About Jerguap
Jerguap is a dedicated and strategic chess player known for a strong preference towards daily chess games. With a patient and tactical approach, Jerguap has displayed steady improvement over the years, mastering both rapid and blitz formats but shining particularly in the daily time control arena.
Playing Style & Strengths
Jerguap favors a style that blends patience with tactical awareness:
- Known for a high comeback rate of over 82%, showing resilience even in tough positions.
- Strong in the endgame, with an average of nearly 65 moves per game, indicating methodical play and endurance.
- Wise decision-making reflected in a modest early resignation rate of 2.5%, proving a never-give-up attitude.
- Balanced performance playing with White (51% win rate) or Black (47%).
- Highest success found in the Daily format with an outstanding adjusted win rate of nearly 90%, a sign that longer games suit Jerguap's thoughtful style best.
Notable Openings
Jerguap is an adventurous opening explorer, with particular fondness for several aggressive and classical openings:
- Rapid Games: Excels with the Hyperaccelerated Dragon boasting a win rate near 69%, and shows strong results with various Vienna Gambit lines.
- Blitz Games: Prefers the Caro-Kann 2.Nf3 variation, striking at nearly 63% win rate, and retains flexibility with the Stanley Variation.
- Daily Games: Enjoys less common but effective openings such as the English King's 2.g3, a move signaling a strategic approach to controlling the center and fianchettoing the bishop.
Competitive Highlights & Opponents
Over thousands of games, Jerguap's record includes:
- More than 1,400 wins and notable persistence with a nearly even rapid win/loss tally.
- A well-tested and versatile competitor against a large pool of opponents with several perfect winning streaks against various rivals.
- Longest winning streak: 14 games; Longest losing streak: 11 games — proof that every chess journey has its ups and downs!
- Best time to compete: early mornings around 8 AM—Jerguap wakes up with knights ready to gallop!
Fun Facts
- Jerguap's notable ability to bounce back in games after losing a piece shows a phoenix-like approach to chess — rising from the ashes to fight another day!
- Despite sometimes struggling against certain opponents, Jerguap consistently shows improvement and determination.
- Always ready to experiment with new openings and strategic plans — versatility is the name of the game!
Looking Ahead
Jerguap continues to fine-tune skills across all time controls, with particular excitement around scaling new peaks in rapid and daily chess. Expect more thrilling comebacks, innovative opening experiments, and many battles on the 64 squares.
Keep an eye out for this patient strategist who knows that in chess, as in life, slow and steady can often win the race!
Coach Chesswick
Overall Performance
Jerguap has shown solid improvement recently with a strong strength adjusted win rate of approximately 89%. Your rating has increased impressively by 137 points over the last month, and a remarkable 578 points over the past 3 and 6 months. These gains reflect consistent growth and a positive trend in your chess skills.
Recent Games Review
Reviewing your most recent games, here are some constructive points based on your wins and loss:
- Strengthening the Opening: You favor the English Opening and the King's Fianchetto Opening. Your familiarity with these openings is a strong base—continue reinforcing your knowledge of typical plans and tactics in these lines.
- Positional Play: In your wins, you effectively developed your pieces, controlled the center, and attacked appropriately. Moves like advancing pawns to open lines and careful piece placement gave you an edge. For example, in your last win against Milanesa_203 you effectively used your bishops and queenside pressure.
- Time Management: Some wins concluded because your opponent ran out of time. While this shows your patience and endurance, balancing your own clock to maintain quality moves throughout is equally important.
- Loss Analysis: In the loss against lilyoz, your opponent took early initiative on the kingside with pawn pushes that challenged your setup. Mindful reaction to opponent’s early aggression and not allowing early weakening of your pawn structure can help.
Key Improvement Areas
- Handling Early Aggression: In the lost game, your opponent's aggressive pawn moves on the flank disrupted your structure. Practice responses to flank attacks, especially relating to pawn pushes and piece activity early in the game.
- Opening Depth: Deepen your understanding of your favorite openings (English Opening and King's Fianchetto Opening). Study plans beyond the first few moves to navigate middle games with confidence.
- Time Usage: While taking time to think is important, watch out for spending too long early in games to avoid time trouble later. Using your time more evenly can improve decision-making in critical positions.
- Endgame Practice: You achieved a checkmate in one of your longer games, showing good endgame awareness. Continue to practice endgames to effectively convert winning positions.
Next Steps for Progress
- Review and analyze critical moments from your recent losses carefully to identify alternative moves you could play.
- Use puzzles and tactical exercises focusing on openings you use regularly to build intuition.
- Practice timed games to help maintain a balanced pace and improve time management skills.
- Keep building your strategic play by studying classic games in your favorite openings.
🆚 Opponent Insights
| Most Played Opponents | ||
|---|---|---|
| milanesa_203 | 7W / 11L / 2D | View Games |
| koxicillin | 3W / 9L / 2D | View Games |
| pyvtl | 10W / 2L / 0D | View Games |
| lilyoz | 4W / 6L / 0D | View Games |
| zzrynn | 4W / 4L / 0D | View Games |
Rating
| Year | Bullet | Blitz | Rapid | Daily |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 647 | 1028 | 1300 | |
| 2024 | 602 | 1055 | 1293 | 927 |
| 2023 | 382 | 175 | 607 | |
| 2021 | 1002 |
Stats by Year
| Year | White | Black | Moves |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 124W / 117L / 9D | 120W / 126L / 7D | 63.3 |
| 2024 | 602W / 506L / 59D | 554W / 567L / 55D | 65.6 |
| 2023 | 35W / 35L / 1D | 31W / 31L / 2D | 61.9 |
| 2021 | 1W / 0L / 0D | 0W / 1L / 0D | 65.0 |
Openings: Most Played
| Rapid Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scandinavian Defense | 172 | 92 | 72 | 8 | 53.5% |
| Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense | 132 | 71 | 57 | 4 | 53.8% |
| Caro-Kann Defense | 113 | 44 | 65 | 4 | 38.9% |
| Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid, Hromádka Variation | 84 | 51 | 29 | 4 | 60.7% |
| Modern Defense: Pterodactyl Variation | 73 | 45 | 26 | 2 | 61.6% |
| Bird Opening: Dutch Variation, Batavo Gambit | 49 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 49.0% |
| Amazon Attack | 47 | 22 | 23 | 2 | 46.8% |
| Sicilian Defense | 43 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 60.5% |
| Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation | 39 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 35.9% |
| London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation | 36 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 44.4% |
| Blitz Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense | 232 | 114 | 110 | 8 | 49.1% |
| Scandinavian Defense | 224 | 113 | 99 | 12 | 50.5% |
| Caro-Kann Defense | 149 | 85 | 58 | 6 | 57.0% |
| Amazon Attack | 70 | 29 | 35 | 6 | 41.4% |
| Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid, Hromádka Variation | 68 | 37 | 24 | 7 | 54.4% |
| Modern Defense: Pterodactyl Variation | 56 | 24 | 31 | 1 | 42.9% |
| Elephant Gambit | 56 | 23 | 29 | 4 | 41.1% |
| Dutch Defense | 53 | 19 | 31 | 3 | 35.9% |
| Amar Gambit | 48 | 19 | 28 | 1 | 39.6% |
| French Defense | 47 | 17 | 29 | 1 | 36.2% |
| Bullet Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33.3% |
| Amazon Attack | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.0% |
| Scandinavian Defense | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical Variation | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.3% |
| Caro-Kann Defense | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| French Defense | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| English Opening | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Bird Opening: Dutch Variation, Batavo Gambit | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| French Defense: Advance Variation | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Daily Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Opening | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Amar Gambit | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| English Opening: Drill Variation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
🔥 Streaks
| Streak | Longest | Current |
|---|---|---|
| Winning | 14 | 0 |
| Losing | 11 | 1 |