Özge Güngör (obobotun16) - The Tactical Dynamo
Meet Özge Güngör, known in the chess realm as obobotun16 – a player whose style could be described as a blend of strategy, guts, and a dash of unpredictability. With a peak blitz rating soaring to 514 and rapid climbs up to 427 in 2025, Özge isn't just playing chess; she's making a statement every game.
Playing Style & Strengths
Özge’s games usually stretch close to 57 moves on average when winning, showing a fondness for the drawn-out tactical tussle rather than quick-fire blitzkrieg finishes. She boasts a hefty comeback rate of 74.29%, proving she’s never out until the game is truly over. Whether losing a piece or a pawn, Özge fights back with relentless spirit, making her opponents sweat until the very end.
Favorite Openings
- Blitz: Scintillating success with the King's Pawn Opening at a perfect 100% win rate, and a solid Scandinavian Defense Mieses Kotrc Variation with 66.67% wins.
- Rapid: The Bishop’s Opening Berlin Defense is her sweet spot, crushing opponents with an 87.5% win rate and showing superior positional mastery.
Chess Life Highlights
Özge is a rapid specialist with a particular knack for timing - 6 AM is her magic hour, where she scores at 100% win rate. In a delightful twist of irony, while her longest winning and losing streaks both stand at 7 games (because in chess, what goes up must come down!), her current mood is positive with a fresh winning streak underway.
Notable Records & Quirks
While Özge’s bullet rating peaks modestly at 195, don’t be misled – her tenacity shines brightest in rapid and blitz formats. She’s known to resign early only about 14% of the time, proving she fights fiercely for every point. Her psychological resilience is measured with a tilt factor of 7, meaning she keeps her cool better than most when the pressure mounts.
Epic Battles
Some of her most memorable recent matches include a thrilling victory against jusitehactes by winning on time, showcasing not only chess skill but speed and stamina in blitz time controls. On the flip side, losses to players like wanif7 and edi-marciano highlight the fierce competition she regularly faces.
Fun Facts
- Time Control Pro: Rapid chess is Özge’s playground, where her average game length is almost an hour of mental gymnastics.
- Opening Trickster: Loves to surprise opponents with the Scandinavian Defense and King's Pawn Opening's unexpected twists.
- Endgame Wizard: Appears in the endgame over half the time, trading pieces and outmaneuvering rivals with precision.
All in all, Özge Güngör is a fierce, resilient, and delightfully unpredictable force on the chessboard. She might not be grandmaster yet, but with a climbing star profile in blitz and rapid, opponents would do well to prepare for the storm that is obobotun16.
Performance Snapshot
Peak Blitz Rating: 514 (May 2025)
Peak Rapid Rating: 427 (March 2025)
Peak Bullet Rating: 195 (June 2025)
