Renan do Carmo Reis - FIDE Master (renanreis)
Renan do Carmo Reis, known online as renanreis, is a FIDE Master and a prolific competitor across rapid, blitz, daily, and bullet chess. He prefers rapid time controls and has played roughly 4,020 rated games, building a reputation for long, tactical battles and a knack for comebacks.
Career highlights
A snapshot of Renan's recent and peak achievements:
- Title: FIDE Master, competing regularly as renanreis.
- Preferred time control: Rapid, where his recent form has been particularly strong.
- Peak blitz performance is notable: 2390 (2025-05-11).
- Rapid rating trend (recent surge): .
- Total recorded games analyzed: about 4,020, with 2,227 wins, 1,615 losses, and 178 draws.
Playing style & key statistics
Renan combines endgame endurance with tactical alertness. He often grinds long games and converts chances in the late phase.
- Playing style: high endgame frequency, about 67% of games reach endgame play.
- Tactical resilience: Comeback rate around 80%, and a win rate after losing material of about 54%.
- Average length: roughly 64 moves per win, and 66 moves per loss, so expect marathon games.
- Color performance: White win rate about 58.6%, Black win rate about 52.2%.
- Strength-adjusted win rates: Rapid 0.75, Blitz 0.50, Daily 0.50, Bullet 0.49.
- Early resignation rate is modest at 5.08%, indicating willingness to fight on.
Openings and repertoire
Renan is comfortable in sharp systems and also has reliable results in classical defenses. Highlights include:
- Blitz favourite: Sicilian Defense - especially the Najdorf and Alapin approaches, with strong experience in both.
- Daily standout: French Defense - the Advance Variation shows an outstanding win rate in slower games.
- Rapid variety: quirky but successful choices such as the Amazon Attack and Blackburne Shilling Gambit in a few victories.
- As White and Black, Renan mixes aggressive and positional play - see the Scandinavian and Caro-Kann among his solid options.
- Explore openings terms: Najdorf Variation, Caro-Kann Defense, French Defense.
Notable streaks and opponent records
- Longest winning streak: 24 games.
- Current winning streak: 14 games.
- Longest losing streak: 43 games - every champion has a story like that.
- Most-played opponent: viniciusgama - head-to-head record vs viniciusgama: 16 wins, 4 losses, 2 draws.
- Other frequent rivals include il_matador and olgainchess, reflecting a busy competitive circle.
Sample game - a taste of Renan's style
Below is a compact illustrative game that captures the opening-to-endgame flavor typical of Renan's play. Use the viewer to replay moves.
- Demo PGN:
Fun facts and personal notes
- Best time of day to play: early morning around 06:00 - Renan is sharpest then.
- Renan loves both tricky gambits and solid endgames - expect surprises, and keep the coffee ready.
- Psychology: high comeback ability, but a measurable tilt factor, so be kind if you catch him on a bad day.
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