Luis Chan: The Flank Opening Files Master
Who He Is
Luis "luizzy" Chan is a FIDE Master who treats the online chessboard like a second home. With tens of thousands of rated games played, he is just as comfortable grinding out a long endgame as he is landing a quick checkmate. His preferred time control is Daily chess, and his patient, methodical style fits that format perfectly.
Signature Repertoire
Luis is a loyal soldier of the Nimzo-Larsen Attack. With the white pieces he has played 1.b3 in thousands of games, inviting opponents into the kind of slow positional squeeze that rarely makes the highlights but often lands on the scoreboard.
As Black, he is equally devoted to his favorite setups, especially the Czech Defense, the Philidor Defense, and the Caro-Kann Defense. He does not chase novelty for its own sake. He trusts his lines, and his results show it.
Playing Style and Tendencies
Luis is no one-trick pony. While his openings are consistent, his middle-game imagination and endgame patience set him apart. He reaches the endgame in more than four out of five games, and he regularly turns lost looking positions into escapes, with a comeback rate above 84 percent. His checking instincts are sharp too: he delivers the first check in roughly 52 percent of games, and when he does, his win rate climbs noticeably.
Familiar Foes
No online rivalry runs deeper than his 409-game marathon against Yihe Fu. That score is razor thin, with 183 wins, 198 losses, and 28 draws. Against Nicholas Ilic Luis has much happier memories, holding a dominant 106 to 38 edge, while Montahearts has felt his full fury, losing 115 of their 119 meetings.
Why Daily Chess
For all his bullet and blitz heroics, Luis chooses Daily as his preferred time control. The slower pace lets him lean into deep opening preparation and outplay opponents in the endgame. With a Daily record of 79 wins, 10 losses, and 2 draws, plus a 32-game winning streak somewhere in his career, he proves that patience is not passive. It is a weapon.