Overview
Ananda Saha (RuleOfTwo) is a cheeky Candidate Master (FIDE) and an online Blitz specialist who treats the 3+0 clock like a musical instrument — fast, dramatic, occasionally off-key, but usually brilliant. This short biography highlights playing style, favorite openings, rivalries and a tiny replayable sample game for anyone who enjoys tactical fireworks and long endgames. Keywords: Ananda Saha chess biography, Candidate Master, Blitz specialist, openings, online chess.
Playing Style & Strengths
Ananda’s games tend to be decisive, long for Blitz, and full of tactical nuance. Highlights of the style:
- Blitz-first approach — quick intuition backed by deep preparation.
- High endgame frequency and long average decisive games — a grinder who refuses to resign early.
- Excellent comeback ability and solid psychological resilience.
- Mixes sound theory with offbeat choices to keep opponents uncomfortable.
Career Highlights
From long winning runs to heavy Blitz volumes, Ananda has put up numbers that make both fans and opponents sit up straight:
- Holds the FIDE title Candidate Master.
- Notable longest winning streak: 80 games — a run worthy of both celebration and gentle suspicion.
- Huge Blitz activity with many monthly stretches of hundreds of games, showing stamina and experience.
- Consistently converts advantages deep into endgames — patience is a weapon.
Quick peak snapshot:
Favorite Openings
Ananda likes to surprise and punish. Frequent choices with strong results include:
- Amazon Attack: Siberian Attack — widely used in Blitz.
- Barnes Defense — an eccentric staple that delivers practical results.
- French Defense and its many variations — flexible and reliable.
- Australian Defense and aggressive gambits for chaotic tactical fights.
Memorable Miniature (Blitz sample)
Here’s a short, legal Blitz-style sequence you can replay to get a sense of Ananda’s middlegame maneuvering and patient buildup:
,orientation|white|autoplay|false]Small and tidy — just enough drama to learn from, not enough to summon a moderator.
Rivalries & Records
Ananda has many repeat opponents online. A few notable rivalries and patterns:
- Most-played opponent: gunruto — matches full of decisive outcomes.
- Strong head-to-heads with gmbobbyfinger and sinzukiiii.
- Performance analytics show excellent midday and late-night win rates; peak focus often around noon.
Quirks & Fun Facts
- Loves long endgames — average decisive win length is unusually high for Blitz.
- Low early-resignation rate: expects fights until the final pawn is politely escorted off the board.
- Frequently experiments with rare lines to get opponents out of book fast — entertaining and effective.
- Comes back from deficits often; don’t celebrate a material edge too early!
Analytics Snapshot
For a quick visual of recent Blitz trajectory, open the embedded chart:
More stats and opponent pages are linked above for deeper study.
Closing Note
Ananda Saha (RuleOfTwo) is a Candidate Master with a Blitz-first heart, a fondness for surprising openings, and a reputation for grinding wins out of long fights. Whether you’re preparing for a match or just here for the entertainment, expect tactical sparks, stubborn endgames, and a dash of online mischief.