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Player Profile: prof3ssor18

Meet prof3ssor18, a courageous chess adventurer battling daily on the 64 squares with a warrior’s spirit and a philosopher’s wit. While their Daily rating strolls modestly around the 180–350 mark, their Rapid game dazzles with a peak rating soaring to an impressive 743 as recently as August 2024, proving that speed and strategy are very much part of their arsenal.

Known for a fearless style, prof3ssor18 has played over 600 Rapid games with a commendable win rate hovering around 51%, showing resilience with a spectacular comeback rate of 70%. Their overall record boasts 311 Rapid victories and a solid tally in Blitz and Bullet too, demonstrating versatility across all time controls. If the clock is ticking down, watch out – prof3ssor18’s games often stretch to a marathon 57 moves on average to victory, never rushing, always calculating.

But beware the occasional chess tilts! With a tilt factor of 7, prof3ssor18 knows frustration, though it’s kept under clever control. Fun fact: their best times to strike are not the usual daylight hours, but rather at 10 PM or during the witching hour when most mortals are asleep or dreaming of pawns—they prefer to be checkmating.

Playing Style & Psychology

• Endgame enthusiast: Over half of their wins come from fighting deep into the endgame trenches.
• Early Resignation rate: A humble 5.75%, meaning they’re no quitter and tend to battle till the bitter end.
• White pieces advantage: A solid 52.5% win rate with White pieces, showing they enjoy setting the pace right from the start.
• Psychic strength: A clever comeback specialist who turns losing positions into victories nearly three-quarters of the time—70.04% to be exact!

Record Highlights

Longest Winning Streak: 9
Longest Losing Streak: 7
Currently on a minor losing skid of 3—because even the best professors have off days!

Favorite Openings & Performance

There’s a secret here—prof3ssor18 loves using mysterious and little-known openings dubbed "Top Secret". With hundreds of games under this cryptic strategy in Rapid and Blitz formats, their win rate stubbornly hangs near 50%, confusing opponents and fans alike in equal measure.

Recent Memorable Game

One of prof3ssor18’s recent triumphs was against marcelartigues (Rapid, Jan 19, 2025), where the suspenseful Caro-Kann Defense lit up the board. With precise tactical strikes culminating in a quiet but crushing victory, prof3ssor18 demonstrated patience and nerves of steel as the opponent’s defenses crumbled.

"I may lose a piece here and there," prof3ssor18 might say, "but I never lose my spirit."

Opponent Relations

prof3ssor18 has tangled most often with maahi-arora (40 times) but enjoys healthy rivalries with usernames as colorful as kahsfejshsysbskajsv and vivacious_khatri. Interestingly, some opponents have a perfect record against prof3ssor18, while others fall 100% of the time—chess is a rollercoaster of fate here!

Fun Fact

Despite a rough patch in the Daily format—unlucky with zero wins out of 8 games—prof3ssor18’s true forte clearly lies in the faster time controls. After all, who needs a long, boring game when you can blitz your way to glory?

Here's to many more tactical battles and brilliant checkmates from prof3ssor18, the ever-curious chess scholar who plays to learn, laugh, and occasionally checkmate like a boss.