About Sinjin Park
Sinjin Park is an enthusiastic chess player known for his dedication to rapid and blitz chess formats. With a peak rapid rating of 1050 in July 2025 and a blitz peak close to 900, Sinjin has shown remarkable improvement over his chess career. His game is a mix of strategic depth and tactical awareness, making him a challenging competitor in the online chess community.
Playing Style
Sinjin’s approach to the game emphasizes steady progression with an average of about 53 moves per win in his favorite platforms. He enjoys long, thoughtful games but can also decisively punch in quicker games when needed. His comeback rate is impressive showing strong resilience, with a comeback rate around 80%, and a low tendency for one-sided losses.
- Favorite Time Control: Rapid and Blitz
- Strong Tactical Awareness with an 80% comeback rate
- Early resignation rate under 3%, showing a fighting spirit
- Balanced win rates as both White (48.6%) and Black (44.9%)
Opening Repertoire
Sinjin frequently employs several classical openings with a focus on the Queen’s Pawn and London Systems. Here are some of his preferred openings and their win rates in rapid and blitz games:
- Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System - Win rate ~42% (Rapid), ~49% (Blitz)
- Horwitz Defense - Strong performer with around 53% (Rapid)
- London System with ...d5 - Reliable results at ~58% win rate (Rapid)
- Petrov's Defense: Three Knights Game - Mixed results but a go-to opening in blitz and bullet
- Bishop's Opening and variations - Frequently tried with decent success
Competitive Highlights
Sinjin's rapid rating peaked at 1050 in mid-2025, while his blitz and bullet ratings reached their best in 2024. He has a total of over 9,400 games played across all formats, showing seriousness and commitment to improvement. His winning streaks include a longest streak of 12 wins, with a current three-game winning streak as he continues to climb.
- Rapid Games: 1973 played with 954 wins
- Blitz Games: 8714 played with a nearly even number of wins and losses
- Bullet Games: 2763 played with over 1000 wins
- Known for thriving in rapid and blitz time controls
Fun Facts
- Sinjin’s best time of day to play is around 3 PM, where he shows a peak in performance.
- Enjoys testing his skills against a wide variety of opponents, with some long-lasting rivalries.
- Not afraid to come back from behind – his tactical awareness keeps matches exciting!
- Has shown an affinity for tricky and less orthodox openings, keeping opponents on their toes.
General Performance Overview
Sinjin, your recent games demonstrate resilience and some strong tactical awareness, especially notable in your blitz wins. Your current strength adjusted win rate is just above 50%, which shows competitive consistency in your matches despite some recent fluctuations in rating.
However, your rating trajectory over various time frames indicates recent challenges:
- A one month drop of 44 rating points, contrasted with a positive one month rating trend slope, suggesting recent improvements or recovery attempts.
- A three and six month rating decline of 21 and 69 points respectively, with negative trend slopes over three and six months, implies some difficulties over the mid-term period.
- Your 12 month trend slope is positive, showing that long term you are improving, which is encouraging for future growth.
Strengths Highlighted from Recent Games
- Effective use of tactical opportunities to force resignations and checkmates, showing good pattern recognition under blitz time controls.
- Competent opening preparation, especially within Queen's Pawn and Italian Game structures, allowing you to achieve solid middlegame positions.
- Ability to capitalize on opponent mistakes with timely exchanges and positional pressure, as seen in your ability to convert material and positional advantages.
Areas for Improvement
Based on the losses and overall trends, consider working on these aspects:
- Opening Stability: Some losses occurred in the Italian and Queen's Pawn openings where opponents exploited inaccuracies early. Deepen your theoretical knowledge and try to avoid early weaknesses or imbalanced pawn structures.
- Endgame Technique: A few games show you faced difficult endgame positions where the opponent's activity and threats became decisive. Practice fundamental endgames and techniques to improve this phase.
- Time Management: Some losses by time suggest managing your clock better, especially in complicated positions. Aim to keep an eye on your time while maintaining good calculation quality.
- Defensive Awareness: In a few games, opponent sacrifices and attacking setups led to quick defeats. Strengthen your skills to anticipate threats and improve your defensive resourcefulness.
Recommended Focus Going Forward
Given the upward trend in some recent performances, here are some actionable suggestions:
- Review your recent wins and losses carefully to identify recurring patterns where you succeed or struggle.
- Work on tactical motifs and calculation exercises daily to enhance your blitz sharpness.
- Study the specific openings you use often, aiming to understand key ideas rather than just memorizing moves.
- Integrate endgame study into your routine to convert advantages more reliably and defend tougher positions confidently.
- During games, practice controlled time usage—playing faster in familiar positions and slowing down when the position demands deeper thought.
Overall, keep a constructive mindset and leverage your recent positive trend to regain rating points steadily. Your long-term improvement slope is positive, showing your capacity to grow stronger with focused training.
🆚 Opponent Insights
| Recent Opponents | ||
|---|---|---|
| mengaro | 0W / 1L / 0D | View |
| ahmed13gamal | 0W / 1L / 0D | View |
| rich91765 | 1W / 0L / 0D | View |
| basir0161 | 1W / 0L / 0D | View |
| mrjonf | 0W / 1L / 0D | View |
| boris-f | 1W / 0L / 0D | View |
| dashibani | 0W / 1L / 0D | View |
| tijostark | 0W / 1L / 0D | View |
| thesecastlewalls | 1W / 0L / 0D | View |
| avantgardecrisis | 0W / 1L / 0D | View |
| Most Played Opponents | ||
|---|---|---|
| blg_sm0ke-inactive | 23W / 35L / 4D | View Games |
| frank | 26W / 9L / 0D | View Games |
| lapinskychess | 3W / 30L / 1D | View Games |
| tomchen22 | 7W / 10L / 0D | View Games |
| gmdvv | 13W / 2L / 0D | View Games |
Rating
| Year | Bullet | Blitz | Rapid | Daily |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1045 | |||
| 2024 | 742 | 971 | ||
| 2023 | 716 | 726 | 861 | 314 |
| 2022 | 528 | 428 | ||
| 2021 | 309 | 426 | 384 | |
| 2020 | 326 | 246 | ||
| 2019 | 416 | 514 | 800 |
Stats by Year
| Year | White | Black | Moves |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 202W / 202L / 31D | 211W / 211L / 10D | 68.4 |
| 2024 | 416W / 375L / 42D | 380W / 404L / 42D | 67.6 |
| 2023 | 1376W / 1437L / 100D | 1309W / 1510L / 102D | 60.2 |
| 2022 | 711W / 628L / 58D | 641W / 705L / 56D | 59.0 |
| 2021 | 605W / 549L / 50D | 523W / 639L / 33D | 51.4 |
| 2020 | 20W / 27L / 4D | 16W / 33L / 2D | 48.6 |
| 2019 | 3W / 25L / 1D | 4W / 23L / 0D | 39.8 |
Openings: Most Played
| Rapid Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Attack | 372 | 177 | 176 | 19 | 47.6% |
| Barnes Opening: Walkerling | 165 | 74 | 83 | 8 | 44.9% |
| Australian Defense | 133 | 65 | 52 | 16 | 48.9% |
| London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation | 132 | 61 | 63 | 8 | 46.2% |
| Blackburne Shilling Gambit | 131 | 66 | 64 | 1 | 50.4% |
| Amar Gambit | 117 | 57 | 53 | 7 | 48.7% |
| Barnes Defense | 61 | 34 | 22 | 5 | 55.7% |
| Scotch Game | 60 | 24 | 33 | 3 | 40.0% |
| French Defense | 57 | 28 | 23 | 6 | 49.1% |
| Scandinavian Defense | 57 | 29 | 22 | 6 | 50.9% |
| Blitz Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Attack | 967 | 480 | 443 | 44 | 49.6% |
| Blackburne Shilling Gambit | 633 | 301 | 307 | 25 | 47.5% |
| Australian Defense | 538 | 281 | 234 | 23 | 52.2% |
| London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation | 466 | 225 | 214 | 27 | 48.3% |
| Barnes Opening: Walkerling | 456 | 212 | 234 | 10 | 46.5% |
| Petrov's Defense | 421 | 197 | 208 | 16 | 46.8% |
| Barnes Defense | 366 | 168 | 182 | 16 | 45.9% |
| Amar Gambit | 300 | 139 | 148 | 13 | 46.3% |
| French Defense | 290 | 146 | 131 | 13 | 50.3% |
| Scandinavian Defense | 280 | 143 | 127 | 10 | 51.1% |
| Bullet Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Defense | 301 | 137 | 157 | 7 | 45.5% |
| Amazon Attack | 276 | 149 | 124 | 3 | 54.0% |
| Barnes Opening: Walkerling | 243 | 115 | 123 | 5 | 47.3% |
| Amar Gambit | 189 | 78 | 108 | 3 | 41.3% |
| Petrov's Defense | 188 | 80 | 104 | 4 | 42.5% |
| Blackburne Shilling Gambit | 172 | 67 | 102 | 3 | 39.0% |
| Scandinavian Defense | 138 | 55 | 78 | 5 | 39.9% |
| Colle System: Rhamphorhynchus Variation | 84 | 35 | 48 | 1 | 41.7% |
| Bishop's Opening: 3.d3 | 77 | 32 | 45 | 0 | 41.6% |
| Elephant Gambit | 77 | 36 | 39 | 2 | 46.8% |
| Daily Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scotch Game | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Amar Gambit | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
🔥 Streaks
| Streak | Longest | Current |
|---|---|---|
| Winning | 12 | 0 |
| Losing | 17 | 2 |