Ruben Dario Valencia Duque

Ruben Dario Valencia Duque (aka Ruda79)

Meet Ruben Dario Valencia Duque, affectionately known in the chess ecology as Ruda79. This cunning player has traversed the complex chromosomes of chess rating history with more twists and turns than a DNA helix.

Since his debut in 2019, Ruda79 has shown a dynamic fuse of openings and defenses, exhibiting a particularly symbiotic relationship with the Bishops Opening and Caro Kann Defense, which yield some of his highest win rates across formats! His gambits and defenses evolve across years like a chess-playing cell adapting to its environment.

Though his ratings have fluctuated over the years—from a peak daily rating around 1350 down to the 800s in recent seasons—Ruda79’s persistence is nothing short of cellular mitosis: continuously replicating effort and growth. His style is patient and resilient, marked by an impressive 68.91% endgame frequency, showing a preference for outwitting opponents in the late stages, where only the fittest survive.

His tactical awareness rivals that of nature’s best predators, boasting a 66.18% comeback rate and a rather impressive 100% win rate after losing a piece—clearly, Ruben knows how to turn a biological mishap into a tactical triumph.

In the mating dance of daily, blitz, and rapid chess, Ruda79 has amassed hundreds of battles, balancing wins and losses like an organism balancing energy. Despite a tilt factor of 16 (just some natural neuronal misfires), his psychological resilience keeps him fighting through ups and downs in the ecosystem of competition.

Fun fact: his average move count per win (54 moves) versus loss (73 moves) suggests a strategy based more on endurance than on rapid metabolism. Patience is his enzyme!

Whether it’s facing his most frequent opponents or exploring new tactical biodiversity, Ruben Dario Valencia Duque remains a vibrant organism in the vast biome of chess enthusiasts—always with a mind ready to synthesize new stratagems and evolve.