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Relicque

Playing Since: 2023-04-06 (Inactive)

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Rapid: 416
15W / 20L / 3D

Relicque: The Chess Player with a Survival Instinct

Meet Relicque, a rapid and blitz enthusiast whose chess journey is nothing short of an evolutionary tale. With a rapid rating that once soared to 829 before settling around the 400 mark, Relicque has navigated the complex ecosystem of the chessboard with a unique blend of persistence and resilience.

Drawing parallels to a curious creature in the wild, Relicque has shown remarkable tactical awareness — boasting a 61% comeback rate and an impeccable 100% win rate after losing a piece. Clearly, this player knows how to adapt and thrive even when knocked down, proving that in the grand game’s food chain, survival is key.

While the predator-prey encounters (a.k.a. opponents) vary, Relicque’s record against a frequently hunted foe, bgdelastreet7, hovers around 20%, suggesting ongoing evolutionary competition. Interestingly, against lesser-encountered opponents like martinp1991 and colchao1, the win rate has a cleaner, more crisp 100%, highlighting moments of supreme dominance in smaller ecological niches.

Preferred openings resemble a diverse diet: from the moderate success in the Queen’s Pawn Opening with a 42.9% win rate, to a more sporadic bite into the Bishop’s Opening and Van’t Kruijs Opening, each boasting a tasty 50% victory rate. The Vienna Game, often explored, yields lessons akin to a repeated experiment in natural selection, with a 12.5% win rate suggesting room for adaptation.

When it comes to timing, Relicque peaks like a nocturnal predator on Saturday, with a whopping 66.67% win rate, while afternoons around 19:00 see a 100% feeding frenzy – a perfect environment for setting traps.

Despite an early resignation rate of 7.69%, Relicque perseveres through endgames 64% of the time, courting danger and occasionally turning the tide with an average battle length stretching into 46 moves for wins, proving that patience is a virtue species must often evolve.

In short, Relicque is a fascinating blend of biology and chess, a player who embraces trial, error, and evolution, forever seeking the next mutation that might lead to checkmate.


🆚 Opponent Insights

Most Played Opponents
Bgdelastreet7 10W / 39L / 4D
bittersweet05 1W / 0L / 0D
donniebresco 0W / 1L / 0D
jdino9 1W / 0L / 0D
mrantman13 0W / 1L / 0D

Rating

Year Bullet Blitz Rapid Daily
2025 399
2023 358 407
Rating by Year20232025407399YearRatingRapid

Stats by Year

Year White Black Moves
2025 0W / 1L / 0D 0W / 2L / 0D 63.3
2023 9W / 24L / 2D 9W / 28L / 4D 57.7

Openings: Most Played

Rapid Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Vienna Game 9 1 8 0 11.1%
Queens Pawn Opening 8 3 5 0 37.5%
Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation 8 1 6 1 12.5%
Kings Pawn Opening 8 0 6 2 0.0%
Kings Pawn Opening Leonardis Variation 4 0 4 0 0.0%
Philidor Defense Nimzowitsch Variation 2 0 2 0 0.0%
Petrovs Defense Three Knights Game 2 0 1 1 0.0%
Scotch Game 2 0 2 0 0.0%
Pirc Defense Modern Defense Geller System 2 0 2 0 0.0%
Philidor Defense 2 0 2 0 0.0%
Blitz Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Vienna Game 1 1 0 0 100.0%

🔥 Streaks

Streak Longest Current
Winning 5 0
Losing 13 6