Mehdi Nahari: The Grandmaster of the Genome
Meet Mehdi Nahari, or as the chessboard's cells call him, mehdi1341, a player whose moves replicate the precision of DNA replication and the cunning of protein folding. With a chess rating evolution that could rival evolutionary biology, Mehdi has steadily climbed the ranks from a Blitz rating of around 1100 in 2016 to a sharp 1422 by 2025, showing the kind of adaptation only natural selection could envy.
His chess career resembles a delicate dance of cellular division and recombination, playing over 8,000 games in Blitz alone, with a remarkable win count exceeding 4,450. His rapid style is just as impressive, with a winning winrate bolstered by strategic openings reminiscent of biological systems’ layered defenses.
Strategic Openings: Molecular Moves
Mehdi’s opening repertoire is like a well-engineered genome: diverse, adaptable, and purpose-driven. His favorite Philidor Defense and its Exchange Variation show a win rate above 47%, with the Exchange Variation cracking the 51% mark. Other defenses like Caro Kann and Pirc Defense appear in his playbook like essential enzymes, shaping dynamic and resilient positions.
Tactical Awareness: No Mutation Too Small
When losing a piece - an unexpected mutation in the DNA of battle - Mehdi's comebacks are near flawless with a comeback rate of 88.61%, and astonishingly, a perfect 100% win rate after such setbacks. His resilience demonstrates how even the smallest changes can spiral into a winning phenotype.
Playing Style: Endgame Evolution
With an endgame frequency of over 84%, Mehdi’s games tend to be marathons of mitosis, gradually splitting the opponent’s defense before a strategic knockout. His average moves per win hover at 74, a testament to his patience and cellular stamina, while losses stretch even longer at around 79 moves – evidence that even when the cells falter, they fight until the last nucleotide.
Psychological Resilience and Timing: Circadian Chess
Like a circadian rhythm of strategy, Mehdi’s results vary through the hours: his sharpest play shines at 10 AM, with a win rate exceeding 57%, and an early-morning 1 AM surge at 56%. Mondays and Saturdays bring out his best with nearly 50% success rates, proving that even cells have their optimal hours for division.
Quirky Facts & Puns
- Longevity on the board: longest winning streak of 16 games – a genetic mutation in consistency!
- Psychological tilt factor is just 12%, Mehdi stays as stable as a tightly wound double helix.
- Early resignation rate is low at 0.4%, Mehdi’s never one to apoptosis out of a tough game early.
Mehdi Nahari might not help you clone yourself, but on the 64 squares, he replicates excellence, mutating defeat into victory and evolving his game with every move. In the kingdom of chromosomes or chessboards, he remains a master tactician, proving that biology and chess are truly interconnected in the game of life.
🆚 Opponent Insights
| Most Played Opponents | ||
|---|---|---|
| Juan Rosas | 6W / 3L / 0D | |
| McDee123 | 3W / 4L / 0D | |
| rookmonmster | 3W / 2L / 0D | |
| tiraix | 3W / 2L / 0D | |
| cchanakya | 1W / 2L / 1D | |
Rating
| Year | Bullet | Blitz | Rapid | Daily |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1476 | |||
| 2024 | 1381 | |||
| 2023 | 1400 | |||
| 2022 | 1123 | |||
| 2020 | 1133 | |||
| 2017 | 1219 | 1629 | ||
| 2016 | 1256 | 1637 |
Stats by Year
| Year | White | Black | Moves |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 271W / 251L / 35D | 259W / 255L / 39D | 82.8 |
| 2024 | 1499W / 1482L / 157D | 1510W / 1455L / 177D | 79.2 |
| 2023 | 454W / 438L / 31D | 460W / 450L / 27D | 73.4 |
| 2022 | 2W / 2L / 1D | 2W / 1L / 0D | 70.4 |
| 2020 | 0W / 3L / 0D | 3W / 2L / 0D | 66.2 |
| 2017 | 6W / 10L / 1D | 9W / 9L / 0D | 80.8 |
| 2016 | 153W / 124L / 15D | 152W / 124L / 21D | 84.0 |
Openings: Most Played
| Blitz Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philidor Defense | 1074 | 505 | 512 | 57 | 47.0% |
| Philidor Defense Exchange Variation | 779 | 396 | 343 | 40 | 50.8% |
| Kings Pawn Opening Tayler Opening | 696 | 334 | 331 | 31 | 48.0% |
| Petrovs Defense | 521 | 257 | 236 | 28 | 49.3% |
| Caro Kann Defense Exchange Variation | 517 | 250 | 234 | 33 | 48.4% |
| Top Secret | 326 | 161 | 145 | 20 | 49.4% |
| Pirc Defense Modern Defense Geller System | 300 | 155 | 129 | 16 | 51.7% |
| Sicilian Defense Old Sicilian Variation | 300 | 144 | 141 | 15 | 48.0% |
| Scandinavian Defense Mieses Kotrc Variation | 296 | 135 | 146 | 15 | 45.6% |
| Sicilian Defense French Variation | 282 | 135 | 140 | 7 | 47.9% |
| Rapid Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philidor Defense | 33 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 66.7% |
| Kings Pawn Opening | 28 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 50.0% |
| Sicilian Defense Staunton Cochrane Variation | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 43.8% |
| Sicilian Defense | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 50.0% |
| Philidor Defense Exchange Variation | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 38.5% |
| Sicilian Defense Old Sicilian Variation | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 46.1% |
| Bishops Opening | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Italian Game Two Knights Modern Bishops Opening | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 50.0% |
| Giuoco Piano Game | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 41.7% |
| Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 45.5% |
🔥 Streaks
| Streak | Longest | Current |
|---|---|---|
| Winning | 16 | 0 |
| Losing | 12 | 1 |