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Maria Malicka WGM

Username: marszach123

Playing Since: 2018-01-24 (Inactive)

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Daily: 1600
4W / 18L / 0D
Rapid: 2143
19W / 15L / 7D
Blitz: 2167
1553W / 1355L / 201D
Bullet: 1852
101W / 102L / 11D

Maria Malicka - Woman Grandmaster

Meet Maria Malicka, a true chess maestro who has earned the prestigious Woman Grandmaster title from FIDE. Just like a carefully executed biological process, Maria's chess growth has unfolded with precision and resilience over the years. From her humble beginnings in blitz games in 2018 with a rating of 2019 to blazing up the boards with a max blitz rating of 2457 in 2021, her game evolution reminds us that strategy is the DNA of chess success.

Maria’s playing style is equally fascinating—she exhibits a high rate of endgames (73.7%), proving she’s not afraid to dive deep into the heart of the battle, much like a cell unravelling its secrets. With a remarkable comeback rate of 85.82% and an almost mythical 99.08% win rate after losing a piece, her resilience is truly cellular level tough. No wonder her longest winning streak hits 13 games straight – talk about cloning victories!

Playing as White, Maria commands a winning rate of 52.39%, contrasting with 46.33% when playing Black, showing a balanced genetic mix in her approach. Her penchant for early resignations is low (3.4%), reflecting a stubborn survival instinct that much like mitochondria powers the cell.

Off the board, Maria’s game results demonstrate a high metabolic rate of competition: over 4,000 blitz games alone, with a win rate hovering near 50%, proving she’s no selective breeder in the mating pool of opponents! Her opponent “species” range from the elusive “megagigahiper3345” to “chesstoster0ne,” illustrating a vast ecosystem of competition.

When it comes to timing, Maria shows peak tactical moments in the afternoon and early evening hours, with a win rate reaching as high as 66.67% at 3 AM—a true nocturnal predator of the chessboard's mysteries!

Whether blitzing, bulleting, or rapid-fire responding, Maria Malicka is a living proof that mastery in chess, as in biology, is about adaptation, evolution, and occasionally, a bit of clever mutation on the board. Keep an eye on this grandmaster—she’s busy “hatched” countless brilliant games and continues to “checkmate” the competition with style!


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Coach Chesswick

Hi Maria Malicka!

First of all, well played – beating 2600-level opposition in Titled-Tuesday shows that your current form is close to your personal best of 2457 (2021-09-06). Below is a summary of what is working brilliantly for you, followed by concrete, actionable ideas that should help you take the next step.

What you already do very well

  • Dynamic opening choices. Your Trompowsky set-ups (1 d4 Nf6 2 Bg5) consistently give you the initiative – opponents are soon on the back foot.
  • Practical time handling. You usually keep a 10-20 s lead on the clock, forcing stronger players to blunder in mutual time trouble.
  • Conversion technique. Games such as the win versus Simen Agdestein show clean end-game play once you reach a technical position.

Top three growth areas

  1. Sturdier Black repertoire against 1 e4. In the loss to Rosh Jain your early 6…Bc5?! Caro-Kann invited the classical sacrifice Nxf7!
    → Switch to the solid 6…Be7/…Nd7 lines and memorise one model game for each.
  2. King safety before material. Several defeats start with adventurous queen sorties (…Qxa2/…Qxb2) that delay castling.
    → Adopt the “castle by move 10” self-rule in training games; you will feel the difference immediately.
  3. Crunching short tactical sequences. You sometimes rely on “looks good” moves instead of forcing variations.
    → Daily exercise: set a one-minute timer and solve three easy puzzles in a row – failure means restart. Builds calculation speed fast.

Two-week mini-plan

DayMain task
1-2Collect & annotate your last 20 Caro-Kann games.
3-5Watch one model game per critical line, write a one-sentence plan for each.
6-820 tactical puzzles daily – focus on deflection and double attack.
9-10Play 10 blitz games with the “must-castle-by-move-10” rule.
11-14Self-analyse your own games first, then verify with an engine.

Critical moment to replay

The turning point of your loss to Rosh1610 – 30.Ne5 Qe8 31.Qg4 Bf6 32.Nxf7+! – is a thematic idea every Caro-Kann player must know:

When you play your best

Your performance data shows a clear sweet-spot in the evening hours:

0123567891011121314151617181920212223100%0%Hour of Day

Final encouragement

You are on the verge of breaking into the next rating band. Patch up the Caro-Kann, keep sharpening your tactics, and trust the process – the results will follow. Good luck in the next Titled-Tuesday, Maria!



🆚 Opponent Insights

Most Played Opponents
Bartlomiej Niedbala 19W / 58L / 2D View Games
Chesstoster0ne 13W / 14L / 1D View Games
tankbox1 1W / 12L / 7D View Games
mesut_bayram 12W / 3L / 0D View Games
dr_vrach 5W / 4L / 0D View Games

Rating

Year Bullet Blitz Rapid Daily
2024 1852 2167
2023 1612 2392 2143
2022 1815 2306 2143
2021 1815 2152 1997
2020 1764 1712 1983
2019 1731 2098
2018 1761 2019 1400
Rating by Year201820192020202120222023202423921612YearRatingBulletBlitzRapid

Stats by Year

Year White Black Moves
2024 44W / 50L / 2D 44W / 51L / 3D 76.4
2023 44W / 51L / 10D 44W / 41L / 11D 70.7
2022 223W / 152L / 20D 181W / 193L / 22D 76.6
2021 187W / 174L / 13D 178W / 196L / 11D 71.6
2020 94W / 73L / 13D 87W / 75L / 19D 74.7
2019 176W / 148L / 37D 157W / 170L / 30D 73.8
2018 153W / 83L / 11D 123W / 100L / 21D 70.9

Openings: Most Played

Blitz Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation 162 82 72 8 50.6%
Caro-Kann Defense 91 42 43 6 46.1%
Sicilian Defense 91 52 32 7 57.1%
Scandinavian Defense 78 36 38 4 46.1%
Amazon Attack: Siberian Attack 72 32 33 7 44.4%
Sicilian Defense: Closed 69 28 38 3 40.6%
Four Knights Game 61 34 23 4 55.7%
Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, Cobra Variation 60 31 26 3 51.7%
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Anderssen Variation 56 34 19 3 60.7%
Modern 54 25 29 0 46.3%
Bullet Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Scandinavian Defense 16 10 6 0 62.5%
Caro-Kann Defense 12 5 7 0 41.7%
Amazon Attack: Siberian Attack 9 6 3 0 66.7%
Amazon Attack 8 3 5 0 37.5%
London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation 7 3 4 0 42.9%
Blackburne Shilling Gambit 6 5 1 0 83.3%
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation 6 0 5 1 0.0%
Bird Opening: Dutch Variation, Batavo Gambit 5 3 2 0 60.0%
Modern 5 1 3 1 20.0%
Amar Gambit 5 2 2 1 40.0%
Daily Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Unknown 11 4 7 0 36.4%
French Defense: MacCutcheon Variation, Wolf Gambit 6 0 6 0 0.0%
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation 5 0 5 0 0.0%

🔥 Streaks

Streak Longest Current
Winning 13 2
Losing 20 0
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