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SketchSinatra

Location: London

Playing Since: 2023-12-23 (Active)

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Daily: 592
41W / 74L / 2D
Rapid: 317
12W / 17L / 5D
Blitz: 100
1W / 5L / 0D
Bullet: 100
0W / 5L / 0D

SketchSinatra: The Chessboard Crooner

Meet SketchSinatra, a player whose chess style might just be as smooth and unpredictable as a jazz solo. Though not yet scaling the grandmaster charts, SketchSinatra serenades opponents with quirky moves and a humble rating hovering around the pawn-tier 600s in recent times, showing a steady evolution reminiscent of a biological adaptation in action.

With a daily game count surpassing 140 in 2024 alone, SketchSinatra proves persistence is more than just a philosophy—it's a survival tactic. Despite a win/loss record leaning toward the challenging side (62 wins to 134 losses in daily games), this player has mastered the art of the comeback, boasting an impressive come back rate north of 45% and a perfect 100% win rate after losing a piece. A true testament that even when cellular mitochondria misfire, the organism finds a way to thrive!

SketchSinatra’s opening repertoire is as diverse as a genetic mutation experiment. Favorites include King’s Pawn Opening and some less conventional defenses like Scandinavian Defense boasting a win rate above 57%, proving that sometimes it pays to go against the grain—or the genome. And while the Philidor Defense might be a black hole with zero wins, the spirit to try remains.

Operating mostly in daily and rapid chess ecosystems, with occasional ventures into blitz and bullet (where the pace nearly mimics neuronal firing speeds), SketchSinatra’s style is part experimental lab rat, part jazz virtuoso — ready to improvise but always aiming for the win.

Despite a tilt factor of 20, SketchSinatra often bounces back with energy that would make even the most resilient bacteria proud. Playing mostly in afternoon and late evening hours, this chess player seems to prefer enlightenment over exhaustion—after all, who wants to play when your neurons are still booting up at 8 AM? Peak performance hits hours like 14:00 with a winning hit rate exceeding 56%.

In relationships with opponents, SketchSinatra maintains a curious mix of alliances and rivalries — having faced rom33z 46 times with a modest 17% win rate, but charming boryska_iriska almost half the time. Some opponents trigger a biological response akin to stress-induced mutation, others become almost symbiotic partners on the board.

In the grand experiment of chess, SketchSinatra continues to evolve, proving that even when you start off with a modest rating, you can always orchestrate a comeback—one carefully sketched move at a time.


🆚 Opponent Insights

Most Played Opponents
rom33z 8W / 36L / 2D
mcnaughtyyyy 11W / 33L / 0D
Dean Berjawi 10W / 17L / 2D
boryska_iriska 7W / 8L / 0D
danpesos 5W / 8L / 1D

Rating

Year Bullet Blitz Rapid Daily
2025 621
2024 100 317 557
2023 100 800
Rating by Year202320242025800557YearRatingDaily

Stats by Year

Year White Black Moves
2025 14W / 13L / 1D 12W / 18L / 0D 48.0
2024 26W / 63L / 4D 25W / 61L / 5D 60.7
2023 0W / 3L / 0D 0W / 4L / 0D 36.0

Openings: Most Played

Daily Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Kings Pawn Opening 36 10 25 1 27.8%
Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation 17 5 11 1 29.4%
Alekhines Defense 10 4 6 0 40.0%
Undefined 9 4 5 0 44.4%
Bishops Opening 9 4 5 0 44.4%
Kings Pawn Opening Leonardis Variation 7 3 4 0 42.9%
Scandinavian Defense 6 4 2 0 66.7%
Queens Pawn Opening 6 1 5 0 16.7%
Philidor Defense 6 0 5 1 0.0%
Top Secret 6 2 4 0 33.3%
Rapid Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Kings Pawn Opening 7 3 2 2 42.9%
Van t Kruijs Opening 6 2 3 1 33.3%
Three Knights Opening 2 0 2 0 0.0%
French Defense 1 0 0 1 0.0%
Bishops Opening 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Reti Opening Queens Gambit Invitation 1 0 0 1 0.0%
Scandinavian Defense Modern Marshall Variation 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Alekhines Defense 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Scandinavian Defense Mieses Kotrc Variation 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Queens Pawn Opening Horwitz Defense 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Blitz Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Kings Pawn Opening 2 1 1 0 50.0%
French Defense 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Mieses Opening 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Queens Pawn Opening Zukertort Variation 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Indian Game Spielmann Indian Variation 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Bullet Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Alekhines Defense Maroczy Variation 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Giuoco Piano Game Four Knights Game 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Queens Pawn Opening Zukertort Variation 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Pirc Defense 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Queens Pawn Opening Blackmar Gambit 1 0 1 0 0.0%

🔥 Streaks

Streak Longest Current
Winning 7 2
Losing 20 0