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rickhuls

Playing Since: 2024-06-18 (Active)

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Daily: 651
131W / 139L / 18D
Rapid: 396
1W / 1L / 0D

Rickhuls: The Enigmatic Chess Journey

In the sprawling battlefield of 64 squares, rickhuls emerges not as a grandmaster but as a chess crusader armed with sheer determination and a quirky flair. With a daily rating dancing between a modest 389 and a fleeting peak of 1208 in 2024, rickhuls embodies the spirit of the underdog who refuses to bow out silently.

Playing mostly with the mysterious opening dubbed Top Secret (because who really shares their chess secrets?), rickhuls boasts a respectable win rate hovering just above 53% across nearly 300 daily battles. Rapid games? A brief yet mixed saga—2 games, 1 win, 1 loss—proof that speed chess is still their playground for experimentation.

Stylistic Quirks & Play Patterns

  • Showing stamina: Longest winning streak hit a neat 10 victories. That's ten chess battles won without surrendering—a remarkable feat for any casual gladiator.
  • The quitter’s grace: Early resignation? Practically a polite wave goodbye at 1.8%. This suggests rickhuls prefers to fight, stubbornly, perhaps occasionally banging their head against a theoretical wall.
  • Endgames galore: Over 63% of games go the distance, signaling a true marathon player who’s not afraid to wrestle with that final rook push and pawn promotion tension.

Notable Opponents & Rivalries

With dozens of matches against players like peterhuls (a tough 30% win rate) and shipswife (a stunning 98% success rate), rickhuls clearly has a love-hate relationship with the competition. The friendly nemesis mrshipsquid faces a 66% win loss ratio, ensuring entertaining showdown after showdown.

Psychological Profile & Quirks

Rickhuls is no stranger to the tilt—having a moderate tilt factor of 4 means moments of frustration, but nothing to break the spirit. Interestingly, their victorious magic happens after losing a piece with a 100% win rate—clearly, a comeback kid who turns adversity into triumph.

Best Times to Catch rickhuls Playing

Look for games on Sundays or Thursdays, where rickhuls’s win rate leaps above 60%, especially bright around 8-10 AM and 1 AM—perfect windows to witness their brand of chess wizardry (or at least mildly entertaining blunders).

In summary, rickhuls is the passionate player who may not dominate leaderboards but wins hearts with tenacity, surprising resilience, and a hint of mystery. Whether securing a solid endgame or volleying through openings cloaked as Top Secret, rickhuls keeps the chess world just a bit more interesting.


🆚 Opponent Insights

Recent Opponents
shipswife 68W / 1L / 0D View
peterhuls 21W / 46L / 4D View
Matt Tague 20W / 16L / 2D View
guns-n-moses 2W / 11L / 4D View
stankovicvuk 1W / 0L / 0D View
Most Played Opponents
peterhuls 21W / 46L / 4D View Games
shipswife 68W / 1L / 0D View Games
mrshipsquid 39W / 17L / 4D View Games
Matt Tague 20W / 16L / 2D View Games
tonyb233 3W / 13L / 2D View Games

Rating

Year Bullet Blitz Rapid Daily
2025 585
2024 396 563
Rating by Year20242025585563YearRatingDaily

Stats by Year

Year White Black Moves
2025 27W / 21L / 4D 31W / 22L / 3D 64.5
2024 56W / 42L / 3D 54W / 41L / 7D 65.9

Openings: Most Played

Daily Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Top Secret 269 145 109 15 53.9%
Kings Pawn Opening 5 4 1 0 80.0%
Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation 4 3 1 0 75.0%
Scotch Game 4 2 2 0 50.0%
Center Game Accepted Normal Variation 3 2 0 1 66.7%
Queens Pawn Opening 3 3 0 0 100.0%
Philidor Defense 3 0 3 0 0.0%
Center Game 2 2 0 0 100.0%
Scandinavian Defense 2 0 1 1 0.0%
Queens Pawn Opening Zukertort Chigorin Variation 2 1 1 0 50.0%
Rapid Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Top Secret 2 1 1 0 50.0%

🔥 Streaks

Streak Longest Current
Winning 10 2
Losing 4 0
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