About e2717
e2717 is a dedicated and steadily improving chess enthusiast known particularly for their love of blitz chess. They have steadily climbed the ranks since 2019, showing resilience and strategic growth with a peak blitz rating of 2124, attained in mid-2025.
Playing Style and Strengths
Favoring quick, intense games, e2717’s preferred battleground is blitz time controls — where their tactical awareness shines. Their play style often leads to lively endgames, with an average of nearly 61 moves per win, showcasing patience and strategic depth even in fast-paced settings. e2717 demonstrates a remarkable ability to bounce back, boasting a 68% comeback rate, making them a dangerous opponent who rarely gives up.
Favorite Openings & Performance
Known for solid and aggressive openings, e2717 enjoys a diverse repertoire, including:
- London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation – A favorite in bullet and blitz, with over 60% win rate in blitz.
- QGD: Chigorin, 3.cxd5 – One of their best-performing openings, with a win rate over 60% in bullet games.
- Australian Defense – A surprisingly strong choice, securing nearly 70% wins in blitz.
- Amar Gambit – A daring gambit that yields a solid win rate above 50% across various time controls.
Whether they’re pushing the aggression or setting up a defensive fortress, e2717 adapts impressively to their opponent’s tactics.
Competitive Highlights
- Achieved a peak blitz rating of 2124 in July 2025.
- Reached over 2000 rating in bullet chess, peaking at 2021 in July 2025.
- Best rapid rating climbed to 1853 in early 2022.
- Longest winning streak stands impressively at 21 games, proving their consistency.
- Maintains a healthy win rate above 53% when playing White and over 50% with Black in blitz.
Notable Opponents
e2717 has tested their skills against many opponents, enjoying a particularly strong rivalry with dq_555, scoring 102 wins from 130 encounters — quite a favorable record! Other frequently faced challengers include salman00036 and psirus, with solid winning records reflecting their competitive spirit.
Fun Facts
- e2717 tends to perform their best during the evening hours – 7 PM is their prime time for scoring wins.
- Despite the intense nature of blitz, they have a tilt factor of just 12, meaning they keep cool even when the pressure rises.
- They once won a fierce 21-game winning streak — talk about a chess hot streak!
Recent Game Review and Strengths
You've shown strong tactical awareness and attacking prowess in your recent blitz games. Particularly in your last win where you expertly navigated a complex Queen's Gambit Declined Exchange Variation, you capitalized on your opponent's weaknesses and finished with a decisive mating attack.
- Good development and piece coordination in openings like the Queen's Gambit Declined Exchange and the London System.
- Effective exploitation of opponent's inaccuracies, such as in pressure on weak pawns and control of open files.
- Ability to transition from middlegame advantage to a decisive endgame with strong passed pawns and threats.
Areas for Improvement
Some patterns in your losses and challenging games suggest areas to focus on for further improvement:
- King Safety Early in the Game: In several games, you played moves like moving your king multiple times early, which can lead to openings for your opponents. Prioritize early castling and piece development to secure king safety.
- Opening Choice and Preparation: Some losses were in openings involving early king moves by you or your opponent, which are unusual and can be tricky. It may help to broaden your opening repertoire with more solid, classical lines and understand thematic ideas better.
- Time Management in Blitz: While you handle complex positions tactically well, improving speed and confidence in your decision-making might reduce losses by time or quick mistakes, as seen in games that ended by time or rapid checkmate.
- Defensive Awareness: Enhancing your defensive techniques to handle sharp attacks — including recognizing threats earlier and improving calculation — can help minimize losses by checkmate or resignations in tricky positions.
Growth and Trends
Your longer-term rating trajectory shows strong growth, with a notable increase over the last 3 to 6 months, although you've experienced some fluctuations recently. This indicates good progress but also some inconsistency:
- Your strength adjusted win rate is approximately 53%, reflecting solid performance against similarly rated opponents.
- Strong performance in openings like the QGD Chigorin and Australian Defense, with win rates near or above 70%.
- Recent slight negative rating change over 1 month suggests reviewing recent play to adjust and maintain momentum.
Recommendations Moving Forward
To continue improving, consider these practical next steps:
- Study King Safety and Opening Principles: Revisit fundamental opening theory focusing on rapid development and safe king positioning. Avoid moving the king early unless necessary.
- Expand Your Opening Repertoire: Build comfort with your best-performing openings like Queen's Gambit Declined and Australian Defense, while gradually adding new solid options to reduce surprises.
- Practice Blitz Time Management: Work on quick pattern recognition and intuitive play through tactics puzzles and timed exercises to enhance speed without sacrificing accuracy.
- Analyze Losses in Depth: Use your game links to review losses carefully, paying attention to where critical mistakes or missed threats occurred.
- Endgame Technique: Strengthen your understanding of mating patterns and endgame conversions to optimize finishing games like your recent win.
🆚 Opponent Insights
| Recent Opponents | ||
|---|---|---|
| mtnd1234 | 1W / 1L / 0D | |
| totaln0vice | 1W / 0L / 0D | |
| fattyrattypatty | 1W / 0L / 0D | |
| vasu19 | 1W / 0L / 0D | |
| victoriouschris | 1W / 0L / 0D | |
Rating
| Year | Bullet | Blitz | Rapid | Daily |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2021 | 2066 | 1772 | |
| 2024 | 1489 | 1489 | ||
| 2023 | 1833 | 1660 | 1772 | 1772 |
| 2022 | 1895 | 1663 | 1749 | |
| 2021 | 1704 | 1538 | 1624 | |
| 2020 | 1072 | 1470 | 1649 | |
| 2019 | 1421 |
Stats by Year
| Year | White | Black | Moves |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 164W / 86L / 6D | 168W / 74L / 10D | 66.0 |
| 2024 | 466W / 269L / 22D | 436W / 301L / 17D | 58.5 |
| 2023 | 312W / 264L / 14D | 284W / 295L / 18D | 53.0 |
| 2022 | 2491W / 2222L / 123D | 2312W / 2396L / 99D | 53.7 |
| 2021 | 306W / 276L / 14D | 313W / 276L / 12D | 54.5 |
| 2020 | 7W / 7L / 0D | 8W / 3L / 0D | 68.4 |
| 2019 | 1W / 0L / 0D | 1W / 1L / 0D | 44.7 |
Openings: Most Played
| Bullet Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colle System: Rhamphorhynchus Variation | 1462 | 740 | 688 | 34 | 50.6% |
| Australian Defense | 1161 | 578 | 559 | 24 | 49.8% |
| Sicilian Defense | 1160 | 565 | 567 | 28 | 48.7% |
| London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation | 779 | 431 | 331 | 17 | 55.3% |
| Amar Gambit | 686 | 367 | 301 | 18 | 53.5% |
| Benoni Defense: Benoni Gambit Accepted | 672 | 347 | 306 | 19 | 51.6% |
| QGD: Chigorin, 3.cxd5 | 417 | 252 | 159 | 6 | 60.4% |
| Sicilian Defense: Closed | 374 | 194 | 173 | 7 | 51.9% |
| Slav Defense: Bonet Gambit | 284 | 141 | 135 | 8 | 49.6% |
| Bird Opening: Dutch Variation, Batavo Gambit | 278 | 126 | 144 | 8 | 45.3% |
| Rapid Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sicilian Defense | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 63.6% |
| London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 84.6% |
| Amar Gambit | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.5% |
| Colle System: Rhamphorhynchus Variation | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 87.5% |
| QGD: Chigorin, 3.cxd5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Australian Defense | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 28.6% |
| English Opening: Drill Variation | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.0% |
| Elephant Gambit | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.0% |
| Barnes Opening: Walkerling | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.0% |
| Sicilian Defense: Closed | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.0% |
| Blitz Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 112 | 63 | 49 | 0 | 56.2% |
| London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation | 64 | 40 | 22 | 2 | 62.5% |
| Sicilian Defense | 63 | 28 | 35 | 0 | 44.4% |
| Colle System: Rhamphorhynchus Variation | 60 | 34 | 25 | 1 | 56.7% |
| Amar Gambit | 50 | 35 | 14 | 1 | 70.0% |
| Australian Defense | 43 | 30 | 13 | 0 | 69.8% |
| QGD: Chigorin, 3.cxd5 | 38 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 79.0% |
| QGD: 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 | 34 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 73.5% |
| Bird Opening: Dutch Variation, Batavo Gambit | 32 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 65.6% |
| Amazon Attack | 31 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 67.7% |
| Daily Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King's Indian Defense: Larsen Variation | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
🔥 Streaks
| Streak | Longest | Current |
|---|---|---|
| Winning | 21 | 5 |
| Losing | 12 | 0 |