Martin Kapp (kaffeeschluerfer) - Profile
Martin Kapp, who often plays online as kaffeeschluerfer, is a witty and determined FIDE Master with a clear taste for Rapid chess. He combines imaginative opening choices with patient endgame technique. Expect clever tricks, stubborn defense, and occasional coffee-fueled brilliance.
- Title: FIDE Master
- Preferred time control: Rapid
- Strengths: tactical creativity, comebacks, long endgames
Quick stats and trend visuals: 2411 (2023-10-29) and
.Career and Playing Style
Martin climbed the online ladder through thousands of rated games across Bullet, Blitz, Rapid, and Daily formats. He is known for risk-friendly opening experiments and for grinding in endgames when others would call it a day.
- Psychological edge: excellent comeback rate and solid play after losing material
- Endgame appetite: frequently plays long games and converts small advantages
- Practical prep: mixes surprise lines with reliable mainline ideas
Favorite Openings
Martin enjoys both offbeat aggression and classical structures. His repertoire has delivered many wins in fast time controls.
- Amar Gambit as a daring weapon in fast games
- French Defense and Exchange lines, a dependable black setup
- Australian Defense and Amazon Attack for creative play
- London System themes, including Poisoned Pawn ideas
Notable Rapid nugget: a small sample shows perfect short-sample results with the Caro-Kann in Rapid play.
Memorable Games and Study Pieces
Here are a couple of interactive placeholders to explore Martin's style. The PGN viewer below contains a tidy Ruy Lopez starter you can step through.
- Mini PGN viewer:
- Recent Rapid duel to revisit: View Game
Rivals, Records and Trends
Martin keeps returning to a handful of regular opponents and learns from each series of games. He posts strong win rates across weekdays and certain late-night hours, showing both consistency and timing awareness.
- Frequent opponents include: furves, valerianvalasek, and fischerbobby_erlbach.
- Streaks: longest winning run reached 23 games; recent form shows resilience after losses.
- Time-of-day edge: some of his best win rates appear in overnight sessions and early mornings.
Personality and Anecdotes
Martin is both competitive and amiable. He is rumored to scribble annotations on coffee cups during events and will gladly trade postmortem jokes as well as theory. He sometimes resigns early when a line goes badly, but more often he finds resourceful ways back into messy positions.
- Handle meaning: kaffeeschluerfer hints at a fondness for coffee
- Study habits: moderate prep depth with a taste for novelty
- Table talk: enjoys friendly banter and detailed post-game analysis
Explore More
Interested in deeper study? Use the chart and game links above. Search keywords to find annotated games and training notes.
- Rapid rating trend:
- Peak Rapid stat: 2411 (2023-10-29)
- Sample opponent profile: furves