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gaurav8886

Playing Since: 2024-08-22 (Inactive)

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Rapid: 586
240W / 258L / 37D
Blitz: 280
1W / 9L / 1D
Bullet: 255
37W / 36L / 1D

Profile: gaurav8886

Meet gaurav8886, a dynamic chess enthusiast whose rating journey has been as thrilling as a well-executed fork on the board. With an impressive Rapid play history spanning over 500 games, Gaurav has danced through openings like the Grob — where the win rate spikes to almost 77% — proving that sometimes thinking outside the bishop's diagonal pays off in a big way.

Though not always immune to the decay of a losing streak (with a 10.47% rate of one-sided losses), Gaurav's tactical resilience shines like ATP synthase in mitochondria, boasting a remarkable 70% comeback rate and a flawless 100% win rate after losing a piece. When the chips are down, Gaurav channels evolutionary fitness, adapting and overcoming.

Known affectionately as the Pawn Star within close circles, Gaurav’s style favors endgames (appearing in nearly 58% of games) with an average victory stretching almost 60 moves — a marathon runner in a sprinter’s game. The journey toward checkmate is savored, not rushed. With an early resignation rate under 6%, it's clear that cellular endurance is key to his play.

When it comes to time, Gaurav’s brain fires best in odd hours, with a peculiar 75% win rate at 8 PM and an astonishing 70% success in those quiet 3 AM battles, proving that his circadian rhythms might just be optimized for midnight mating nets.

Opponents beware: while some have had the misfortune of hitting Gaurav's lethal form with 0% win rates against him, others have found openings, quite literally, to capitalize on — but with a longest winning streak of 8 games and a current streak of 2, this player’s not resting on their laurels.

Outside the board, Gaurav is known to exhibit a tilt factor of 10, meaning even the best of us sometimes feel a little under the microscope. But no worries — with a steady climb and strong psychological resilience, Gaurav’s chess cells keep replicating new strategies for success.

In a nutshell, gaurav8886 combines biology-level adaptability with chessboard finesse, proving that in the evolutionary game of queens, knights, and pawns, survival — and victory — is all about clever moves and a little bit of genius RNA.


🆚 Opponent Insights

Most Played Opponents
alok2729 46W / 8L / 8D
balam143 1W / 15L / 1D
kotiya123 3W / 4L / 0D
4bigmonkey 1W / 1L / 1D
madan_55 2W / 1L / 0D

Rating

Year Bullet Blitz Rapid Daily
2025 205 280 586
2024 585
Rating by Year20242025586585YearRatingRapid

Stats by Year

Year White Black Moves
2025 116W / 110L / 18D 118W / 103L / 17D 62.7
2024 24W / 39L / 2D 21W / 52L / 3D 60.2

Openings: Most Played

Rapid Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Kings Pawn Opening 64 33 28 3 51.6%
Top Secret 62 32 21 9 51.6%
Van t Kruijs Opening 40 21 18 1 52.5%
Queens Pawn Opening Horwitz Defense 21 6 12 3 28.6%
Pirc Defense 16 7 9 0 43.8%
Scandinavian Defense 16 7 8 1 43.8%
Grob Opening 15 12 3 0 80.0%
Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation 15 4 10 1 26.7%
Kings Fianchetto Opening 15 7 8 0 46.7%
Van Geet Opening 13 7 6 0 53.9%
Blitz Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Kings Pawn Opening 3 0 3 0 0.0%
Top Secret 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Queens Pawn Opening 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Polish Opening 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Pirc Defense 1 0 1 0 0.0%
English Opening Anglo Indian Defense 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Indian Game Accelerated Variation 1 0 1 0 0.0%
French Defense Chigorin Variation 1 0 0 1 0.0%
Van t Kruijs Opening 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Bullet Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Top Secret 25 15 10 0 60.0%
Van t Kruijs Opening 11 5 6 0 45.5%
Kings Pawn Opening 10 3 7 0 30.0%
French Defense Normal Variation 3 1 2 0 33.3%
Center Game 3 1 1 1 33.3%
Scandinavian Defense 2 1 1 0 50.0%
Pirc Defense 2 1 1 0 50.0%
French Defense 2 2 0 0 100.0%
Undefined 2 2 0 0 100.0%
French Defense Knight Variation 1 1 0 0 100.0%

🔥 Streaks

Streak Longest Current
Winning 8 0
Losing 10 1