About Guus Bollen (GuuBol)
Guus Bollen, who plays online as GuuBol, is a Candidate Master with a taste for long, thoughtful encounters and a wicked sense of humor at the board. A grinder in the Daily time control, GuuBol treats chess like slow coffee: brewed carefully, savored move by move, and sometimes poured over the top of an opponent's blunder.
Preferred time control: Daily. Title: Candidate Master. Highlights include peak performances across time classes such as 1479 (2026-03-27) and strong spikes in faster play like 2357 (2025-05-30) and 2399 (2024-02-01).
Playing Style and Strengths
GuuBol is a strategist who loves long endgames and deep preparation. Expect marathon games rather than lightning finishes. Notable traits:
- Endgame frequency is high, so be ready to fight for every pawn and every tempo.
- Average decisive game length is long, reflecting careful technique and persistence.
- Excellent comeback ability and resiliency after material setbacks.
- Prefers to steer games into structures where queens, rooks, and long maneuvers decide the outcome.
Opening Repertoire
GuuBol mixes adventurous choices with solid systems. The repertoire below is a snapshot of weapons he repeatedly brings to the board.
- Amar Gambit as White and Black, often producing sharp and unbalanced positions. See Amar Gambit
- Amazon Attack and Amazon Attack: Siberian Attack for targeted, tactical play. See Amazon Attack
- Bird Opening with the Dutch variation and Batavo Gambit in blitz and bullet encounters
- Sicilian Defense in many flavors including Najdorf and Alapin for fighting counterplay
- Modern and Scandinavian for flexible, counterpunching setups
Strong win rates appear in specific lines such as the London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation and many QGD branches. For a quick dive into one of GuuBol's favorites try Amar Gambit.
Notable Opponents and Records
GuuBol racks up large positive records against frequent opponents. A few standout rivalries:
- fecuwal — a rivalry of epic proportions with a record heavily favoring GuuBol, roughly 133 wins to 2 losses. See fecuwal
- edhardy007 — many games and fierce battles, mixed results
- cramcruagh, imrockhere, joeassaad — regular opponents who have traded many decisive games with GuuBol
If you want to inspect a representative duel, try this recent finish: Thriller vs fecuwal
Streaks, Milestones and Quirks
- Longest winning streak recorded: 72 games. Current winning streak: 41 games.
- Remarkable Daily record with very few losses and many long decisive games.
- Best times of day to catch GuuBol at full power include early mornings and midday sessions.
- Psychological note: tilt factor is low, and comebacks are common. Play on and the tide may turn.
Interactive Extras and Placeholders
Explore a quick rating view and a sample game below. These are viewer placeholders you can click in supporting apps.
- Rating chart snapshot:
- Peek at a typical tactical mini-epic using the embedded PGN example:
- Profile link for a frequent rival: fecuwal
Why Follow GuuBol?
For lovers of well fought, instruction-rich games, GuuBol is a must-watch. Whether you study opening ideas like the Amar Gambit or enjoy seeing strategic endgames unravel, you will find instructive play, unexpected tactics, and a fair share of comic commentary in the chat. If you prefer blitz fireworks, GuuBol has those moments too, but Daily is where the deep stories are told.
Quick Links
- Opponent profile: fecuwal
- Sample game: Thriller vs fecuwal
- Look up a favored opening: Amar Gambit