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Lanita Stetsko WGM

Username: lanita_1408

Playing Since: 2017-01-11 (Inactive)

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Daily: 1333
1W / 0L / 0D
Rapid: 1600
1W / 2L / 1D
Blitz: 2187
338W / 283L / 41D
Bullet: 1922
223W / 215L / 8D

Lanita Stetsko: The Woman Grandmaster with a Checkered Past

Known in the chess biosphere by the username lanita_1408, Lanita Stetsko is a formidable Woman Grandmaster recognized by FIDE. With a rating that roams the blitz fields near 2200 and a bullet bash rating cresting above 2200 in her prime, she’s like a queen on the board—multipurpose, sharp, and sly.

Lanita’s style is a fascinating biological experiment in the chess lab. Her comeback rate boasts a jaw-dropping 90.11%, and if she loses a piece, she snaps back with a perfect 100% win rate afterward. Talk about evolutionary resilience! She rarely resigns early (only about 1.19% of her games), proving she’s not one to throw in the towel while the game’s still alive and well—much like a tenacious mitochondrion powering the cells of her chess battles.

Her average games stretch over 60 moves, showing Lanita’s stamina and fondness for deep endgames. She navigates these critical phases 75% of the time, making her endgame prowess an essential part of her genetic makeup as a competitor.

Whether playing white or black, she maintains an almost even win rate—slightly better as White (51.17%) and nearly the same as Black (49.65%). She plays across all times of day but seems to have peak performance in the bright morning hours and late evenings, where her win rate can spike up to nearly 88% at 10 PM—perhaps when her internal biological clock clicks into overdrive.

Fierce on blitz and bullet, her highest recorded blitz rating peaked at 2282 in 2020, an apex that shows she can hustle fast and furious. She’s equally adept at bullet chess where her tactical supernatural abilities shine through countless rapid skirmishes, securing a tidy win-loss record with a slight edge in wins.

Beyond the cold numbers and ratings, Lanita is a charming mix of steady aggression and careful calculation. Against opponents, she has a penchant for striking down challengers with a 100% win rate against a variety of adversaries, proving once again that in the ecosystem of competitive chess, Lanita is a true apex predator.

In the game of life as on the chessboard, Lanita Stetsko embodies the perfect balance of patience, strategy, and the occasional quick strike—like a cunning chess chameleon camouflaging in the complex patterns of the game.


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Feedback for Lanita Stetsko

Lanita, you have demonstrated solid strategic understanding and good tactical awareness in your recent games. Here are some specific points to build on for continued improvement:

Strengths

  • Opening Choice: Your use of the Modern and Benoni Defense structures shows you are comfortable with dynamic, counter-attacking positions. This suits your style well and allows you to create counterplay effectively.
  • Active Piece Play: You consistently activate your knights and bishops early and find opportunities to put pressure on your opponent’s position, as seen with well-timed exchanges and threats.
  • Endgame Technique: In several wins, you handled the transition into endgames smoothly, capitalizing on material advantages and converting those logically with calm precision.

Areas for Improvement

  • Time Management: In some games, time pressure influenced your moves. Try to allocate your time evenly during the game and avoid rushing in critical positions to reduce unforced errors.
  • Calculation Under Pressure: In losses, you sometimes fell victim to tactics or missed opportunities to simplify or defend. Focus on double-checking your candidate moves especially in complex positions and consider calculating forcing lines first.
  • Opening Refinement: You could deepen your opening repertoire knowledge. Some losses involved sharp opening lines where you were caught off-guard. Studying common plans and typical pawn breaks in your chosen defenses will enhance your comfort and confidence early on.

Recommendations

  • Review critical moments of your recent games, especially those that ended due to abrupt tactical changes or time pressure, and practice calculation drills to sharpen your foresight.
  • Work on building and maintaining a consistent thinking rhythm throughout your games to avoid time trouble.
  • Explore thematic pawn breaks and main lines in your favored openings such as the Modern Defense and Benoni; this will solidify your understanding of the resulting middlegame structures.

Keep up the great work, Lanita! Your strategic sense and fight on the board are impressive, and with focused training on calculation and time management, you'll reach new heights.



🆚 Opponent Insights

Most Played Opponents
Daniil Dubov 0W / 10L / 2D
tylerdurdenrules 5W / 0L / 0D
Marco Ferrante 1W / 3L / 0D
sebagolda 2W / 1L / 1D
zefcat 0W / 4L / 0D

Rating

Year Bullet Blitz Rapid Daily
2025 1922
2024 1933
2023 1943 2187
2022 1915
2021 2017 2116 1600 1333
2020 2178 1842 1955
2019 2184
2018 2065
2017 2048
Rating by Year20172018201920202021202220232024202521871600YearRatingBulletBlitzRapid

Stats by Year

Year White Black Moves
2025 0W / 3L / 0D 2W / 0L / 0D 47.6
2024 0W / 1L / 0D 0W / 0L / 1D 115.5
2023 8W / 8L / 0D 9W / 5L / 2D 61.2
2022 11W / 8L / 0D 7W / 11L / 0D 68.9
2021 13W / 12L / 1D 10W / 20L / 0D 68.1
2020 209W / 181L / 22D 212W / 185L / 13D 69.1
2019 9W / 6L / 4D 7W / 11L / 0D 65.8
2018 12W / 10L / 0D 10W / 15L / 1D 60.3
2017 35W / 19L / 3D 33W / 21L / 4D 70.7

Openings: Most Played

Bullet Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Modern 65 32 33 0 49.2%
Nimzo-Larsen Attack 51 28 22 1 54.9%
Australian Defense 35 17 17 1 48.6%
Czech Defense 34 19 15 0 55.9%
Sicilian Defense: Closed 27 11 16 0 40.7%
Amar Gambit 24 11 13 0 45.8%
Pirc Defense: Classical Variation 18 9 7 2 50.0%
Scandinavian Defense 13 4 8 1 30.8%
Sicilian Defense 11 6 5 0 54.5%
Colle System: Rhamphorhynchus Variation 10 4 6 0 40.0%
Blitz Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Czech Defense 82 37 41 4 45.1%
Sicilian Defense: Closed 58 26 25 7 44.8%
Scandinavian Defense 27 11 13 3 40.7%
Modern 25 12 13 0 48.0%
Barnes Defense 18 9 7 2 50.0%
Amazon Attack: Siberian Attack 18 9 8 1 50.0%
Pirc Defense: Classical Variation 17 12 4 1 70.6%
Amar Gambit 16 11 4 1 68.8%
Nimzo-Larsen Attack 14 9 5 0 64.3%
English Opening: Agincourt Defense 12 8 4 0 66.7%
Daily Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
East Indian Defense 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Blackburne Shilling Gambit 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Barnes Defense 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Sicilian Defense: Closed 1 1 0 0 100.0%
French Defense 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Rapid Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Anderssen Variation 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Breyer Defense 1 0 0 1 0.0%
Scandinavian Defense 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Ruy Lopez 1 0 1 0 0.0%

🔥 Streaks

Streak Longest Current
Winning 13 0
Losing 10 2