HummingCupcake: The Sweet Strategist of the Chessboard
Welcome to the fascinating world of HummingCupcake, a chess player whose style is as delightful and unpredictable as their username suggests. With a blitz rating blossoming from a modest 802 in 2020 to a sharp 1202 by 2025, this player has shown a growth spurt of evolutionary proportions, much like a caterpillar preparing for its grand butterfly debut.
Specializing in blitz, bullet, and rapid formats, HummingCupcake’s average moves per win hover around 60—a number that hints at a patient predator lurking in the tangled branches of the game’s opening repertoire. Notably, their comeback rate sits at a lofty 70.91%, and the win rate after losing a piece is a flawless 100%! Talk about resilience; this player’s psychological fortitude is anything but a fleeting buzz.
Known to avoid early resignations (only 2.27%), HummingCupcake thrives in the endgame with a frequency exceeding 60%, making them a seasoned survivor in the late phases of the game. White pieces bring slightly better results than black, with a 49.57% win rate, but the Black side still hums a solid tune at 46.59%.
Opening Moves: A Menu of Bio-Inspired Defenses
- Sicilian Defense: A staple in their games, wielded in over 1100 blitz matches with a respectable ~47% win rate, proving time and time again this is their go-to pollen in the hive.
- Italian Game & Caro-Kann Exchange: Like symbiotic partners, these openings showcase a win rate hovering near 49%, traits that keep opponents on edge and off-balance.
- Philidor Defense and Scandinavian Variants: Delicately used with mid-40s to mid-50s win ratios, they exemplify strategic blossoming from more unconventional roots.
When it comes to rapid games, the Scandinavian Defense stands tall with a dazzling 75% win rate, showing that even in quicker matches, HummingCupcake’s tactical stings are anything but mellow.
Beyond the data, what really makes HummingCupcake tick is their almost mystical ability to keep cool under pressure—avoiding tilt with a factor of just 13—and an uncanny knack for transforming lost positions into sweet victories. In their garden of games, every lost piece might just be a pollen grain waiting to sprout into a winning idea.
So whether humming through blitz, icing their opponents with bullet speed, or slowly savoring the sweet complexity of rapid chess, HummingCupcake proves one thing: in the ecosystem of chess, patience, resilience, and a sprinkle of sweetness can cultivate remarkable growth.
🆚 Opponent Insights
| Recent Opponents | ||
|---|---|---|
| ahbgamer | 0W / 1L / 0D | |
| tarrantuul | 0W / 1L / 0D | |
| anaximander_of_miletos | 0W / 1L / 0D | |
| aliasbinman | 0W / 1L / 0D | |
| sgupta999 | 1W / 0L / 0D | |
| Most Played Opponents | ||
|---|---|---|
| thegmatt | 3W / 3L / 0D | |
| fff4567hhh | 3W / 1L / 1D | |
| knightg75 | 4W / 1L / 0D | |
| ncic1 | 1W / 4L / 0D | |
| mayeullfy | 3W / 1L / 0D | |
Rating
| Year | Bullet | Blitz | Rapid | Daily |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 802 | 974 | 1003 | |
| 2024 | 792 | 1118 | 800 | |
| 2023 | 867 | 1096 | 1309 | |
| 2022 | 796 | 902 | 1154 | |
| 2021 | 717 | 863 | 1111 | |
| 2020 | 632 | 802 | 1110 |
Stats by Year
| Year | White | Black | Moves |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 298W / 304L / 34D | 303W / 311L / 31D | 69.0 |
| 2024 | 520W / 482L / 39D | 474W / 512L / 50D | 66.9 |
| 2023 | 690W / 640L / 61D | 657W / 652L / 61D | 65.7 |
| 2022 | 751W / 686L / 64D | 697W / 745L / 74D | 65.4 |
| 2021 | 889W / 823L / 87D | 825W / 893L / 68D | 62.8 |
| 2020 | 459W / 411L / 50D | 421W / 443L / 54D | 63.4 |
Openings: Most Played
| Blitz Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sicilian Defense | 1224 | 571 | 586 | 67 | 46.6% |
| Italian Game | 511 | 246 | 240 | 25 | 48.1% |
| Caro Kann Defense Exchange Variation | 380 | 188 | 175 | 17 | 49.5% |
| Old Benoni Defense | 333 | 146 | 167 | 20 | 43.8% |
| Sicilian Defense Old Sicilian Variation | 297 | 135 | 147 | 15 | 45.5% |
| Philidor Defense | 268 | 132 | 125 | 11 | 49.2% |
| Alapin Sicilian Defense | 247 | 117 | 120 | 10 | 47.4% |
| Sicilian Defense Bowdler Attack | 246 | 110 | 122 | 14 | 44.7% |
| Scandinavian Defense Mieses Kotrc Variation | 245 | 114 | 112 | 19 | 46.5% |
| Giuoco Piano Game Evans Accepted McDonnell Defense | 236 | 126 | 97 | 13 | 53.4% |
| Bullet Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sicilian Defense | 316 | 149 | 157 | 10 | 47.1% |
| Italian Game | 152 | 68 | 78 | 6 | 44.7% |
| Old Benoni Defense | 102 | 51 | 49 | 2 | 50.0% |
| Caro Kann Defense Exchange Variation | 89 | 48 | 39 | 2 | 53.9% |
| Sicilian Defense Old Sicilian Variation | 85 | 37 | 45 | 3 | 43.5% |
| Sicilian Defense Bowdler Attack | 69 | 37 | 30 | 2 | 53.6% |
| Philidor Defense | 63 | 38 | 22 | 3 | 60.3% |
| Alapin Sicilian Defense | 57 | 32 | 24 | 1 | 56.1% |
| Scandinavian Defense Mieses Kotrc Variation | 56 | 26 | 27 | 3 | 46.4% |
| Italian Game Knight Attack Normal Variation | 56 | 36 | 20 | 0 | 64.3% |
| Daily Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top Secret | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| French Defense Advance Variation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Caro Kann Defense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Italian Game Knight Attack Normal Variation | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Kings Indian Defense Fianchetto Karlsbad Panno Variation | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Queens Gambit Declined | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Reti Opening Sicilian Invitation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Sicilian Defense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Italian Game Two Knights Modern Bishops Opening | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Queens Pawn Opening Zukertort Variation | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Rapid Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scandinavian Defense | 36 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 75.0% |
| Center Game | 36 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 58.3% |
| Scandinavian Defense Mieses Kotrc Variation | 30 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 40.0% |
| Sicilian Defense | 29 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 48.3% |
| Italian Game | 27 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 48.1% |
| Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation | 24 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 58.3% |
| Sicilian Defense Bowdler Attack | 24 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 58.3% |
| Philidor Defense | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 54.5% |
| Center Game Accepted Paulsen Attack | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 55.0% |
| Sicilian Defense Smith Morra Gambit | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 47.1% |
🔥 Streaks
| Streak | Longest | Current |
|---|---|---|
| Winning | 13 | 0 |
| Losing | 13 | 4 |