Zhai Mo — Woman Grandmaster and Chess Dynamo
Also known online as pandazero, Zhai Mo is a Woman Grandmaster (WGM) who wields the chessboard like a maestro conducting a symphony of pawns, knights, and occasional knight forks that ruin their opponents' day.
Rating Highlights & Style
With a blitz peak rating reaching a thunderous 2677 in early 2024, Zhai Mo is clearly comfortable living life in the fast lane—making rapid-fire decisions that usually checkmate opponents before they've finished their opening coffee. Her rapid and bullet ratings hover impressively above 2300 and 2200 respectively, proving she can both sprint and sustain the tempo.
Zhai Mo's average games aren't just wins; they're epic marathons, boasting an average of about 76 moves per victory. This is not your typical lightning skirmish player; she enjoys the long strategic dance just as much as the quick bloodbath.
Competitive Spirit
Not one to back down, Zhai Mo carries an impressive 79.78% comeback rate, turning dire positions upside down like a chess Houdini. While her tilt factor is a humble 6, her resilience on the board is anything but small — always ready to bounce back from tough losses.
The Opponent Piranha
Playing the role of a ruthless hunter, pandazero boasts a perfect 100% win rate against a surprising number of foes — including joshuachick (well, most of the time), abfchess, and gmaka. On the flip side, some opponents like kumar_saket1979 and flood_ire currently keep her win count at a solid zero, illustrating that even titans have their kryptonite.
Perfect Moments & Quirks
Her best time to strike? Around 4 PM, where her win rates soar to over 70% — a clear reflection that caffeine and chess work wonders in tandem. However, Zhai Mo's win rate is amusingly zero at 7 PM and midnight, suggesting her pet panda mascot might be demanding attention precisely then.
Recent Triumph
In January 2024, Zhai Mo delivered a masterclass victory in a brutal blitz battle against brunosten96, securing a resignation after 35 moves of positional wizardry in a vivid clash. This game perfectly demonstrates her finesse and tactical sharpness—the hallmark of a grandmaster who can squeeze victory out of the tightest positions.
Behind the Titles
Zhai Mo doesn’t just play chess; she enjoys the psychological warfare, the deep complexities, and yes, even those dramatic resignations that make casual viewers gasp. She is a fierce competitor, a strategist with patience, and a blitzer who can outpace the best. If you spot pandazero online, be ready—this WGM doesn’t just play moves, she tells stories on 64 squares.
Performance Feedback for Zhai Mo
Hi Zhai Mo, you've shown a strong and consistent playing style in your recent games. Here are some constructive points to keep improving your chess skills:
Strengths
- Opening Play: Your choice of solid openings like the Sicilian Defense and Catalan often puts you in good positions early on. You understand key concepts such as controlling the center and kingside safety well.
- Positional Awareness: In many games, you effectively maneuver your pieces to active squares, creating long-term pressure on opponents, especially in middlegame transitions.
- Endgame Technique: There are examples where you convert advantages efficiently by leveraging passed pawns and active kings, showing good understanding of endgame principles.
Areas for Improvement
- Time Management: Some losses have occurred due to time pressure, leading to rushed decisions or time forfeits. Try to pace yourself more evenly throughout the game to maintain stronger calculation during critical moments.
- Opening Refinements: While your openings are solid, occasionally opponents have exploited less active piece placement or subtle imbalances. Reviewing key theory lines and plans in your main openings can help reduce early inaccuracies.
- Tactical Vigilance: There were a few moments where tactics by your opponent turned the tides (for example, pins, forks, or discovered attacks). Spending a bit more time verifying forcing moves can help avoid these pitfalls.
- Handling Complex Positions: In highly tactical or sharp positions, decision-making can be refined by deeper calculation and prioritizing candidate moves carefully. This will improve your resilience against aggressive opponents.
Suggested Focus for Training
- Practice tactical puzzles regularly to sharpen pattern recognition and calculation speed.
- Review your opening repertoire and study typical middlegame plans to build confidence in less familiar lines.
- Analyze your lost games to understand where time pressure impacted your judgment and develop strategies to avoid time trouble.
- Explore endgame studies to enhance your technique and convert small edges more reliably.
Keep up the good work! With focused practice and better time control, you’re on a strong path to improve your results. Let me know if you’d like specific training materials or detailed analysis on any games.
🆚 Opponent Insights
| Most Played Opponents | ||
|---|---|---|
| nissou-ach | 26W / 16L / 1D | View Games |
| Di Li | 2W / 7L / 0D | View Games |
| Barnabás Emődi | 3W / 2L / 2D | View Games |
| stolenaccount | 2W / 5L / 0D | View Games |
| baymatsari | 5W / 0L / 0D | View Games |
Rating
| Year | Bullet | Blitz | Rapid | Daily |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2191 | 2677 | ||
| 2023 | 2245 | 2314 | ||
| 2022 | 2296 | 2275 | ||
| 2021 | 2307 | 2545 | 2444 | 1600 |
| 2020 | 2095 | 2433 | ||
| 2019 | 1672 | 2351 | ||
| 2018 | 2320 |
Stats by Year
| Year | White | Black | Moves |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0W / 1L / 0D | 2W / 0L / 0D | 73.3 |
| 2023 | 1W / 2L / 3D | 3W / 3L / 1D | 96.4 |
| 2022 | 1W / 3L / 1D | 1W / 3L / 2D | 63.1 |
| 2021 | 32W / 26L / 6D | 39W / 23L / 7D | 83.7 |
| 2020 | 51W / 33L / 4D | 40W / 38L / 7D | 70.7 |
| 2019 | 7W / 9L / 0D | 5W / 11L / 1D | 93.0 |
| 2018 | 1W / 1L / 0D | 0W / 2L / 0D | 108.2 |
Openings: Most Played
| Blitz Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Attack: Siberian Attack | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 66.7% |
| Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 53.9% |
| QGD: 3.Nc3 Bb4 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 45.5% |
| English Opening: Agincourt Defense | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% |
| East Indian Defense | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 33.3% |
| King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Delayed Fianchetto | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.4% |
| Sicilian Defense: Closed | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.0% |
| Hungarian Opening: Wiedenhagen-Beta Gambit | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 60.0% |
| Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20.0% |
| Alekhine Defense | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 60.0% |
| Bullet Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benoni Defense: Benoni Gambit Accepted | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.0% |
| Hungarian Opening: Wiedenhagen-Beta Gambit | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.0% |
| French Defense: Classical Variation, Svenonius Variation | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.7% |
| English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.7% |
| English Opening: Agincourt Defense | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.7% |
| Amar Gambit | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Haag Gambit | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| QGD: 2...Bf5 3.cxd5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Sicilian Defense: Closed | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Sicilian Defense | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Rapid Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grünfeld Defense: Counterthrust Variation | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25.0% |
| Caro-Kann Defense | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25.0% |
| Catalan Opening | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Semi-Slav Defense Accepted | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.3% |
| London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.0% |
| QGD: Ragozin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| QGD: 3.Nc3 Bb4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Meran Variation | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% |
| English Opening: Four Knights System, Nimzowitsch Variation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Daily Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Barnes Defense | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
🔥 Streaks
| Streak | Longest | Current |
|---|---|---|
| Winning | 10 | 2 |
| Losing | 6 | 0 |