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 |
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% |
| Blitz Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sicilian Defense Hyperaccelerated Dragon Variation | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Italian Game Two Knights Modern Bishops Opening | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 85.7% |
| Sicilian Defense Slow Variation | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 42.9% |
| Sicilian Defense Bowdler Attack | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.9% |
| Scandinavian Defense Mieses Kotrc Variation | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.7% |
| Caro Kann Defense Panov Attack | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.0% |
| Sicilian Defense Smith Morra Gambit | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.0% |
| Italian Game | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Sicilian Defense Old Sicilian Variation | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Undefined | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.7% |
🔥 Streaks
| Streak | Longest | Current |
|---|---|---|
| Winning | 14 | 0 |
| Losing | 9 | 1 |