Meet rodie1968, a chess enthusiast who has been sharpening their blitz skills from 2022 to 2025 with a somewhat roller-coaster rating journey. Starting in 2022 with a blitz rating of around 1199, rodie1968 shows impressive persistence and love for the fast-paced game, playing an enormous number of games—over 8,200 blitz games alone! Their peak blitz rating flirted with the 1500s, showcasing some flashes of brilliance, while their rapid games saw them reach a much higher peak near 1750.
Known for their Top Secret opening strategy (which is probably not so secret given the thousands of games played with it), rodie1968 holds a respectable 47% win rate in blitz—a testament to both patience and tactical acumen. In rapid chess, their win rate dips a bit, but hey, every master has their quirks! Bullet chess, however, seems to be a tricky arena where victories are harder to come by, but who needs bullets when you have a cannon of tactics in blitz and rapid?
When it comes to playing style, rodie1968 is a true strategist: rarely resigning early (only 0.83% early resignation rate), and reaching the endgame phase in a whopping 75% of their games. They love a good long battle, averaging about 68 moves per win, and even more moves in losses, suggesting a dogged refusal to give up easily. Their comeback rate is an impressive 83%, and they have a perfect track record of winning after losing a piece—100%! (Insert fist bump here.)
Psychologically, rodie1968 manages to keep their cool with a tilt factor of 8 (low but not zero, everyone’s human). Their win rate playing White is slightly better (51%) than with Black (44%), proving that sometimes it's nice to have the first move advantage on your side.
Their gaming habits reveal a nocturnal warrior with peak performance in the late evening and early morning hours—3 am boasts a 55% win rate! Saturdays and Mondays seem favorable too, with win rates hovering near 48%. So if you want to battle rodie1968 online, perhaps avoid those hours unless you want a tough match!
Off the board, one could imagine rodie1968 as the puzzled wizard, brewing endless combinations and surviving blunders with humor and grit, always ready for “just one more game.”
