Logan: The Chess Connoisseur with a Knightly Wit
Logan, also known in the chess realms as ljdaniels7076, is a clever strategist who has been wheeling and dealing pieces across the board since at least 2020. His chess career has shown a steady metamorphosis, much like a pawn advancing patiently to become a queen—constantly evolving and surprising opponents with tactical prowess.
In blitz games, Logan’s rating has shuffled from a modest 613 in early flashes of 2022 to a solid 961 by 2025, demonstrating a real resilience worthy of a rook holding the fort. With over 4,000 blitz games played, he boasts a nearly even win-loss record (2031 wins to 2000 losses), but his sly maneuvers in openings like the Caro-Kann Defense (winning over 62% of his games) and the Bishop's Opening Berlin Defense (a whopping 60% win rate) reveal a player who isn’t just moving pawns—he's putting the entire board under a microscope.
Logan’s rapid games reveal a tactician not afraid to experiment, favoring openings like the King’s Pawn Opening Leonardis Variation with an impressive 64% success rate. His rapid rating hovers around the 750–830 range, reflecting a game style that’s both agile and adaptable—because sometimes you have to think faster than a knight’s L-shaped leap!
Daily games have been casual battlegrounds where Logan flexes his strategic muscles asynchronously, with a respectable max rating near 1292, proving he can patiently outwit opponents who might just be dozing off at the board. It’s clear Logan knows when to keep his cool and when to castle for safety.
Playing Style & Psychological Quirks
- Known for a low early resignation rate (around 5.18%), Logan prefers to stay in the game—because every game is a petri dish for growth.
- His endgame frequency is fairly high at 63.49%, showing he enjoys the biochemical dance of pieces grinding out victories in the late stages.
- Average moves per win and loss hover around 60, indicating Logan lets his games run their natural course—after all, patience is a key enzyme in the recipe for success.
- He has an uncanny 74.44% comeback rate, suggesting he thrives under pressure and can bounce back like a resilient cell repairing its DNA.
- Most impressively, Logan’s win rate after losing a piece is a perfect 100%, truly the biological marvel of the chess microcosm. When life takes one of his pieces, he fights back with microscopic precision.
Tactical Highlights
Logan’s opening repertoire is diverse, with notable success in solid, classical systems that underpin many chess adaptations:
- Caro-Kann Defense – 62.2% win rate in blitz
- Bishop's Opening Berlin Defense – 60% win rate in blitz
- King’s Pawn Opening – consistent 50%+ win rates across various time controls
He often pairs these openings with a psychological approach that values endurance over flash-in-the-pan tactics, making opponents feel the slow tick of a biological clock winding down as Logan plays for the long haul.
Off the Board
Logan is clearly a chess player who embraces the complexity of the game like a biologist studying a living organism—analyzing, adapting, and evolving his strategies to overcome each challenge. His steady improvement over the years and ability to rebound from setbacks suggest he’s a true survival-of-the-fittest chess warrior.
With a longest winning streak of 15 and counting, Logan’s journey through the cellular labyrinth of chess is far from over. Whether it's blitz firefights or rapid tacticals, watch out—this player has eyes sharper than a queen’s sting and nerves as steady as a well-balanced double helix. Logan’s chess story is one of growth, resilience, and a few pun-filled moves along the way!
🆚 Opponent Insights
| Most Played Opponents | ||
|---|---|---|
| ayebwoi | 26W / 5L / 1D | View Games |
| tilleymontana | 15W / 11L / 0D | View Games |
| aidanbyrne1 | 10W / 0L / 2D | View Games |
| PaulSterling | 5W / 5L / 0D | View Games |
| nidanblitz | 3W / 5L / 0D | View Games |
Rating
| Year | Bullet | Blitz | Rapid | Daily |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 969 | 697 | ||
| 2024 | 954 | 748 | ||
| 2023 | 867 | 783 | 861 | |
| 2022 | 785 | 836 | 903 | |
| 2021 | 819 | |||
| 2020 | 679 |
Stats by Year
| Year | White | Black | Moves |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 308W / 280L / 22D | 288W / 308L / 20D | 65.3 |
| 2024 | 544W / 442L / 47D | 474W / 540L / 28D | 66.1 |
| 2023 | 279W / 262L / 28D | 266W / 277L / 26D | 64.1 |
| 2022 | 216W / 216L / 10D | 200W / 212L / 25D | 62.1 |
| 2021 | 346W / 308L / 33D | 321W / 343L / 25D | 59.1 |
| 2020 | 57W / 73L / 4D | 54W / 77L / 9D | 44.9 |
Openings: Most Played
| Blitz Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation | 538 | 236 | 277 | 25 | 43.9% |
| Bishops Opening | 465 | 231 | 219 | 15 | 49.7% |
| Top Secret | 446 | 216 | 213 | 17 | 48.4% |
| Kings Pawn Opening | 403 | 201 | 184 | 18 | 49.9% |
| Queens Pawn Opening Horwitz Defense | 219 | 99 | 109 | 11 | 45.2% |
| Scandinavian Defense Mieses Kotrc Variation | 203 | 88 | 105 | 10 | 43.4% |
| Center Game Accepted Normal Variation | 125 | 65 | 51 | 9 | 52.0% |
| Bishops Opening Boi Variation | 104 | 46 | 54 | 4 | 44.2% |
| Pirc Defense | 102 | 58 | 40 | 4 | 56.9% |
| French Defense | 92 | 46 | 44 | 2 | 50.0% |
| Daily Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Pawn Opening | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 47.4% |
| Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 14.3% |
| Philidor Defense | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Polish Opening | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Nimzowitsch Defense Kennedy Variation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Alekhines Defense Maroczy Variation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Kings Pawn Opening St George Zilbermints Gambit | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Kings Pawn Opening Tortoise Opening | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Queens Pawn Opening Zukertort Variation | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Bishops Opening Berlin Defense | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Rapid Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Pawn Opening | 593 | 304 | 270 | 19 | 51.3% |
| Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation | 120 | 51 | 61 | 8 | 42.5% |
| Philidor Defense | 90 | 35 | 51 | 4 | 38.9% |
| Queens Pawn Opening Horwitz Defense | 81 | 42 | 38 | 1 | 51.9% |
| Scandinavian Defense | 72 | 33 | 36 | 3 | 45.8% |
| Center Game | 68 | 30 | 36 | 2 | 44.1% |
| Van t Kruijs Opening | 68 | 33 | 31 | 4 | 48.5% |
| Bishops Opening | 62 | 21 | 38 | 3 | 33.9% |
| French Defense Normal Variation | 47 | 18 | 29 | 0 | 38.3% |
| Kings Pawn Opening Leonardis Variation | 42 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 64.3% |
🔥 Streaks
| Streak | Longest | Current |
|---|---|---|
| Winning | 15 | 0 |
| Losing | 10 | 1 |