Overview
Andy Woodward, known online as Philippians46, is a FIDE Grandmaster with a reputation for relentless fighting chess and a strikingly calm username. His online handle points to Philippians 4:6, which fits a player who almost never panics and rarely lets a bad position end quietly. While his preferred time control is Rapid, his record stretches across tens of thousands of Bullet, Blitz, and Daily games, making him one of the most active titled grinders on the platform.
Playing Style
Andy is a true endgame enthusiast. He reaches the endgame in roughly 78% of his games and averages over 76 moves per win, which suggests he enjoys outlasting opponents rather than sprinting past them. His early resignation rate is a microscopic 1.44%, and his comeback rate is a remarkable 85.19%. Even after losing a piece, he still wins 63.32% of the time. If you are winning against Andy, the game is probably not over yet.
He is slightly stronger with the white pieces, winning 67.2% compared to 64.26% with black. His longest winning streak reached 60 consecutive victories, while even a 15 game losing streak was not enough to shake his appetite for the next battle.
Signature Repertoire
Andy's opening taste is creative and unorthodox. He has played thousands of games in the Nimzo-Larsen Attack with excellent results, and he handles the Caro-Kann Defense with a 71.71% win rate in Bullet. The Scandinavian Defense, the Modern Defense, and the Sicilian Defense also feature heavily in his online battles.
In Rapid play, small samples show perfect scores in the Catalan Opening and the French Defense. His preference for offbeat first moves keeps opponents in unfamiliar territory from move one.
Trademark Setup
A typical Andy Woodward Nimzo-Larsen style opening might look like this:
Rivalries and Online Battles
No online grinder is an island. Andy has crossed swords with some of the busiest players on the site, and his most frequent rival is Daniel Naroditsky, with 523 meetings. He has also faced Oleksandr Bortnyk 434 times, producing a long running series of tense and entertaining battles. The duels with danielnaroditsky were especially competitive, with Andy taking 202 wins against 279 losses and 42 draws.
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Andy earned the title of Grandmaster from FIDE, and his rating graph tells a story of steady growth and relentless volume. His Rapid peak stands at 2506 (2023-02-13), reached in early 2023, and he later returned to the 2400s in 2026.
His best time of day is around 11:00, when his win rate climbs above 73%. Late night sessions also suit him, with a 69.8% win rate at midnight, proving that Andy Woodward is just as dangerous at breakfast as he is after dark.