Olga Gutmakher, Woman International Master
Also known by her username olgavasiliev, Olga Gutmakher is a formidable chess player whose strategic prowess has earned her the prestigious title of Woman International Master from FIDE. Whether wielding the white pieces or braving the black, Olga dazzles on the board with a win rate hovering impressively above 60% in daily and rapid formats, and her blitz and bullet games reveal a penchant for lightning-fast thinking and equally rapid victories.
Rating Highlights
- Peak Daily Rating: Nearly 2200, showing consistent growth and resilience.
- Blitz Mastery: Maxing out at 2505, Olga’s blitz speed rivals that of the most seasoned speedsters.
- Bullet Blitzing: With a peak rating of 2509, she's more than earned the title of queen of quickfire chess battles.
- Rapid Rating: Peaking near 2290, proving her versatility across time controls.
Playing Style & Tendencies
Known for a fierce endgame approach (engaging in long battles that average over 60 moves to victory), Olga rarely throws in the towel early. Her early resignation rate is a modest 4.78%, reflecting a fighter’s grit.
She's a comeback queen with a remarkable 79% comeback rate, and almost guaranteed win chances (nearly 100% win rate after losing a piece!) — talk about turning lemons into checkmates!
Chess Life & Stats That Tell a Story
Olga has played thousands of games online — over 5,000 bullet matches alone — and her winning streak hit a fantastic 94 games at one point. That’s nearly enough victories to build a chess-themed skyscraper!
Her opening repertoire remains a bit of a mystery (classified as "Top Secret"), yet fiercely successful with win rates of over 84% in daily games and nearly 90% in rapid games.
Psychological Warrior
Despite a high tilt factor of 82 (meaning she might sometimes get a bit creatively frustrated), Olga’s tactical awareness shines through. Her average moves per loss are notably longer than moves to win — a sign she battles fiercely even when the chips are down.
Community & Opponents
Olga has faced a diverse range of opponents, building a reputation for ruthlessness and resilience. She has enjoyed perfect win records against many foes, while also creating some epic rivalries.
In and out of the chessboard battles, Olga Gutmakher proves that chess is not just a game—it’s a way of life, strategy, and the occasional dramatic comeback. Whether blitzing in seconds or grinding through hours on the clock, she’s one to watch!
Coaching Feedback for Olga Gutmakher
Olga, your recent games show several strengths as well as areas where focused work can help you improve even more.
Strengths
- Opening Preparation: You demonstrate solid understanding in various openings, including the English Opening (A20), Sicilian Defense (B33, B43), and Colle System (D05). You develop your pieces actively and castle promptly for king safety.
- Initiative and Attack: In multiple games, you successfully created attacking chances and capitalized on them, for example launching tactics against opponent kings and forcing resignations or checkmates.
- Endgame Awareness: Several wins came from converting advantages in the endgame or pressuring opponents into time trouble, showing good practical technique.
Areas to Improve
- Time Management: Some losses were due to losing on time or playing too quickly in critical moments. Work on pacing yourself during the game to allocate time better for complex positions.
- Positional Decisions: At times, inaccuracies in pawn structure or piece coordination allowed your opponents counterplay. Focus on understanding pawn breaks and piece placement in the middlegame to improve strategic depth.
- Tactical Vigilance: Although you find some strong attacking moves, there were missed defensive resources and tactics by the opponent in losses. Regular tactical drills can help sharpen your calculation and spotting nuances quicker.
Suggestions for Training
- Continue studying your favored openings deeply and expand your repertoire to adapt against unexpected lines.
- Practice time-controlled games to refine your comfort zone with the clock; consider using incremental clocks to improve time buffering.
- Analyze your recent losses in detail, focusing on what key moments shifted advantage and how to handle those better.
- Add targeted tactical puzzles daily, emphasizing pattern recognition and calculation under time pressure.
Keep your positive fighting spirit and continue learning from every game! Consistency and focused practice will bring steady rating improvements.
Keep it up, Olga!
🆚 Opponent Insights
| Recent Opponents | ||
|---|---|---|
| rmichiels | 2W / 0L / 0D | |
| yn1088 | 3W / 4L / 1D | |
| yoam978 | 1W / 5L / 0D | |
| trddrt | 1W / 1L / 0D | |
| johnr21 | 4W / 7L / 1D | |
| chepalino_gm | 0W / 1L / 0D | |
| misterhi42 | 5W / 1L / 0D | |
| thawcy | 0W / 2L / 0D | |
| pinkisboys | 1W / 2L / 0D | |
| palvolgyip | 0W / 5L / 0D | |
| Most Played Opponents | ||
|---|---|---|
| KF3WIN | 26W / 16L / 1D | |
| Oscar Santiago Ejarque Escudero | 19W / 18L / 2D | |
| Goran Galiot | 20W / 15L / 1D | |
| Socrates | 16W / 15L / 1D | |
| SeniorCHP | 19W / 12L / 0D | |
Rating
| Year | Bullet | Blitz | Rapid | Daily |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2401 | 2478 | 1849 | |
| 2024 | 2366 | 2431 | 1723 | |
| 2023 | 2294 | 2463 | 2255 | 2099 |
| 2022 | 2318 | 2403 | 2195 | 2129 |
| 2021 | 2332 | 2047 | 2141 | 1873 |
| 2020 | 2400 | 2308 | 1860 | |
| 2018 | 2352 | 2301 | ||
| 2017 | 2404 | 2349 | 2439 | |
| 2016 | 2332 | 2304 | ||
| 2015 | 2240 | 2173 |
Stats by Year
| Year | White | Black | Moves |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1495W / 1124L / 73D | 1318W / 1270L / 83D | 73.1 |
| 2024 | 1179W / 975L / 55D | 1064W / 1085L / 58D | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 1407W / 707L / 54D | 1273W / 804L / 63D | 69.0 |
| 2022 | 457W / 63L / 6D | 434W / 72L / 17D | 51.7 |
| 2021 | 684W / 208L / 23D | 658W / 226L / 27D | 66.6 |
| 2020 | 52W / 39L / 3D | 44W / 46L / 7D | 79.6 |
| 2018 | 16W / 4L / 1D | 12W / 9L / 0D | 58.8 |
| 2017 | 111W / 74L / 4D | 100W / 84L / 7D | 76.3 |
| 2016 | 41W / 21L / 2D | 37W / 28L / 0D | 74.5 |
| 2015 | 165W / 88L / 5D | 148W / 101L / 7D | 73.9 |
Openings: Most Played
| Bullet Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon | 808 | 464 | 319 | 25 | 57.4% |
| Sicilian Defense: Closed | 737 | 353 | 357 | 27 | 47.9% |
| French Defense: Advance Variation | 635 | 342 | 272 | 21 | 53.9% |
| Caro-Kann Defense | 631 | 327 | 284 | 20 | 51.8% |
| Scandinavian Defense | 571 | 298 | 252 | 21 | 52.2% |
| Sicilian Defense: Closed, Anti-Sveshnikov Variation, Kharlov-Kramnik Line | 567 | 293 | 256 | 18 | 51.7% |
| Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation | 516 | 268 | 237 | 11 | 51.9% |
| Blackburne Shilling Gambit | 508 | 270 | 225 | 13 | 53.1% |
| Alekhine Defense | 471 | 276 | 180 | 15 | 58.6% |
| Czech Defense | 359 | 179 | 170 | 10 | 49.9% |
| Daily Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 267 | 170 | 97 | 0 | 63.7% |
| Barnes Defense | 229 | 172 | 57 | 0 | 75.1% |
| Unknown Opening* | 212 | 189 | 19 | 4 | 89.2% |
| Amar Gambit | 165 | 147 | 15 | 3 | 89.1% |
| Sicilian Defense | 99 | 93 | 6 | 0 | 93.9% |
| Caro-Kann Defense | 89 | 80 | 8 | 1 | 89.9% |
| Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon | 83 | 71 | 8 | 4 | 85.5% |
| Australian Defense | 67 | 48 | 19 | 0 | 71.6% |
| Blackburne Shilling Gambit | 63 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 95.2% |
| Sicilian Defense: Closed, Anti-Sveshnikov Variation, Kharlov-Kramnik Line | 60 | 54 | 5 | 1 | 90.0% |
| Blitz Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon | 65 | 38 | 22 | 5 | 58.5% |
| French Defense: Advance Variation | 53 | 36 | 16 | 1 | 67.9% |
| Caro-Kann Defense | 53 | 26 | 26 | 1 | 49.1% |
| Sicilian Defense: Closed, Anti-Sveshnikov Variation, Kharlov-Kramnik Line | 47 | 28 | 19 | 0 | 59.6% |
| Sicilian Defense: Closed | 41 | 24 | 17 | 0 | 58.5% |
| Scandinavian Defense | 38 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 65.8% |
| Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation | 34 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 55.9% |
| Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, Cobra Variation | 27 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 74.1% |
| Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Amsterdam Variation | 25 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 76.0% |
| Amar Gambit | 25 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 76.0% |
| Rapid Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon | 23 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 73.9% |
| Sicilian Defense: Closed, Anti-Sveshnikov Variation, Kharlov-Kramnik Line | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Sicilian Defense | 19 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 89.5% |
| Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 92.9% |
| Caro-Kann Defense | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| French Defense: Advance Variation | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% |
| Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, Cobra Variation | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% |
| Blackburne Shilling Gambit | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% |
| QGA: 3.e3 c5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Scandinavian Defense | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.9% |
🔥 Streaks
| Streak | Longest | Current |
|---|---|---|
| Winning | 94 | 0 |
| Losing | 82 | 1 |