222023202420251582301YearRatingBulletBlitzRapidDaily

Stats by Year

Year White Black Moves
2025 27W / 5L / 0D 23W / 7L / 1D 66.6
2024 23W / 10L / 4D 29W / 10L / 3D 70.2
2023 42W / 34L / 3D 42W / 31L / 5D 54.7
2022 273W / 189L / 20D 237W / 225L / 25D 64.1
2021 115W / 86L / 10D 104W / 98L / 11D 51.5

Openings: Most Played

Rapid Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation 47 24 19 4 51.1%
Sicilian Defense Old Sicilian Variation 39 20 16 3 51.3%
Kings Pawn Opening 38 18 18 2 47.4%
Sicilian Defense Bowdler Attack 33 17 13 3 51.5%
Italian Game 31 14 15 2 45.2%
Philidor Defense 30 17 11 2 56.7%
Van t Kruijs Opening 27 16 8 3 59.3%
Scandinavian Defense Mieses Kotrc Variation 26 17 7 2 65.4%
Sicilian Defense 24 13 11 0 54.2%
Bishops Opening Berlin Defense 24 14 8 2 58.3%
Daily Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Top Secret 8 3 3 2 37.5%
Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation 7 6 1 0 85.7%
Italian Game 6 3 3 0 50.0%
Kings Pawn Opening 4 1 3 0 25.0%
English Opening Kings English Variation 3 0 3 0 0.0%
Queens Pawn Opening Chigorin Variation 3 0 3 0 0.0%
Philidor Defense 3 2 1 0 66.7%
Queens Pawn Opening Zukertort Chigorin Variation 3 2 1 0 66.7%
Van t Kruijs Opening 3 1 2 0 33.3%
Giuoco Piano Game 2 1 1 0 50.0%
Bullet Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Top Secret 37 18 19 0 48.6%
Van t Kruijs Opening 19 9 6 4 47.4%
Scandinavian Defense 12 7 5 0 58.3%
Queens Pawn Opening 11 2 8 1 18.2%
Scandinavian Defense Mieses Kotrc Variation 8 6 1 1 75.0%
Philidor Defense 7 7 0 0 100.0%
Closed Sicilian Defense Traditional Line 7 3 4 0 42.9%
French Defense Normal Variation 6 4 2 0 66.7%
Italian Game 6 5 1 0 83.3%
Sicilian Defense Bowdler Attack 6 3 3 0 50.0%

🔥 Streaks

Streak Longest Current
Winning 14 0
Losing 9 1