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Iskandar Santoso

Username: iskanda278

Playing Since: 2018-12-30 (Inactive)

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Daily: 730
4W / 21L / 0D
Rapid: 1353
3069W / 2913L / 228D
Blitz: 1164
37W / 40L / 0D
Bullet: 1127
0W / 1L / 0D

Iskandar Santoso (aka iskanda278): The Chess Enthusiast with a Gambit of Wit

Iskandar Santoso is a seasoned chess player known for weaving a web of cunning moves and biological puns on the board. With a peak rapid rating hovering around 1696 and a blitz max of 1347, Iskandar has certainly cultivated an appetite for strategic complexity through thousands of games. This player’s style might be described as evolutionary, adapting and responding with a comeback rate of over 71%, making tactical blunders a rarity in his cellular (or should we say, chessular) matrix.

Iskandar’s favorite openings contain a fair share of the curious Grob Opening Grob Gambit and solid Sicilian defenses, proving he’s not afraid to branch out into less trodden evolutionary paths. The Old Benoni Defense is among his most successful strategies, boasting a win rate over 57% in rapid games, a sure sign that his groundwork is strong enough to survive even the molecular chaos of competitive play.

Whether it's performing an endgame with a frequency of 54% or gracefully resigning early with the poise of a cell undergoing apoptosis (only about 5% of the time!), Iskandar’s moves resemble well-coordinated molecular signals—precise, intelligent, and potent. His average moves per win, about 60, indicate a complex game full of strategic metabolism.

A quick thinker with ratings fluctuating but resilient from 2022 to 2024, Iskandar simultaneously balances a humorous, pun-filled mindset with serious dedication reflected in a 49-50% win rate on both white and black sides. His stamina is evident through extended winning streaks, including an impressive 15 consecutive victories, currently riding a streak of 7 wins.

Known among opponents with usernames like “bogdanbak4” and “advay_mohanty,” Iskandar boasts a perfect record against many challengers — talk about a winning phenotype! This player’s chess DNA is rich with strategic sequences, making each game a new mutation in the grand experiment of the 64 squares.

In short, Iskandar Santoso is a chess player whose game evolves, adapts, and occasionally bio-logically puns its way to triumph. Always ready to put opponents in check, this is one competitor who proves that in the game of chess, just like in biology, survival (and winning) depends on smart adaptations and a bit of playful mutation.


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Rating

Year Bullet Blitz Rapid Daily
2025 1353
2024 1127 1164 1365 730
2023 1208 1547 761
2022 1219 1443 989
Rating by Year20222023202420251547730YearRatingBlitzRapidDaily

Stats by Year

Year White Black Moves
2025 1W / 1L / 0D 2W / 2L / 0D 59.3
2024 365W / 346L / 34D 362W / 356L / 27D 60.2
2023 825W / 798L / 60D 850W / 783L / 59D 58.6
2022 403W / 317L / 31D 329W / 387L / 20D 56.0

Openings: Most Played

Rapid Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Grob Opening Grob Gambit with 1319 690 584 45 52.3%
Grob Opening 675 312 337 26 46.2%
Grob Opening Grob Gambit Fritz Gambit 674 373 275 26 55.3%
Old Benoni Defense 368 210 146 12 57.1%
Sicilian Defense Bowdler Attack 295 152 136 7 51.5%
Grob Opening Grob Gambit 191 83 97 11 43.5%
Sicilian Defense OKelly Variation 138 68 66 4 49.3%
Alapin Sicilian Defense 137 72 62 3 52.5%
Sicilian Defense 136 71 57 8 52.2%
Sicilian Defense OKelly Venice System 98 41 57 0 41.8%
Blitz Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Grob Opening 11 4 7 0 36.4%
Grob Opening Grob Gambit Fritz Gambit 9 6 3 0 66.7%
Grob Opening Grob Gambit with 9 4 5 0 44.4%
Old Benoni Defense 8 6 2 0 75.0%
Sicilian Defense OKelly Variation 6 4 2 0 66.7%
Grob Opening Grob Gambit Declined 3 1 2 0 33.3%
Sicilian Defense Bowdler Attack 2 2 0 0 100.0%
Closed Sicilian Defense 2 1 1 0 50.0%
Sicilian Defense Kan Knight Variation 2 1 1 0 50.0%
Undefined 2 1 1 0 50.0%
Bullet Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Grob Opening 1 0 1 0 0.0%

🔥 Streaks

Streak Longest Current
Winning 15 3
Losing 11 0
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