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Mats

Username: mats2stam

Playing Since: 2021-01-22 (Active)

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Daily: 1458
2W / 1L / 0D
Rapid: 1680
92W / 88L / 6D
Blitz: 1565
6244W / 6069L / 318D
Bullet: 1504
9551W / 9223L / 343D

Mats (mats2stam) - A Chess Biography

Meet Mats, a chess player whose game development is as dynamic and evolving as a cell in mitosis. From the opening gambit to the final checkmate, Mats exhibits a fascinating blend of energy, strategy, and resilience that would make any biologist's neurons fire with delight.

Rating Evolution & Game Style

Over the years, Mats has steadily improved, demonstrating a stellar performance in various formats:

  • Blitz: From a modest 1257 in 2021 to a solid 1634 in 2024, showing strong adaptation in rapid decision-making scenarios.
  • Rapid: Climbing from 1505 to an impressive 1669, highlighting their tactical patience and mid-game prowess.
  • Bullet: Scaling from 1106 to 1487, akin to a neurotransmitter firing at lightning speed across synapses.
  • Daily: Although fewer games played, maintaining respectable ratings and steady wins.

The Opening Moves

Mats favors classical and solid openings with a biological twist. The "Giuoco Piano" and its Italian variations, like the Four Knights and the Modern Bishops Opening, seem to be their “DNA helices” – fundamental to their chess makeup. Not far behind is the sturdy Modern Defense and the nimble Philidor Defense, giving Mats flexibility and strength right out of the gate.

Playing Style & Tactics

Like a skilled predator in the wild, Mats combines patience and mid-to-late-game strength, with an impressive Endgame Frequency of 63.14%, reflecting a profound ability to convert advantages into victories. Their games run an average of 64 moves per win, showing endurance and methodical planning—no hastily scuttled pawns here!

Mats’s knack for comeback is remarkable, boasting an 82.99% comeback rate and a perfect 100% win rate after losing a piece, displaying resilience akin to regenerative biology. Only a low 2.03% Early Resignation Rate hints at their determined fighting spirit, unwilling to let their chess kingdom fall prematurely.

Psychological & Competitive Edge

Our player takes occasional “tilts” with a factor of 13, a mild irritation in an otherwise balanced temperament. Interestingly, their win difference between rated and casual games is -29.53%, possibly showing they thrive under casual pressure with less nervous energy, or simply prefer lighthearted ecosystem battles.

Streaks & Opponents

Mats has a longest winning streak of 11 games, a cellular replication success if you will, showing moments of unstoppable momentum. While the current streak stands at zero, every game reignites the potential for fresh dominance.

Among their most frequent and formidable opponents are “x-5070344290” and “masslerr,” but they unlock their full tactical potential most impressively against a broad zoo of challengers, always adapting like a species evolving in the wild.

Fun Facts

  • Mats's speed shines in bullet games where rapid synapses play out lightning-quick moves.
  • Often delights in Italy-born openings, flirting with Giuoco Piano and Italian Game variations.
  • Despite occasional pawns taking unhappy shortcuts to demise, Mats fights tenaciously to reclaim advantage.
  • Endgame prowess is their mitochondrion, powering the victories.

So watch this player with keen eyes – Mats is no mere pawn in the chessboard of life, but a chess molecule in constant biological flux, ready to checkmate with evolutionary elegance!


🆚 Opponent Insights

Recent Opponents
lossless_nerd 0W / 1L / 0D
martin_150 0W / 2L / 0D
kaisarsarsen 1W / 1L / 0D
benscrivens 1W / 1L / 0D
msdub 0W / 1L / 0D
Most Played Opponents
x-5070344290 20W / 4L / 3D
masslerr 12W / 9L / 0D
sensei269 19W / 0L / 2D
larwen03 9W / 6L / 0D
tineberger 9W / 6L / 0D

Rating

Year Bullet Blitz Rapid Daily
2025 1397 1537 1669
2024 1487 1634 1630
2023 1431 1659 1637 1458
2022 1212 1496 1559 1462
2021 1106 1257 1505
Rating by Year2021202220232024202516691106YearRatingBulletBlitzRapidDaily

Stats by Year

Year White Black Moves
2025 1065W / 985L / 45D 998W / 1054L / 36D 62.7
2024 2169W / 1969L / 89D 2075W / 2077L / 72D 62.2
2023 1516W / 1343L / 90D 1403W / 1473L / 82D 65.6
2022 1243W / 1135L / 58D 1183W / 1204L / 57D 61.2
2021 1016W / 975L / 38D 1002W / 1001L / 22D 60.6

Openings: Most Played

Blitz Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Modern Defense with 1176 592 548 36 50.3%
Giuoco Piano Game Giuoco Pianissimo Italian Four Knights Variation 798 434 349 15 54.4%
Giuoco Piano Game 499 266 221 12 53.3%
Scotch Game 422 209 199 14 49.5%
Scandinavian Defense Mieses Kotrc Variation 406 183 205 18 45.1%
Italian Game 339 180 148 11 53.1%
Italian Game Knight Attack Ulvestad Variation 328 181 139 8 55.2%
Philidor Defense 286 145 135 6 50.7%
Italian Game Two Knights Modern Bishops Opening 260 137 116 7 52.7%
Four Knights Game Italian Variation 223 123 92 8 55.2%
Rapid Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Philidor Defense 10 3 7 0 30.0%
Giuoco Piano Game 10 5 4 1 50.0%
Top Secret 8 5 2 1 62.5%
Italian Game Two Knights Modern Bishops Opening 7 1 6 0 14.3%
Italian Game 6 4 2 0 66.7%
Four Knights Game Italian Variation 5 3 1 1 60.0%
Caro Kann Defense 3 0 2 1 0.0%
Owens Defense 3 1 2 0 33.3%
Sicilian Defense Nyezhmetdinov Rossolimo Attack 3 1 1 1 33.3%
Scotch Game 3 2 1 0 66.7%
Bullet Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Modern Defense with 1940 1010 891 39 52.1%
Top Secret 991 495 476 20 50.0%
Caro Kann Defense Exchange Variation 748 382 351 15 51.1%
Giuoco Piano Game Giuoco Pianissimo Italian Four Knights Variation 719 414 295 10 57.6%
Scandinavian Defense Mieses Kotrc Variation 587 270 295 22 46.0%
Giuoco Piano Game 529 276 238 15 52.2%
French Defense Exchange Variation 411 218 182 11 53.0%
Sicilian Defense Nyezhmetdinov Rossolimo Attack 393 216 170 7 55.0%
Scotch Game 386 184 193 9 47.7%
Italian Game Two Knights Modern Bishops Opening 287 168 114 5 58.5%
Daily Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Caro Kann Defense 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Modern Defense with 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Caro Kann Defense Advance Variation 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Queens Pawn Opening Chigorin Variation 1 1 0 0 100.0%

🔥 Streaks

Streak Longest Current
Winning 16 0
Losing 16 3