Who Is gardencheck?
gardencheck has been tending the chessboard since 2018, planting thousands of games across Blitz, Rapid, Bullet, and Daily chess. The preferred soil is Rapid, where the results bloom brightest. With more than 7,500 rated games, a longest winning streak of 12, and a current losing streak of zero, this is a player who clearly enjoys the long grind.
Favorite Grounds: Openings
As White, gardencheck is a devoted 1.e4 player. The pet weapon is the Bishop's Opening Vienna Hybrid, Hromádka Variation, played 375 times with a 60.8% win rate. The Vienna Gambit with Max Lange Defense follows closely at 335 games and a 59.1% score. With Black, the gardener is just as adventurous, reaching for the Blackburne Shilling Gambit in 319 games and the sharp Sicilian Defense Najdorf Variation in 292. The opening repertoire is varied, but the love for aggressive, tricky lines never fades.
Fierce Rivalries
The most frequent visitor to this garden is Nhat Minh To, who has faced gardencheck 187 times. That rivalry has been a thorny rose bush: 64 wins for gardencheck, 101 for dragonb70, and 22 draws. Aron Pasti also looms large with 159 games and a 56-91 ledger. Happier soil appears against other rivals:
- Nhat Minh To: 187 games, 64 wins, 101 losses, 22 draws
- Aron Pasti: 159 games, 56 wins, 91 losses, 12 draws
- Ferenc Jr. Gombocz: 65 games, 23 wins, 25 losses, 17 draws, the most peace-loving feud
- ferko1: 25 games, 13 wins, 7 losses, 5 draws, a brighter corner of the garden
Style and Stamina
gardencheck plays a marathon brand of chess. Decisive games average around 68 to 70 moves, while draws stretch past 100 moves. The endgame frequency sits at 73.45%, meaning the fight rarely ends early. The comeback rate is a stunning 84.09%, and even after losing a piece, gardencheck still wins 44.69% of the time. Early resignations are almost unheard of at just 1.21%. The longest losing streak was 11, but the longest winning streak was 12, and the current losing streak is zero.
Best Time to Catch the Gardener
The analytics say facing gardencheck at 06:00 is a bad idea: that is when the win rate peaks at 52.29%. Thursday is the golden day at 50.59%, while Monday is the danger zone for gardencheck at 42.49%. Against lower-rated opponents, the win rate jumps to 64.09%, but against higher-rated foes it drops to 31.1%. The tilt factor sits at 11, so it is wise not to poke the gardener after a bad beat.
The Long Arc
The rating journey has been a slow climb with dramatic seasons. The Rapid peak reached 2002 (2022-01-22), crossing the 2000 mark in late 2021. The Blitz peak stands at 1854 (2019-08-30), set in August 2019. In December 2023, gardencheck poured 408 Blitz games into a single month, and the opening book has deepened over time: median preparation depth grew from 3 moves in 2018 to 6 moves by 2026. The strength-adjusted win rate in Rapid is 0.67, which suggests this gardener performs best when given time to think.