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skatevg

Playing Since: 2023-08-29 (Active)

Wow Factor: ♟♟

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Rapid: 921
36W / 18L / 0D
Blitz: 764
460W / 450L / 25D
Bullet: 599
6W / 16L / 1D

Meet skatevg: The Chessboard's Counterintuitive Contender

In the grand ecosystem of chess, where pawns evolve into queens and knights gallop unpredictably, skatevg is a true survival specialist. With a peak rapid rating nearing 1400 in 2023 and a resurgence to nearly 1000 in 2025, this player embodies the resilience of a rare biological marvel, thriving even as opponents attempt to snip their branches.

Their opening repertoire is a fascinating hybrid species: a petri dish of top-secret strategies, French Defense twists, and the ever-adaptable King’s Pawn openings, boasting win rates that make even the most stoic chessboard cells twitch with excitement. Notably, skatevg’s performance in the King's Pawn Opening variations often blossoms with a 75%+ success rate — clearly a tactic that has root in their playstyle.

In blitz battles, skatevg’s knack for the Scotch Game—a favorite stomping ground—results in a hearty 57% win rate across over 120 games. Their swift, synaptic reflexes in blitz (over 880 games played) suggest a player who’s part cheetah, part chameleon: fast and adaptable. Bullet chess is less a natural habitat, but even there, skatevg manages some niche victories, sprouting 50% success in Italian Game matchups.

With a longest winning streak of 11, skatevg knows how to ignite cellular frenzy on the board — or as they might biologically phrase it, trigger a chess mitosis of moves. However, even the most robust organisms experience occasional mitotic errors in form, as evidenced by a fairly healthy tilt factor of 8, which might cause a momentary lapse in this otherwise strategic mind.

Beyond raw numbers, skatevg’s psychological profile reveals a comeback queen's heart, boasting a 66% success rate after trailing — like a phoenix rising from the ashes, or a tardigrade enduring a vacuum. Their endgames often stretch beyond 58% in frequency, indicating a preference for the slow burn over immediate extinction, with careful pawns and knights plotting their evolutionary advantage.

When it comes to opponents, skatevg’s record is a tale of genetic fitness: some adversaries fall easily (100% win rates aplenty), while a few resist the predator’s advance. Notably, they have a perfect win record against “macdante09” and “bany2332,” proving they're not just skating by but mutating into a force to be reckoned with.

Outside their tactical adaptations, skatevg shows a fondness for playing primarily in the afternoon and evening hours, peaking at an impressive 70% win rate around 4pm — definitely when their cellular metabolism is firing on all cylinders.

In summary, skatevg is the chess board’s evolutionary enigma: a player capable of codebreaking opponents’ defenses, adapting openings like a protean enzyme, and executing comebacks as if equipped with nine lives and a nitrogen-rich DNA sequence. Whether you encounter them in rapid or blitz, watching skatevg at play is like witnessing nature’s own game of survival — where every move matters and the fittest strategies flourish.


🆚 Opponent Insights

Recent Opponents
vallesco1 0W / 1L / 0D View
hijouh 1W / 0L / 0D View
Most Played Opponents
ahnaf_abid123 3W / 2L / 0D View Games
anarhossin 3W / 1L / 0D View Games
mindgames1987 2W / 2L / 0D View Games
yipies1111 3W / 1L / 0D View Games
zataum 0W / 2L / 1D View Games

Rating

Year Bullet Blitz Rapid Daily
2025 917 921
2024 914
2023 599 821 907
Rating by Year202320242025921821YearRatingBlitzRapid

Stats by Year

Year White Black Moves
2025 4W / 5L / 0D 4W / 5L / 0D 47.1
2024 149W / 126L / 10D 135W / 150L / 5D 59.7
2023 100W / 81L / 6D 94W / 88L / 5D 57.0

Openings: Most Played

Blitz Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Scotch Game 128 74 50 4 57.8%
Kings Pawn Opening 39 22 17 0 56.4%
Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation 33 17 14 2 51.5%
Scandinavian Defense 33 19 14 0 57.6%
Italian Game 32 15 17 0 46.9%
Ruy Lopez Opening Old Steinitz Defense 27 10 16 1 37.0%
Philidor Defense Exchange Variation 25 12 12 1 48.0%
Philidor Defense 25 11 12 2 44.0%
Bishops Opening Berlin Defense 25 10 15 0 40.0%
Modern Defense with 24 15 9 0 62.5%
Rapid Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Top Secret 16 7 9 0 43.8%
Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation 4 3 1 0 75.0%
Scotch Game 4 1 3 0 25.0%
Kings Pawn Opening 3 3 0 0 100.0%
French Defense Normal Variation 2 1 1 0 50.0%
Petrovs Defense 2 2 0 0 100.0%
Queens Pawn Opening Zukertort Chigorin Variation 2 2 0 0 100.0%
Philidor Defense 2 2 0 0 100.0%
Petrovs Defense Classical Variation 2 2 0 0 100.0%
Bishops Opening Berlin Defense 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Bullet Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Philidor Defense 2 0 2 0 0.0%
Kings Pawn Opening 2 0 2 0 0.0%
Italian Game 2 1 1 0 50.0%
Undefined 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Giuoco Piano Game 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Bishops Opening Berlin Defense 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Nimzowitsch Defense Declined 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Three Knights Opening 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Scandinavian Defense Mieses Kotrc Variation 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Pirc Defense Classical Variation 1 0 1 0 0.0%

🔥 Streaks

Streak Longest Current
Winning 11 0
Losing 8 1
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