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Parag Guruji

Username: paragguruji

Location: Chicago

Playing Since: 2014-02-17 (Active)

Wow Factor: ♟♟♟

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Daily: 809
1W / 1L / 0D
Rapid: 849
2520W / 2535L / 142D
Blitz: 794
556W / 568L / 18D
Bullet: 1118
0W / 1L / 0D

Parag Guruji: The Chessboard Biologist

Meet Parag Guruji, a player whose chess journey resembles the intricate dance of cellular mitosis — ever evolving, occasionally splitting focus between openings and endgames, yet always proliferating experience on the board. With a career stretching over a decade, Parag's ELO rating has seen its own natural selection, adapting to the rapidly changing environment of competitive chess.

In the rapid format, Parag’s rating blossomed from a modest 1026 in 2020 to a resilient 889 projected in 2025, showing a fluctuating but determined growth akin to a neuron firing under pressure. Notably, their average moves per win hover around a neat 52, suggesting a strategy that balances patience with tactical bursts — a true cellular-level maneuvering!

Parag's openings repertoire is as diverse as a coral reef ecosystem: comfortable with the King's Pawn Opening boasting a win rate near 53%, while also dabbling in defenses like the Scandinavian and Sicilian Defense, both holding respectable win rates above 45%. This adaptive versatility helps Parag avoid being an easy target for predators lurking in the opponent pool.

Speaking of opponents, Parag has some nemeses with near zero win rates, making for quite the predator-prey dynamics on the points chart. Yet there are also those rare prey where Parag boasts a perfect record, reminding us that in chess, as in biology, survival favors the fittest (and sometimes the luckiest)!

Aside from their formidable technical skills, Parag’s psychological resilience is noteworthy. With a comeback rate of nearly 62% and a perfect 100% win rate after losing a piece, this player proves that even when cells face damage, repair mechanisms can bring back the organism stronger than ever. Although a mild tilt factor of 10 suggests occasional lapses before regaining composure — even the best biochemical reactions have their quirks.

When it comes to daily battles, Parag’s win rate hovers around the mid-forties to high-fifties percentile, with peak performance between 6 to 10 AM — prime time for brain synapses to fire in a well-choreographed neuronal tango. Their average game length suggests a metabolism that prefers long, strategic marathons rather than quick sprints.

So whether you face Parag on the chessboard or study their gameplay genomics, expect a competitor who’s constantly evolving, tactically aware, and humorously persistent — a true specimen in the wild world of chess, where every move is a gene passed down in the grand biological game of checkmate.

Keep an eye out for this player — the next grandmaster phenotype might just be budding!


🆚 Opponent Insights

Recent Opponents
bhupy123 0W / 1L / 0D
alijazzg 0W / 1L / 0D
rasemin6 0W / 1L / 0D
nygmashamer11 0W / 1L / 0D
monsterkraulin 0W / 1L / 0D
thepunisherchess07 0W / 1L / 0D
acma02 0W / 1L / 0D
bakroox 0W / 1L / 0D
meshuggah-pravus 1W / 0L / 0D
adiwidy 1W / 0L / 0D
Most Played Opponents
s7077 2W / 1L / 0D
scubachess1 1W / 2L / 0D
sksrikutty 2W / 1L / 0D
solarsword 1W / 2L / 0D
texpa78 1W / 2L / 0D

Rating

Year Bullet Blitz Rapid Daily
2025 749
2024 793 809
2023 893
2022 922
2021 971
2020 794 1026
2019 968 825
2018 899
2017 968
2016 952
2015 572
2014 683
Rating by Year2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420251026572YearRatingBlitzRapid

Stats by Year

Year White Black Moves
2025 137W / 155L / 9D 153W / 142L / 8D 57.7
2024 497W / 469L / 24D 462W / 499L / 30D 55.2
2023 170W / 155L / 6D 153W / 174L / 8D 52.6
2022 305W / 257L / 13D 255W / 304L / 14D 52.6
2021 0W / 3L / 0D 1W / 1L / 0D 66.4
2020 9W / 12L / 0D 10W / 12L / 1D 38.3
2019 179W / 167L / 5D 161W / 186L / 7D 46.3
2018 12W / 11L / 1D 6W / 17L / 0D 56.0
2017 0W / 1L / 0D 0W / 0L / 1D 35.5
2016 44W / 49L / 2D 56W / 39L / 0D 49.5
2015 8W / 6L / 0D 4W / 10L / 0D 27.6
2014 3W / 4L / 0D 2W / 6L / 0D 39.5

Openings: Most Played

Rapid Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Kings Pawn Opening 1471 768 668 35 52.2%
Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation 714 324 369 21 45.4%
Bishops Opening 170 80 86 4 47.1%
Scandinavian Defense 164 80 81 3 48.8%
Sicilian Defense 121 58 59 4 47.9%
Caro Kann Defense 95 46 45 4 48.4%
French Defense 93 42 50 1 45.2%
Van t Kruijs Opening 88 37 50 1 42.0%
Kings Pawn Opening Leonardis Variation 85 33 49 3 38.8%
Queens Pawn Opening 80 37 41 2 46.2%
Blitz Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Kings Pawn Opening 288 141 142 5 49.0%
Kings Pawn Opening Leonardis Variation 141 68 70 3 48.2%
Philidor Defense 64 27 37 0 42.2%
Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation 40 18 20 2 45.0%
Van t Kruijs Opening 35 17 17 1 48.6%
Bishops Opening 33 14 19 0 42.4%
Scandinavian Defense 30 9 21 0 30.0%
Queens Pawn Opening 23 15 8 0 65.2%
Sicilian Defense 20 10 10 0 50.0%
French Defense Steinitz Attack 17 11 6 0 64.7%
Daily Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Kings Pawn Opening 2 1 1 0 50.0%
Bullet Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Colle System 1 0 1 0 0.0%

🔥 Streaks

Streak Longest Current
Winning 11 0
Losing 10 8