Bio
Ricardo Fagner Dias de Menezes, known online as RicardoFagner, is a volume shooter with a bullet addiction. When the clock drops to one minute, he stops thinking and starts firing, and the numbers back that up. Bullet is his preferred time control, though he also puts in serious work in rapid and blitz, just with a slightly less frantic heartbeat.
Style and Openings
Ricardo is a devoted student of the Caro-Kann Defense when sitting on the black side, and he is happy to steer games into the London Poisoned Pawn Variation when he has the white pieces. He also enjoys offbeat and aggressive setups like the Amazon Attack and the Diemer-Duhm Gambit, which helps explain why his games rarely end in quiet symmetry. His opening results tell a lively story, and the broad strokes are clear: he is dangerous when he gets the initiative and stubborn when he loses it.
Rivals and Grind
No profile of RicardoFagner is complete without mentioning the recurring duel against murilobmzt. They have faced each other 34 times, a rivalry that looks like a heavyweight fight with plenty of punches and no dominant decision. Fellow frequent opponent Manu Prasad has gotten the better of their series, while Capy Bara mostly wishes the games had ended sooner, with Ricardo winning 17 of their 20 encounters.
Ricardo plays at all hours, but the data suggests his brain fully wakes up at 14:00. He has a comeback rate above 86 percent, which is a polite way of saying he has a strong immune system against losing positions. The tilt factor is real, though, and losing streaks of seven games have been observed. Still, with a preferred time control of bullet, there is always another game. And another. And another.
Fun Facts
- His longest winning streak is 10 games, and his longest losing streak is 7, so he keeps the emotional range wide open.
- He is much more dangerous when facing lower rated players, winning over 71 percent of those games, but he struggles when the opponent is stronger or equal on paper.
- His most common checking piece is the queen, which is either elegant or terrifying depending on where you are sitting.
- A typical Caro-Kann moment in his world: