OpeningPraticeTime: Blitz Grinder, Endgame Artist, Comeback Machine
Some usernames are aspirational. This one is aspirational and misspelled. OpeningPraticeTime arrived in October 2021 promising a dedication to opening study, then played more than 24,000 games where the opening matters less than the 70-move marches that follow. The typo was never fixed. At this game count, it is canon.
The volume is the headline: over 15,000 blitz games, another 6,700 rapid, and a couple thousand bullet, producing a peak blitz of 2386 (2026-08-07) and a rapid ceiling of 2438. The punchline lives in the style data. For someone named after opening practice, nearly 73% of these games wander into endgame territory, wins average 71 patient moves, and the early resignation rate is a microscopic 1.4%. They do not resign positions. They renovate them.
The Long Climb
The journey has been a staircase, not an elevator: a 1402 blitz debut in March 2022, the 1800s by that summer, a long 1900s grind, then 2000 fallen in 2023, the 2100s in 2024, and the 2200s by 2025. 2026 brought blitz peaks near 2400. Along the way: a 20-game winning streak, a 23-game losing streak, and just 828 draws across all that blitz, because draws are apparently a rumor. The chart is basically a heart monitor for someone who never stopped playing.
An Opening Repertoire With Personality
As White, the first move is Nf3 and it is not close: over 2,000 of their 2026 games began with it. The signature is the Hungarian Opening, specifically the Wiedenhagen-Beta Gambit, deployed almost 1,800 times in blitz at a 53% score. The real sniper rifle is the King's Indian Attack against the French Defense, worth more than 1,000 blitz games at a ruthless 59.6% win rate. For flavor there is a Colle line named Rhamphorhynchus, after a Jurassic pterosaur, plus Amar Gambit raids with 1.Nh3 and, in 2026, a 177-game 1.b4 side quest.
The setup in action: knights first, bishop fianchettoed, the e4 break saved for later. As Black, loyalty to the Caro-Kann Defense borders on religion, with 1,400-plus blitz games holding the flag. The experimental wing is less successful: the Australian Defense and Barnes Defense both languish under a 36% score, so those lab coats should stay in the closet.
The Comeback Machine
Hand this player a lost position and they will ask for a second opinion. The defiance is statistically measurable:
- 79.35% comeback rate: when games go wrong, they tend to get un-wrong.
- 44% win rate even after dropping a piece.
- Only 2.4% of losses are one-sided, so opponents almost always have to finish the job.
- Tilt factor of 23, which in chess psychology terms is basically a monk.
- Best hour: 05:00, where the win rate spikes to 57.9%. The 5 AM club is real.
Against equal opposition it is a coin flip at 48%, and casual results outshine rated ones by 28 points, so the ladder gets the full careful effort while friendlies get the victory laps.
Familiar Faces Across the Board
Some opponents keep queuing up. anthar31 has met them 18 times and trails 10-6-2, the favorite measuring stick. APcom sits nearly level at 9-7-2, and mehdi61abs is a genuine coin flip at 7-8-1. Then there is Dr X, the certified kryptonite at 4-7, the one matchup that keeps the ego properly calibrated.
By the Numbers
- Most common checking piece: the rook, with over 20,000 rook checks and counting.
- The personal checkmate counter read zero for years. 2026 finally logged a few. Growth.
- 72 wins on time versus 26 timeout losses: the clock is a weapon, not a threat.
- Daily chess barely registers at 15 career games. Blitz is the lifestyle; bullet is dessert.
The motto writes itself: practice the openings, survive the middlegame, win the endgame, and never, ever resign early. Just maybe spell "practice" twice before registering the next account.