Profile Overview
RaphaelShore is an energetic online chess player known for fast-paced Rapid games and a fondness for quirky openings. Active across 2024 and 2025, RaphaelShore mixes daring gambits with stubborn comebacks. Preferred time control - Rapid. Track the recent Rapid progress here:
Notable peak performance in Rapid: 1101 (2024-06-13).
Playing Style
RaphaelShore plays like someone who enjoys a good plot twist. Games often head into complex middlegames and only settle late. Key tendencies:
- Tactical comeback specialist - Comeback rate about 74%.
- Endgame frequency roughly 44.5% - decisive battles tend to finish long.
- Average moves per result - wins around 41 moves, losses around 55 moves.
- Early resign rate 6.56% - will sometimes say uncle rather than fight a hopeless endgame.
- Best time of day to play: around 11:00, with an eye-catching 100% win sample at that hour.
RaphaelShore handles tactical chaos well. After losing material the win rate after recovering shows solid resilience.
Openings and Repertoires
RaphaelShore favors uncommon and aggressive choices. These openings appear again and again in Rapid play:
- Barnes Opening: Walkerling - frequent and successful in many games.
- Bishop's Opening - a flexible weapon when playing White.
- Amar Gambit - used to steer games into chaotic, tactical waters.
- Australian Defense and Scandinavian Defense - trusted replies when Black.
- French Defense - a reliable choice in blitz and rapid skirmishes.
RaphaelShore often experiments with surprise lines and is not afraid to play offbeat systems to take opponents out of preparation.
Notable Streaks and Opponents
- Longest winning streak: 11 games.
- Longest losing streak: 13 games. Current losing streak: 2 games.
- Most-played opponents include:
- Serdar Meredow - 14 games (7-7-0).
- misteur_white - 9 games.
- shyam0306 - 8 games, strong 5-1-2 record for RaphaelShore.
Want to study trends by time? Weekend play shows slightly higher win rates, and hour-by-hour stats reveal some surprising spikes and dips.
Sample Game
Here is a representative Rapid-style miniature with early tension and a long finish. Load it to replay the ideas and tactics.
Fun Facts
- First-move habits changed between years - e4 was a big favorite in 2024, while d4 rose in 2025.
- Very check-happy play. The queen is the most common checking piece for both sides.
- High-rated bursts appear alongside creative opening choices - expect the unexpected.
How to Learn From RaphaelShore
If you study RaphaelShore games you will see patterns worth copying and mistakes to avoid. Useful starting points:
- Explore barnes-related lines: Barnes Opening: Walkerling.
- Practice handling gambits and messy middlegames - that is where RaphaelShore shines.
- Review games against frequent opponents such as Serdar Meredow to understand recurring themes.
Whether you want entertainment, clever traps, or lessons in recovery, RaphaelShore is a profile worth following in Rapid chess.