Grandmaster Osvaldo Zambrana – The Tactical Dynamo
Known in chess circles by his username locotito77, Osvaldo Zambrana is a Grandmaster who has dazzled the board with a combination of relentless tactics and psychological resilience. Few players can claim such an impressive comeback rate—Osvaldo snatches victory from the jaws of defeat about 85% of the time, and when he's down a piece? Well, he doesn’t just hang on, he wins every single time.
Osvaldo’s blitz games are particularly explosive—he’s played dozens with a max blitz rating peaking at an intimidating 2538 in 2020 and hovering above 2500 steadily into 2024. His rapid games tell another story of a fighter, managing wins against tough opponents even as he experiments and adapts.
Don’t expect early resignations here; Osvaldo is a marathoner in the chess world, with an average of almost 69 moves per win and a patient endgame strategy executed in over 80% of his matches. His psychological stamina is legendary, maintaining a tilt factor of just 5 in intense situations—proving he’s more steel than nerves.
Osvaldo's opening repertoire? Keep it Top Secret—because that’s exactly where most of his 50+% win rate in blitz games comes from. Opponents beware: those 93 games featuring his stealthy opening tactics rarely end in your favor.
With a win rate of over 90% on Mondays (who knew Mondays were so lucky?), and peak performance hours ranging from early mornings to afternoons, Osvaldo’s chess schedule might just be as unpredictable as his brilliant combinations.
In summary, Osvaldo Zambrana is the kind of Grandmaster who proves chess isn’t just a game of kings and pawns—it’s one of nerves, wit, and a healthy dose of stubbornness. Watch out for locotito77; he’s not just playing chess, he’s rewriting the playbook—one comeback at a time.
🆚 Opponent Insights
| Most Played Opponents | ||
|---|---|---|
| spitsyn-aleksei | 4W / 2L / 1D | View Games |
| shehandleslikebistro | 2W / 4L / 0D | View Games |
| BKL18 | 2W / 3L / 0D | View Games |
| Emir Dizdarevic | 3W / 1L / 0D | View Games |
| strateg_001 | 3W / 0L / 0D | View Games |
Rating
| Year | Bullet | Blitz | Rapid | Daily |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2522 | |||
| 2023 | 2485 | |||
| 2022 | 2447 | |||
| 2021 | 2504 | 2364 | ||
| 2020 | 2313 | 2465 | 2213 |
Stats by Year
| Year | White | Black | Moves |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1W / 1L / 0D | 4W / 1L / 0D | 65.3 |
| 2023 | 2W / 5L / 0D | 2W / 2L / 2D | 96.6 |
| 2022 | 0W / 0L / 0D | 0W / 1L / 1D | 110.0 |
| 2021 | 4W / 1L / 2D | 3W / 1L / 0D | 97.8 |
| 2020 | 22W / 21L / 5D | 23W / 22L / 5D | 74.9 |
Openings: Most Played
| Blitz Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caro-Kann Defense | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16.7% |
| Queen's Pawn: Neo-Indian, 3...c5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.7% |
| Scandinavian Defense: Valencian Variation | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Catalan: 3...c5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.3% |
| Sicilian: Pelikan, Chelyabinsk, 9.Nd5 Be7, 11.c3 Bg5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Sicilian: Najdorf, 6...e6 7.Qe2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Sicilian: Pelikan, Chelyabinsk, 9.Nd5 Be7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Sicilian Defense: Open | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| French: Tarrasch, 3...dxe4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Rapid Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| French: Tarrasch, Open, 4.Ngf3 cxd4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Sicilian: Closed, 2...Nc6 3.Bb5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.0% |
| Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Normal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.0% |
| Sicilian: Najdorf, 6...e6 7.Qe2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Two Knights: 4.d3 h6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Sicilian: Pelikan, 7.Bg5 a6 8.Bxf6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Sicilian: Najdorf, 6.Bg5 Nbd7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Queen's Pawn: Neo-Indian, 3...c5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Philidor: 3...exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Yusupov-Rubinstein System | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Bullet Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sicilian: Rossolimo, 3...e6 4.O-O Nge7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Benko Opening | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| French: Tarrasch, Open, 4.Ngf3 cxd4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| French: 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Sicilian: Rossolimo, 3...e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Sicilian: Kan, 5.Nc3 d6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
🔥 Streaks
| Streak | Longest | Current |
|---|---|---|
| Winning | 9 | 0 |
| Losing | 5 | 1 |