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NotThatArcane

Playing Since: 2025-02-02 (Active)

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Rapid: 573
89W / 67L / 5D
Blitz: 479
226W / 220L / 11D
Bullet: 521
3W / 1L / 0D

NotThatArcane: A Chess Biography with a Twist

In the swirling microcosm of chess tactics and strategies, NotThatArcane stands as a fascinating specimen. With a Rapid rating peaking at a vibrant 625 in 2025, this player’s opening repertoire is quite the genetic mosaic: thriving particularly in the Scandinavian Defense Closed and the ever-popular Four Knights Game Italian Variation, boasting win rates of 72.7% and an almost perfect 77.8% respectively in blitz battles.

NotThatArcane's chess style is an organism built for endurance and adaptability — a hearty 46% of games progress to the endgame, with wins often spanning a lengthy 54 moves on average. Early resignation is rare (5.26%), showcasing a tenacity that would make even the hardiest bacterium proud. Intriguingly, when pieces go missing from their cellular structure, like losing a crucial chess piece, NotThatArcane maintains a flawless 100% win rate afterward, proving a robust ability to recover from mutations.

This player’s psychological DNA includes a modest tilt factor of 6, meaning when the pressure mounts, the nerves sometimes react—yet this is balanced by an impressive comeback rate of over 63%. Opponents beware: folding in the face of adversity is not in NotThatArcane's genetic code.

Days of the week and hours into the circadian rhythm reveal fertile windows for victories. Fridays and Saturdays see the highest win rates, up to nearly 63%, with a curious spike in performance around 5 AM games—undoubtedly when their neurons are firing at peak synaptic efficiency.

From lightning-fast bullet skirmishes (albeit a modest sample size) to thoughtful rapid duels, NotThatArcane evolves and adapts in the competitive chess ecosystem. Opponents attempting to decode this player’s strategies will find themselves facing a well-mixed genome of classical openings, tactical resilience, and a hint of unpredictability — enough to keep the game alive and kosher in the petri dish of online arenas.

Whether you’re a fellow cell in the organism of chess enthusiasts or a bacterium of blitz, NotThatArcane reminds us that even in a world of calculated logic, a little arcane magic — or biology pun — can go a long way.


🆚 Opponent Insights

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Most Played Opponents
jinay445 3W / 0L / 0D
gentlemanjim72 1W / 1L / 0D
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YMJalal 1W / 1L / 0D

Rating

Year Bullet Blitz Rapid Daily
2025 521 443 625

Stats by Year

Year White Black Moves
2025 156W / 124L / 9D 139W / 143L / 6D 53.7

Openings: Most Played

Rapid Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Kings Pawn Opening 11 6 4 1 54.5%
Scandinavian Defense 10 6 4 0 60.0%
Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation 9 7 2 0 77.8%
Caro Kann Defense 8 3 5 0 37.5%
Bishops Opening 5 2 3 0 40.0%
Petrovs Defense 5 2 3 0 40.0%
Kings Pawn Opening Leonardis Variation 4 3 0 1 75.0%
Philidor Defense 4 1 3 0 25.0%
Four Knights Game Italian Variation 4 2 2 0 50.0%
Petrovs Defense Three Knights Game 4 3 1 0 75.0%
Bullet Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Four Knights Game Italian Variation 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Grob Opening 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Giuoco Piano Game Four Knights Game 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Scandinavian Defense 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Blitz Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Top Secret 135 72 63 0 53.3%
Scandinavian Defense 39 13 23 3 33.3%
Kings Pawn Opening 18 10 8 0 55.6%
Scandinavian Defense Mieses Kotrc Variation 12 3 9 0 25.0%
Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation 12 4 8 0 33.3%
Scandinavian Defense Closed 11 9 2 0 81.8%
Giuoco Piano Game Four Knights Game 10 8 1 1 80.0%
Three Knights Opening 9 6 3 0 66.7%
Italian Game 7 5 2 0 71.4%
Four Knights Game Italian Variation 7 3 4 0 42.9%

🔥 Streaks

Streak Longest Current
Winning 11 4
Losing 8 0