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GaretRex

Playing Since: 2024-02-23 (Active)

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Daily: 889
16W / 16L / 0D
Rapid: 654
415W / 404L / 69D
Blitz: 475
645W / 646L / 69D
Bullet: 640
8909W / 8850L / 166D

GaretRex - The Relentless Chess Gladiator

Meet GaretRex, a fearless chess warrior with more twists and turns on the board than a soap opera! With a love for bullet games (and a max bullet rating of 1026 in 2025), GaretRex is like a speed chess tornado—sometimes brilliant, sometimes... well, just fast.

Career Highlights & Stats

  • Bullet: Played over 8,700 games with nearly a 50% win rate. GaretRex’s bullet rating soared from 988 in 2024 to an impressive 1026 in 2025—proving that speed does indeed kill (or at least checkmate).
  • Daily Chess: A moderate daily player with a peak rating of 911, maintaining a sturdy 57% win rate; slow and steady wins some races!
  • Blitz: Despite a smaller pool of recent games, GaretRex enjoys blitz, holding a rating above 530 and a win rate close to 47.5%. Fast fingers with serious tactics.
  • Rapid: Once making waves with a maximum rating of 806 in 2024, GaretRex has dabbled but not yet conquered this middle ground of chess speed.

Playing Style

GaretRex prefers to keep things dynamic—often closing games with an endgame frequency over 53%. Tactical comebacks are their signature move, boasting a spectacular 70% comeback rate! Losing a piece? Not a problem: GaretRex’s win rate after losing a piece is an unbelievable 100%, probably making grandmasters jealous worldwide.

They do have a modest early resignation rate of 2%, which means if they smell a trap, sometimes they just tap out rather than struggling against the tide. Average game lengths show patience—around 49 moves per win and 55 when on the losing side, so no skimping here.

Psychology & Quirks

With a tilt factor of 12, GaretRex can get a little spicy after tough games but bounces back quickly. A notable 49% difference in win rates between rated and casual games suggests they bring their A-game when the stakes are up—or maybe just love the adrenaline.

Memorable Opponents

From rtflores123 to samuel-chica-valencia, GaretRex has faced a diverse crowd. Some opponents cause headaches—they’ve never cracked lareine_s—while others, like xaviperu and prizoff, seem to have been their favorite victims with a clean 100% win record. GaretRex’s record against their all-time most played opponent, mripso, is a humbling 15.8% win rate, proving even legends have their kryptonite.

Fun Fact

GaretRex once held a remarkable 12-win streak, a feat only slightly less impressive than their collection of top-secret openings—GaretRex proudly maintains a 'Top Secret' tactic that has been their bread and butter across all time controls.

In short, GaretRex is a relentless, dynamic player who thrives in chaos and knows how to claw back from adversity with style. Whether blitzing with a furious flurry or carefully grinding through an endgame, this player’s chess journey is one spicy saga worth watching!


🆚 Opponent Insights

Recent Opponents
sergio_rodger 0W / 1L / 0D View
tomaszwysocki 1W / 0L / 0D View
bq1421 1W / 0L / 0D View
i_am_3 0W / 1L / 0D View
harpreetrathore 1W / 0L / 0D View
Most Played Opponents
mripso 3W / 18L / 0D View Games
SerhyD 5W / 7L / 0D View Games
Edwin Fancuvilla 7W / 4L / 0D View Games
sallythurlow 2W / 9L / 0D View Games
saniyaai 5W / 6L / 0D View Games

Rating

Year Bullet Blitz Rapid Daily
2025 515 533 866
2024 357 494 654 812
Rating by Year20242025866357YearRatingBulletBlitzDaily

Stats by Year

Year White Black Moves
2025 1853W / 1843L / 21D 1861W / 1827L / 25D 53.0
2024 1377W / 1361L / 64D 1344W / 1372L / 89D 54.5

Openings: Most Played

Bullet Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Top Secret 8694 4333 4315 46 49.8%
Birds Opening 490 273 212 5 55.7%
Birds Opening Dutch Variation 322 175 146 1 54.4%
Birds Opening Froms Gambit 201 94 107 0 46.8%
Old Benoni Defense 190 88 100 2 46.3%
Sicilian Defense 149 74 74 1 49.7%
Sicilian Defense Old Sicilian Variation 103 50 50 3 48.5%
Sicilian Defense Smith Morra Gambit 71 30 40 1 42.2%
Sicilian Defense Open 64 22 42 0 34.4%
Sicilian Defense French Variation 59 21 38 0 35.6%
Daily Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Top Secret 35 20 15 0 57.1%
Queens Pawn Opening Horwitz Defense 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Sicilian Defense Old Sicilian Variation 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Kings Gambit 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Modern Defense with 1 0 1 0 0.0%
English Opening Symmetrical Two Knights Variation 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Sicilian Defense Bowdler Attack 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Indian Game East Indian Defense 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Rapid Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Top Secret 888 415 404 69 46.7%
Blitz Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Top Secret 1358 645 644 69 47.5%

🔥 Streaks

Streak Longest Current
Winning 12 0
Losing 12 1
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