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Shawn

Username: Shawn5985

Playing Since: 2021-12-12 (Active)

Wow Factor: ♟♟

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Daily: 1137
19W / 15L / 0D
Rapid: 1198
205W / 139L / 21D
Blitz: 1152
520W / 430L / 30D
Bullet: 1207
3351W / 3323L / 181D

Shawn5985: The Chess Enthusiast with a Checkered Past

Shawn5985, a player navigating the biological maze of 64 squares, is no ordinary chess enthusiast; they're a veritable chameleon of the board — adapting, evolving, and striking with precision. With a bullet rating creeping from 920 in 2024 to a swift 1027 in 2025, Shawn shows that speed may just be the secret ingredient to their cerebral metabolism.

Their opening repertoire is as diverse as a rainforest's ecosystem. From the fertile grounds of the Scotch Game Goring Gambit, boasting a win rate of over 61%, to the robust Italian Game Knight Attack flourishing at 62%, Shawn’s strategy branches out like dendritic neurons firing in perfect synchronization. The Scandinavian Defense may sometimes ruffle their feathers, but like any resilient organism, Shawn adapts with a steady 51% win rate in its variations.

Shawn’s endgame presence is especially potent, with over 57% endgame frequency — clearly thriving where many others wilt. Their comeback rate is a stellar 70.76%, proving they’ve got the tenacity of a tardigrade surviving extreme conditions, and a perfect 100% win rate after losing a piece speaks to their tactical resilience (or, perhaps, their knack for turning adversity into opportunity—the ultimate survival trait).

Hours of peak performance tick around 8 AM and 3 PM, when Shawn’s neural tactics appear particularly sharp, and Monday through Saturday all see at least a 50% win rate—because even their chess skills follow the circadian rhythm. However, beware the infamous tilt factor (13) – every predator has its vulnerabilities.

Whether resigning early at just over 2%, or enduring an average game length of nearly 58 moves, Shawn5985 plays chess like a biological system: complex, dynamic, and endlessly fascinating to observe. So, if you face Shawn on the board, prepare for a match full of calculated mutations, strategic synapses firing, and maybe even a few evolutionary surprises. After all, in this ecosystem of chess, Shawn5985 is definitely a top predator.


🆚 Opponent Insights

Recent Opponents
petersiau 1W / 0L / 0D
zootsgruv 1W / 0L / 0D
marcus369 1W / 0L / 0D
naxis 1W / 0L / 0D
ez34 1W / 0L / 0D
Most Played Opponents
bassem77 4W / 10L / 0D
chin2k 3W / 5L / 0D
dangumarang12111 2W / 6L / 0D
jjtheeggman 6W / 2L / 0D
zeem316 7W / 1L / 0D

Rating

Year Bullet Blitz Rapid Daily
2025 1145 1152 1166 1158
2024 920 1171 1133 1195
Rating by Year202420251195920YearRatingBulletBlitzRapidDaily

Stats by Year

Year White Black Moves
2025 562W / 501L / 26D 490W / 549L / 28D 61.7
2024 1148W / 903L / 76D 1009W / 1038L / 53D 59.3

Openings: Most Played

Bullet Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Top Secret 595 282 294 19 47.4%
Englund Gambit 256 128 123 5 50.0%
Scotch Game 238 132 100 6 55.5%
Scotch Game Goring Gambit 181 107 69 5 59.1%
Scandinavian Defense 126 53 67 6 42.1%
Caro Kann Defense 105 52 50 3 49.5%
Italian Game Knight Attack 100 63 34 3 63.0%
Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation 96 52 40 4 54.2%
Scotch Game Goring Double Pawn Sacrifice Variation 94 64 28 2 68.1%
Scotch Game Goring Main Line 87 59 24 4 67.8%
Rapid Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Sicilian Defense Bowdler Attack 23 14 9 0 60.9%
Caro Kann Defense 15 6 8 1 40.0%
Sicilian Defense French Variation 13 8 4 1 61.5%
Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation 12 9 2 1 75.0%
Scandinavian Defense Mieses Kotrc Variation 12 7 3 2 58.3%
Sicilian Defense 11 6 5 0 54.5%
Kings Gambit 11 6 4 1 54.5%
Kings Pawn Opening 8 4 4 0 50.0%
Vienna Game 8 5 3 0 62.5%
Kings Gambit Accepted Kings Knight Gambit 8 3 4 1 37.5%
Blitz Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Scotch Game Goring Gambit 33 23 9 1 69.7%
Englund Gambit 32 14 16 2 43.8%
Scotch Game 28 10 17 1 35.7%
Kings Pawn Opening 27 19 8 0 70.4%
Caro Kann Defense 24 11 11 2 45.8%
Sicilian Defense Smith Morra Gambit 22 11 10 1 50.0%
Scandinavian Defense Mieses Kotrc Variation 22 16 5 1 72.7%
Scandinavian Defense 21 11 10 0 52.4%
Scotch Game Goring Main Line 21 13 8 0 61.9%
Sicilian Defense French Variation 19 11 6 2 57.9%
Daily Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Scotch Game 4 2 2 0 50.0%
Nimzowitsch Defense 2 1 1 0 50.0%
Queens Pawn Opening Zukertort Chigorin Variation 2 1 1 0 50.0%
Three Knights Opening 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Queens Pawn Opening 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Ruy Lopez Opening Berlin Defense 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Italian Game Knight Attack 1 1 0 0 100.0%
French Defense Exchange Variation 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Vienna Game Max Lange Defense 1 1 0 0 100.0%
French Defense Knight Variation 1 0 1 0 0.0%

🔥 Streaks

Streak Longest Current
Winning 13 5
Losing 13 0