Dr. Anita Stangl (Schachbrettchen66)
Woman FIDE Master – The Chessboard Conqueror with a Doctorate in Strategy
Dr. Anita Stangl, known online as Schachbrettchen66, is not just any player; she’s a Woman FIDE Master who blends chess mastery with the precision and rigor of a scholar. Armed with her doctorate (likely in the art of checkmates or subtle pawn pushes), she delights in turning the 64 squares into a battlefield of wits, wit, and just a touch of wizardry.
Rating Highlights & Style
- Peak Blitz Rating: An impressive 2495 achieved in March 2020 — close enough to grandmaster territory to almost hear the cheers.
- Bullet Rating: A nimble 1797 at her best, showing lightning-fast reflexes in the fastest form of chess.
- Rapid Rating: Topped at 1901 in early 2024 — because some ideas take just a bit longer to sparkle.
- Daily Chess: Has a perfect 1600 rating, which is the kind of consistency only the truly devoted achieve.
Anita’s playing style is a delightful combo of patience and precision, with an average winning game going for a marathon 73 moves. She enjoys endgames (over 75% frequency), clearly loving the slow dance of strategy and finesse. Not one to throw in the towel prematurely (early resignation rate a mere 1.52%), she’s a fierce fighter until the last pawn drops.
Performance & Personality
On a good day, particularly at 11 AM (her scientifically proven best time to play), Anita shines with a win rate over 70% in that golden hour. She’s a comeback queen with an astonishing 87.29% comeback rate – when the pieces go south, she goes uphill. An inspiring tilt factor of 7 shows that like the rest of us mere mortals, she occasionally sighs, but never surrenders.
She thrives most on Fridays and Thursdays, with win rates pushing 60%, perhaps summoning her inner chess sorceress as the weekend looms. She also boasts nearly equal success playing as White or Black, demonstrating her all-around prowess.
Favorite Openings
Anita’s opening repertoire contains some perfect secrets (literally a 56% win rate in “Top Secret” openings), and a dash of classical flavors like the Philidor Defense, where she records a flawless 100% win rate in the few games she played. Whether it’s the Sicilian Defense's tricky Scheveningen Sozin Attack or the French Defense’s Richter and Tarrasch lines, her opening moves are a blend of cunning and creativity. (She probably keeps a few surprise moves under her hat!)
Online Combat Record
Over more than 1,000 blitz games, Anita has won 557 times, lost 355, and drawn 90, showing not only solid dominance but also bravery in facing tough opponents. In bullet, she’s practically a chess ninja with nearly equal wins and losses in fast-paced duels. Her rapid and daily records show that even in longer formats, she’s a willing gladiator.
Recent Memorable Games
Her latest victories include a lightning win by resignation in a 2025 Chess960 clash, demonstrating versatility across variants. She once checkmated her opponent in an elegant Philidor Defense game, proving that classical openings can still deliver modern thrills!
Fun Facts
- Known for chewing through openings like a “Top Secret” agent of the chess world.
- Can come back from a lost piece over half the time — so don’t count her out early!
- A strong believer in the power of coffee and the 11 AM hour.
- Probably dreams in chess notation — and occasionally talks strategy in her sleep.
- Has a stealthy winning streak record of 11 games — that’s nearly a whole season of bragging rights.
All hail Dr. Anita Stangl, a brilliant mind making the chessboard her laboratory, where every game is a new experiment and every victory a thesis passed with honors.