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femtosecond

Playing Since: 2021-10-03 (Active)

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Daily: 858
4W / 4L / 0D
Rapid: 988
538W / 500L / 30D
Blitz: 738
1972W / 2020L / 100D
Bullet: 698
1961W / 1955L / 39D

Profile: femtosecond

Known in the chess realm as femtosecond, this player embodies speed and precision rivaling the tiniest units of time. Just like a femtosecond zips by in the blink of an eye, so does their lightning-fast blitz and bullet gameplay leave opponents reeling. With a rating journey showing flashes of brilliance and steady improvement, femtosecond's chess career is a thrilling molecular dance on the 64 squares.

Rating Evolution

  • Blitz: Peaked at 881 (2023), currently strong around 684–744 (2024-2025), showcasing resilience amidst rapid fluctuations akin to an unstable isotope.
  • Bullet: Reached an impressive 943 (2023), consistently hovering above 700, demonstrating flickering tactical prowess in the heat of the moment.
  • Rapid: The true powerhouse phase — a sharp climb to ratings above 1000 in 2024–2025, reflecting strategic maturity and refined endgame metamorphosis.
  • Daily: Emerging presence with ratings around 850–1000, suggesting a patient and composed cellular replication of skills.

Playing Style & Tendencies

Like a well-regulated enzyme, femtosecond exhibits a balanced playing style, with an early resignation rate of 4.43% and an impressive endgame frequency over 54%. The average moves per win (roughly 50) vs loss (~57) indicate thorough, thought-out encounters before cellular apoptosis (game end). Interestingly, their comeback rate is a remarkable 63%, and their win rate after losing a piece is near perfect at 99.73% — a testament to their regenerative resilience in adverse conditions.

Opening Preferences

The Scandinavian Defense is a favorite metabolic pathway, employed heavily in both blitz and bullet formats, with a win rate hovering between 44% and 54%. Variations like the Mieses Kotrc and Closed lines serve as specialized molecular conformations providing tactical variety. Other notable openings include the King's Pawn and Scotch Game, helping femtosecond morph into different strategic forms depending on the environment.

Psychological & Temporal Rhythms

Maintaining a tilt factor of 12, femtosecond shows decent psychological stability under competitive stress, though a slight vulnerability to prolonged rated play is observed (rated vs casual win difference at -38%). Time-of-day analysis reveals a peak winning window during late evening hours (especially 22h and 21h), indicating a nocturnal energy pulse that charges their brain's mitochondria for peak performance.

Fun Fact

Aptly named after the femtosecond, the smallest unit of time commonly measured, this player proves that greatness is often packed in the smallest moments — a swift tactical spore blossoming into full strategic bloom across the chessboard!


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Game Review and Coaching Feedback for femtosecond

Strengths

  • Endgame Technique: Your recent games show strong finishing skills, efficiently converting advantages into checkmate in several complex positions. Your ability to seize tactical opportunities and deliver checkmate demonstrates good vision and calculation accuracy.
  • Opening Diversity: You have experimented with several openings including King's Pawn, Nimzowitsch Defense, Scandinavian Defense, and others. This flexibility helps build a broad opening repertoire and avoid predictability.
  • Active Piece Play: Throughout your games, you employ active piece placement, often putting pressure on your opponent’s position early, such as timely knight maneuvers and queen activity. This reflects good understanding of piece activity and initiative.

Areas for Improvement

  • Opening Stability and Development: In some games you adopted slightly passive or weakening moves in the opening (e.g., early ...b5 or ...h5 push) that could be improved by focusing on more fundamental principles—developing pieces, controlling center, and king safety. Spend time reviewing key opening principles and perhaps focus on a few openings in depth for consistency.
  • Defensive Awareness: Your losses often resulted from quick checkmate attacks or tactical shots against your king (for example, losing quickly to mating nets in middle game). Practice spotting threats against your king earlier and consider prophylactic moves to reduce vulnerabilities.
  • Calculating Variations Under Time Pressure: Some games ended abruptly due to sequences that could be improved by careful calculation under time constraints. Try pacing yourself to keep enough time in complex positions to calculate accurately and avoid blunders.

Suggestions for Training

  • Review and drill classical opening principles with a focus on developing minor pieces and safe king positioning in the first 10 moves.
  • Work on tactical exercises focusing on common mating patterns and defense against mating threats.
  • Analyze your own most recent losses: try to identify where your defensive handling failed and note recurring tactical motifs.
  • Practice time management techniques in 3-minute or 5-minute games to balance speed and precision.

Next Steps

Keep up the strong attacking and conversion skills you’ve shown! Focusing on more solid openings and sharpening your defense will help you convert more games into wins and reduce early losses. Try reviewing annotated master games in your chosen opening lines for inspiration and structural ideas.

Feel free to send over specific games if you'd like a deeper move-by-move analysis.



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Rating

Year Bullet Blitz Rapid Daily
2025 826 671 949
2024 747 744 1014 858
2023 707 521 877 847
2022 626 587 819
2021 647 578 751
Rating by Year202120222023202420251014521YearRatingBulletBlitzRapidDaily

Stats by Year

Year White Black Moves
2025 248W / 249L / 12D 246W / 252L / 10D 57.8
2024 566W / 532L / 29D 543W / 563L / 19D 58.4
2023 1032W / 1068L / 35D 1053W / 1051L / 40D 53.3
2022 127W / 137L / 8D 133W / 136L / 2D 52.5
2021 261W / 223L / 4D 227W / 228L / 6D 49.5

Openings: Most Played

Blitz Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Scandinavian Defense 1187 568 589 30 47.9%
Barnes Opening: Walkerling 395 174 211 10 44.0%
Barnes Defense 275 137 126 12 49.8%
Amar Gambit 247 121 123 3 49.0%
Scotch Game 150 64 80 6 42.7%
French Defense 141 77 62 2 54.6%
Amazon Attack 129 56 67 6 43.4%
Elephant Gambit 120 77 37 6 64.2%
Australian Defense 115 57 57 1 49.6%
Caro-Kann Defense 83 47 36 0 56.6%
Rapid Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Scandinavian Defense 273 126 140 7 46.1%
Barnes Opening: Walkerling 108 49 56 3 45.4%
Barnes Defense 67 37 29 1 55.2%
Amar Gambit 63 34 24 5 54.0%
Scotch Game 49 28 20 1 57.1%
Philidor Defense 45 20 25 0 44.4%
Amazon Attack 40 20 20 0 50.0%
Elephant Gambit 36 24 11 1 66.7%
French Defense 30 15 15 0 50.0%
Blackburne Shilling Gambit 25 12 13 0 48.0%
Bullet Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Scandinavian Defense 1003 513 481 9 51.1%
Amar Gambit 502 260 238 4 51.8%
Barnes Opening: Walkerling 400 200 197 3 50.0%
Barnes Defense 236 115 118 3 48.7%
French Defense 183 90 92 1 49.2%
Amazon Attack 145 89 54 2 61.4%
Australian Defense 127 50 76 1 39.4%
Elephant Gambit 94 60 34 0 63.8%
Scotch Game 90 39 47 4 43.3%
Czech Defense 85 39 44 2 45.9%
Daily Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Scandinavian Defense 7 5 2 0 71.4%
Scotch Game 3 2 1 0 66.7%
London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Caro-Kann Defense 1 0 1 0 0.0%
French Defense 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Philidor Defense 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Elephant Gambit 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Sicilian Defense 1 1 0 0 100.0%

🔥 Streaks

Streak Longest Current
Winning 10 0
Losing 12 2
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