Meet Marton Foldes
Marton Foldes, known online as foldesmarci2009, is proof that a love of weird openings can eventually lead to a FIDE Master title. He has been playing online since 2016, and his statistics paint a picture of someone who would rather try the Amar Gambit than play a quiet, respectable opening. The chaos has clearly worked.
The Unorthodox Arsenal
Foldes has a serious soft spot for gambits and offbeat systems. In Rapid play he is perfect with the Amar Gambit, scoring 10 wins from 10 games, and he is equally ruthless with the Blackburne Shilling Gambit, winning all 7 Rapid games he has played with it. His Blitz relationship with those same openings is more adventurous, but he still manages to keep opponents guessing.
A Trajectory Worth Noticing
Foldes did not become an FM overnight. He grinded thousands of games, survived the occasional losing streak, and then made a serious leap in the mid-2020s.
shows the climb, while 2587 (2025-09-09) marks his best blitz performance. The lesson is simple: keep playing, even if your openings make your coach sigh.Clutch Factor and Stamina
What really separates Foldes from the average gambit enjoyer is his stubbornness. His comeback rate is 79.42%, and he wins 53.4% of games even after losing a piece. He reaches endgames in 68.85% of his games, and his losses last 76 moves on average, which means he treats every lost position like a puzzle he refuses to abandon. His early resignation rate is just 1.52%, so do not expect a quick gift.
Rivalries
No chess biography is complete without a nemesis. Foldes has faced chess_rabbit 264 times, winning 162 games while losing 70 and drawing 32. It is the kind of rivalry that deserves its own documentary. Meanwhile, benjoagodisten has played Foldes 24 times and lost all 24. That is not a rivalry, that is a warning label.
Daily Devotee
His preferred time control is Daily, and it suits him well. He holds a 100% strength-adjusted win rate in Daily games and appears to be most dangerous at 5am. His longest winning streak across all formats is 37 games, while his current streak sits at 5. If you find yourself paired against him on a Monday morning, settle in for a long, slow, grinding endgame.