Slash and a swat
Player "ninjaswat" mixes a navy seal name with a keyboard warrior schedule. He appeared on the server in 2019 with a modest rapid repertoire, then gradually evolved into a bullet issue. A few years of marathons later, this manifest in thousands of games, occasional 25 game winning streaks and a rating graph that looks like it swatted its way through the 2000s.
The opening board
Ninjaswat is not shy. As White, he plays plenty of the Bird Opening, even after building up his skill on 1.d4 and 1.e4. As Black, he reaches for flexible armed choices: one is the Sicilian Defense family, another is the Benoni Defense as an early tension pick. He comes with lots of moves for the sharpest side, even when there are pieces that can fall off the board.
A short sample of his stylistic opening of choice:
Bullet marathon
The preferred time control is Bullet, and the other controls are just side projects. His records show nearly 18,000 rated games across all time controls, with the bulk of them played either one minute or maybe one bullet. He does not sleep, but his best algorithm: play around 11:00 when his win rate hits almost 59 percent.
Having a favourite opening on the board is helpful:
Rivalries and scoreboard
No ninja is complete without named targets. Against [[Link|profile|
- One of his toughest tests is "chessontrack", whose barrier has been bigger than some King attacks.
- He has a positive lifetime score against several frequent opponents including knightqueen006 and silverblade77.
- When he wins, he tends to do it in a bit more than pedestrian style: his winning games average about 66 moves before the fence.
Odds and ends
- His longest winning streak is 25. His worst losing streak is 12, so expect a bounce back.
- Resistance is in his definition: his comeback rate after the black pieces show discomfort is near 80 percent.
- His opening memories: as White, "Bird" appears in thousands of games, and as Black, a taste for the Caro-Kann and Sicilian lines keeps appearing in 15,000 game fireballs.
The exact list of opening variations may have been redacted in this profile, but the redaction apparently did no damage: ninjaswat still reached the 2400s and kept the ladder up in all directions. Just don't dare him to turn a 2500 bullet set into another marathon.