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Ernesto Javier Fernandez Guillen IM

Username: I_am_Javi

Location: Zaragoza España

Playing Since: 2022-10-19 (Active)

Wow Factor: ♟♟♟♟♟

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Rapid: 2161
7W / 0L / 1D
Blitz: 2881
700W / 662L / 118D
Bullet: 2808
585W / 516L / 80D

Ernesto Javier Fernandez Guillen: The International Master of Chess

Known in the chess world as I_am_Javi, Ernesto Javier Fernandez Guillen is no ordinary chess player. Sporting the prestigious title of International Master from FIDE, Javi’s chess journey is as intense as his blistering bullet games.

With a blitz peak rating flirting close to 2900 and a bullet max rating soaring above 2900 (yes, you read that right), Javi plays chess faster than you can say “checkmate.” His style? Tactical wizardry combined with an uncanny ability to make comebacks – boasting a nearly 93% comeback rate and winning almost every game after losing a piece. If losing a piece in your game causes you to panic, just remember, Javi thrives in those moments!

His preferred openings remain top secret, but with nearly 50% win rate in blitz and over 54% in bullet using the same mysterious arsenal, it’s clear opponents often leave puzzled and defeated. Rapid chess might not be his main playground, but he still boasts nearly 89% win rate there, proving he can switch gears effortlessly when needed.

Ernesto isn’t all about speed; his endgame game frequency is a whopping 86.6%, showing he savors the intricate dance when the board clears. Perhaps most impressively, he once drilled through a 23-game winning streak—maybe the longest winning streak in the chess calendar’s history of unpredictability.

Javi’s psychological quirks include a small tilt factor of 12 — which means he can get a bit cranky after tough matches, but nothing too dramatic for a chess gladiator who battles hundreds of games yearly. His daily battles range from early mornings when coffee hasn’t kicked in yet, to late evenings when opponents wish they had gone to bed an hour earlier. Be aware: chess at 9 AM or 3 PM might find him in _peak_ form with win rates upwards of 60%.

Off the board, Javi is probably contemplating his next move or secretly working on revealing that enigmatic opening repertoire. Opponents beware: whether it’s challenger “king_bg03” who has yet to score a point against him, or top names like “hikaru” with a stern 6.9% win rate against Javi, I_am_Javi proves time after time that lightning-fast fingers and sharp strategic minds don’t always walk together… but when they do, magic happens.

In short: Ernesto Javier Fernandez Guillen is a fierce competitor with the speed of a bullet and the mind of a grandmaster in the making — just don’t blink when he’s playing.


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Feedback for Ernesto Javier Fernandez Guillen

Ernesto, reviewing your recent games reveals several strengths and opportunities for improvement. Here are some constructive points to help advance your skill:

Strengths

  • Opening Preparation: You have a solid grasp of popular openings like the Sicilian, Italian Game, and Indian Defense systems, which you consistently implement. Your understanding of typical plans in these lines is clear, and you often reach favorable middlegame positions.
  • Active Piece Play: Your games show good piece activity, especially in leveraging your bishops and knights to create pressure on key squares and opponent weaknesses.
  • Endgame Technique: In several wins, you effectively convert small advantages in the endgame. Your handling of pawn structures and king activity is commendable.

Areas for Improvement

  • Time Management: In some games, your clock indicates notable drops in time usage, especially when responding to aggressive or unexpected moves by the opponent. Working on efficient time allocation will help avoid rushed decisions in critical moments.
  • Critical Tactical Awareness: Although you maintain strong positional play, a few losses arose from tactical oversights or underestimating opponent threats (for example in Ruy Lopez or Nimzowitsch Defense games). Regular tactical exercises could sharpen your alertness to such challenges.
  • Handling Opposition Pressure: In certain games, the opponent’s active counterplay gained momentum due to hesitation in closing down their initiatives or missed opportunities to simplify favorable positions. Try to identify these moments and be decisive in either attacking or simplifying.

Practical Recommendations

  1. Incorporate daily tactical puzzles into your routine, focusing especially on forks, pins, and discovered attacks.
  2. Review your losses to understand the root causes—whether strategic misjudgment or calculation errors—and annotate key moments.
  3. Practice playing with a clock to balance your thinking time, especially under pressure.
  4. Study typical endgame patterns relevant to your preferred openings to deepen technical confidence.

Keep up the great work and continuous learning! With focused practice on tactical vigilance and time management, you’ll see steady improvement in your results.



🆚 Opponent Insights

Recent Opponents
Amilal Munkhdalai 2W / 0L / 1D
forgotten_master1 2W / 1L / 0D
Феликс Тульчинский 0W / 1L / 0D
jokksi99 0W / 1L / 0D
mart500 0W / 1L / 0D
Floryan Eugene 0W / 1L / 0D
re_dei_matti 0W / 1L / 0D
sidorenja1979 0W / 1L / 0D
thesneakyslothy 1W / 0L / 0D
mahdirezaee7 0W / 1L / 0D
Most Played Opponents
William Hernandez Gonzalez 34W / 18L / 3D
Hikaru Nakamura 2W / 26L / 1D
Daniel Naroditsky 5W / 22L / 0D
leobispo83 23W / 1L / 2D
Nhat Minh To 7W / 14L / 3D

Rating

Year Bullet Blitz Rapid Daily
2025 2777 2881
2024 2714 2739 2161
2023 2625 2863 2161
2022 2712 2734 2260
Rating by Year202220232024202528812161YearRatingBulletBlitzRapid

Stats by Year

Year White Black Moves
2025 254W / 266L / 43D 259W / 259L / 47D 85.9
2024 67W / 62L / 10D 69W / 68L / 8D 82.7
2023 191W / 135L / 35D 192W / 152L / 21D 88.6
2022 155W / 119L / 15D 140W / 126L / 23D 83.8

Openings: Most Played

Bullet Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Caro-Kann Defense 64 33 28 3 51.6%
Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense 50 28 21 1 56.0%
Amar Gambit 47 23 19 5 48.9%
Sicilian Defense 41 25 16 0 61.0%
King's Indian Attack 38 20 16 2 52.6%
French Defense 37 17 18 2 46.0%
Czech Defense 36 17 17 2 47.2%
Modern 35 12 17 6 34.3%
Barnes Defense 33 19 12 2 57.6%
Blackburne Shilling Gambit 33 18 12 3 54.5%
Blitz Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense 101 62 31 8 61.4%
Blackburne Shilling Gambit 96 48 40 8 50.0%
Caro-Kann Defense 95 53 36 6 55.8%
Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Anderssen Attack 61 25 24 12 41.0%
Sicilian Defense: Sozin Attack 54 28 21 5 51.9%
Scotch Game 52 29 18 5 55.8%
Three Knights Opening 48 24 17 7 50.0%
Modern 39 14 22 3 35.9%
French Defense 34 20 11 3 58.8%
French Defense: Burn Variation 24 13 9 2 54.2%
Rapid Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
East Indian Defense 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Four Knights Game 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Three Knights Opening 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Petrov's Defense 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Blackburne Shilling Gambit 1 0 0 1 0.0%
King's Indian Defense: Accelerated Averbakh Variation 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Gruenfeld: Classical Exchange, 7...b6 1 1 0 0 100.0%

🔥 Streaks

Streak Longest Current
Winning 23 0
Losing 12 1