Meet Daniel Cremisi
Daniel Cremisi, known on the site as dcremisi, is a National Master who has built one of the most durable online chess resumes around. His account started in 2009, and by now he has logged more than 32,000 rated games. The most remarkable part? He still seems to enjoy all of them.
From 1200 to Master
Daniel started his Daily career in 2009 near 1200, and then spent the next decade climbing through the ranks. His blitz graph is a steady mountain: a jump past 2300 in 2017, a serious push over 2500 in 2020, and a blitz peak of 2682 (2024-01-16) by January 2024. He also touched 2652 in bullet, showing that his instincts do not disappear when the clock starts screaming.
His favorite tempo is Daily, where patience becomes a weapon. He has collected more than 1,400 Daily wins and tends to make every move count. In slower play, his opening choices are consistent, his endgame sessions are frequent, and he is not the type to surrender a winning attack too early.
His Opening Language
The [[term|French Defense]] races through his games like a old melody. Against 1.e4, Daniel is willing to step into the Advance with Black, and in 159 Daily games he scores 65.41% in the French Defense: Advance Variation. That is not a passive repertoire; that is a style that asks the opponent to solve problems from move one.
As White, he often sets up with a solid Queen's Gambit Declined system. His score with the QGA and QGD lines is strong, and he shows no fear in the Slav Defense, either. Then he surprises you with a little side blade: the Amar Opening, the Australian Defense, sometimes the fatal-looking Barnes Opening. That mix makes him anything but predictable.
Familiar Foes and the Funamental Fight
A profile like this cannot be complete without mentioning his long-time sparring partner, gmemcarter. The two have met at least 216 times, with Daniel holding 90 wins, 103 losses and 23 seconds. The closeness of that score explains why they keep coming back: it is a genuine rivalry, not a formula.
Daniel also has the emotional curve of a real chess player. He once won 21 games in a row, and at another point lost 15 straight before resetting with a fresh streak of 3. His early resignation rate is only 2.73%, which means he will almost always play the endgame. In fact, his endgame frequency sits near 75%, and his comeback rate after being behind is nearly 82%. He waits for his chances.
The final Eye
If you receive a live game from dcremisi at 7 or 8 in the morning, be aware: his early-hour win rates are over 76%. On Mondays he returns 53% of the time. Those numbers are probably why his account keeps moving forward.
Daniel Cremisi is many things: a National Master, a Savage observer, a French Defense thinker, and a giant accumulator of chess games. He is also proof that volume, patience and a bit of competitive stubbornness can turn a 1200-rated debut into a master life.