Joshua Christie (FMjchristie) - FIDE Master Extraordinaire
Meet Joshua Christie, known in the online chess arenas as FMjchristie, a master of blitz, bullet, and rapid battles who wears the prestigious FIDE Master title like a badge of honor. Joshua’s style? It’s somewhere between “grandmasterly precision” and “let’s see if this move terrifies my opponent enough to resign early” — and spoiler alert: it often works!
Rating and Performance
Joshua has maintained a solid rapid rating around 2295 in recent years, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. When it comes to blitz chess, watch out! Joshua has soared to an impressive peak rating of 2689, showing lightning-fast tactical prowess that keeps opponents on their toes. Bullet? Even faster, and just as fierce — a maximum rating of 2608 with a steady average above 2500. Clearly, speed and sharp calculation are Joshua’s secret weapons.
Record of Brilliance
With over 800 wins across all time controls (rapid, blitz, bullet, and daily), Joshua’s winning streaks have reached legendary status — including a 27-game winning streak that would make even Magnus Carlson take a moment to reconsider his life choices. The current winning streak stands strong at 9 games, proving this isn’t a flash in the pan.
Opening Mysteries
Joshua’s go-to openings are Top Secret — literally. With a win rate soaring over 70% in rapid chess using these mysterious strategies, opponents often find themselves scratching their heads wondering, "What just happened?" It’s clear Joshua is a grandmaster of deception, keeping foes guessing from move one.
Psychology & Style
Joshua is known for a knack for comebacks, boasting a remarkable 70% comeback rate and an 82% win rate after losing a piece. This player might lose a rook here and there but never loses heart. With a measured tilt factor of 6, Joshua keeps calm under pressure, though early resignations do make up about 21% of games — sometimes, choosing graceful exit over unnecessary suffering is just smart play.
Fun Facts
- Average winning games span over 64 moves, proving stamina and chess intuition equal long-lasting battles.
- White pieces yield a slightly higher win rate than black, but Joshua wins more than 58% of games on either side.
- Joshua’s best days for a win? Saturdays, Sundays, and Wednesdays with over 60% success rate. Maybe the weekend vibe fuels the moves?
- Famous for leaving opponents wondering if they just played chess or survived a roller coaster.
In the world of chess, Joshua Christie stands as a formidable FIDE Master, blending quick wit with strategic depth and occasionally a bit of mischief. Opponents beware: whether rapid, blitz, or bullet, this player’s brain is always two steps ahead... or at least making you think it is.
Feedback for Joshua Christie
Joshua, you've demonstrated solid strategic understanding and good tactical awareness in your recent games. Here are some key observations and tips to help you improve further:
Strengths:
- Opening Preparation: You consistently reach comfortable middlegame positions with a sound opening repertoire, often based around 1.c4 and flexible setups with kingside fianchettoes.
- Piece Coordination: Your pieces often work well together, as seen in your ability to press on the queen side and launch effective attacks in critical positions.
- Endgame Technique: In several games, you showed patience and precision, especially converting advantages on the board or pressuring opponents into mistakes.
Areas for Improvement:
- Time Management: Although you manage to convert victories, some games showed you got into time pressure later on (e.g., several moves with less than 20 seconds). Practice keeping a steady pace to avoid critical time trouble.
- Handling Complicated Positions: In tough, closed or dynamically imbalanced positions, try to deepen your calculation and positional understanding to avoid tactical oversights or positional concessions, particularly in your losses where the opponent gained active counters.
- Pawn Structure and Space: Some lost games involved pushing pawns too early or allowing your opponent to gain strong central or queenside control. Work on optimizing pawn breaks and maintaining tension wisely.
Game Examples:
In your recent win against NaciSAN, you handled the middlegame transition well and found a decisive queen capture at move 22 (Qxa8), illustrating good tactical eye and calculation under pressure.
However, in the loss to rezamahdavi2008, a careful analysis of moves 10-23 shows that Black gained strong initiative after you castled and started pushing in the center. Consider studying ways to maintain flexibility and counterplay in the Kings Indian structures you both played.
Study Suggestions:
- Review your King’s Indian and related hypermodern openings – deepen your understanding of typical plans and pawn breaks.
- Practice calculation drills under time constraints to improve your speed and accuracy.
- Work on endgame fundamentals focusing on king activity and pawn majority utilization.
You are playing at a strong level – keep building on your solid foundation and striving for precision, especially in complex scenarios. Your recently demonstrated tactical awareness and strategic grasp set you up well for steady rating growth.
🆚 Opponent Insights
| Most Played Opponents | ||
|---|---|---|
| christopherlyn | 79W / 50L / 3D | View Games |
| Akeem Brown | 16W / 14L / 1D | View Games |
| m-e-i-n-h-a-r-t | 26W / 0L / 0D | View Games |
| adnan nadimifar | 11W / 5L / 0D | View Games |
| d4ismine | 5W / 6L / 0D | View Games |
Rating
| Year | Bullet | Blitz | Rapid | Daily |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2613 | 2627 | 2295 | |
| 2024 | 2529 | 2564 | 2295 | 2102 |
| 2023 | 2524 | 2564 | 2295 | 2102 |
| 2022 | 2552 | 2583 | 2295 | |
| 2021 | 2527 | 2616 | 2314 | |
| 2020 | 2502 | 2518 | 2200 |
Stats by Year
| Year | White | Black | Moves |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33W / 17L / 9D | 36W / 14L / 6D | 81.9 |
| 2024 | 17W / 9L / 2D | 17W / 10L / 0D | 69.4 |
| 2023 | 26W / 13L / 3D | 32W / 12L / 4D | 65.0 |
| 2022 | 55W / 29L / 6D | 52W / 28L / 5D | 72.7 |
| 2021 | 136W / 76L / 8D | 117W / 94L / 12D | 57.5 |
| 2020 | 57W / 42L / 4D | 66W / 36L / 6D | 85.1 |
Openings: Most Played
| Blitz Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 187 | 110 | 74 | 3 | 58.8% |
| Ruy Lopez | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 52.9% |
| London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 36.4% |
| East Indian Defense | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 81.8% |
| French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% |
| Amazon Attack: Siberian Attack | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% |
| Nimzo-Indian Defense | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% |
| King's Indian Defense: Accelerated Averbakh Variation | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% |
| English Opening: Symmetrical Variation | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 37.5% |
| Bogo-Indian Defense | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 37.5% |
| Bullet Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| French Defense | 37 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 56.8% |
| London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 61.8% |
| Colle System: Rhamphorhynchus Variation | 27 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 55.6% |
| Amar Gambit | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 55.6% |
| French Defense: Exchange Variation | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 68.8% |
| Döry Defense | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 75.0% |
| Amazon Attack: Siberian Attack | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 40.0% |
| Czech Defense | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.9% |
| Alekhine Defense | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 50.0% |
| East Indian Defense | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% |
| Rapid Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Attack: Siberian Attack | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.0% |
| London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Blackburne Shilling Gambit | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Caro-Kann Defense | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.0% |
| Scotch Game | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Slav Defense: Alekhine Variation | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| QGD: Exchange, 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 g6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.7% |
| QGD: 3.Nc3 Bb4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.7% |
| King's Indian Defense: Accelerated Averbakh Variation | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Italian Game: Two Knights Defense | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Daily Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackburne Shilling Gambit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Modern Defense: Pterodactyl Variation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| QGD: 4.Nf3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
🔥 Streaks
| Streak | Longest | Current |
|---|---|---|
| Winning | 27 | 0 |
| Losing | 6 | 3 |