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Stefano Qualich

Username: stefanoqualich

Playing Since: 2022-09-11 (Active)

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Daily: 642
81W / 207L / 1D
Rapid: 364
2W / 7L / 1D
Blitz: 205
38W / 62L / 4D
Bullet: 345
675W / 664L / 26D

Stefano Qualich: The Chess Cell Maestro

Meet Stefano Qualich, a player whose chess career seems to evolve as dynamically as a living organism in its natural habitat. Born on the digital board, Stefano has navigated the intricate ecosystems of Daily, Bullet, Blitz, and Rapid chess formats with a playstyle that’s equal parts strategic and sporadic—much like cellular mitosis, where every move can spawn new possibilities or unexpected mutations.

Rating Evolution & Performance

By 2025, Stefano’s ratings show a vibrant mix of highs and lows, peaking around 748 in Daily chess and burrowing down to 198 in Blitz, revealing a player who thrives under fast, tactical pressure yet occasionally succumbs to the natural ebb of competition. His Bullet rating is quite interesting—hovering around 367 with an impressive 53%+ win rate in aggressive openings like the Pirc Defense, suggesting a nimble mind adept at quick adaptation and cellular-level reflexes.

Opening Moves: The Genetic Code of Stefano's Game

Stefano’s opening repertoire is a fascinating mixture. He favors the King’s Pawn Opening and the Bishop’s Opening varieties, winning nearly half his games with these classics. His tactical genome also includes the Van 't Kruijs Opening, and he exhibits a specialized resistance to French Defense variants and the tricky Falkbeer Countergambit. A true evolutionary biologist might say his openings have a “survival of the fittest” approach—he adapts, mutates, and sometimes outplays with a surprising edge.

Playing Style: The Endgame Chemist

With an endgame frequency of nearly 49%, Stefano clearly enjoys the slow, meticulous “cell division” stage of chess, nurturing each position with care and precision. His average game lengths (~45 moves in wins) suggest a player who lets the DNA of the game replicate steadily rather than rushing early gambits. Interestingly, despite his moderate tilt factor (10), Stefano’s resilience shines through: his comeback rate stands at a robust 62.6%, and he wins every game where he’s lost a piece—a true phoenix rising from molecular defeat.

Psychological Traits: The Neural Network Analyst

Stefano’s psychological matrix reveals a player sensitive to rated pressures (47% higher win rate in rated vs. casual games) and someone who rarely resigns early (<2.1%). His win distribution across the week peaks on Sunday (~54%), perhaps the prime time for neurons firing optimally. Hours around mid-afternoon to early evening (15:00 to 18:00) are also Stefano’s biological prime, with win rates soaring past 50%, a reminder that chess, like biology, thrives on rhythms and cycles.

Notable Rivalries & Relationships

Stefano’s opponents read like an ecosystem of various species—some predators like goodplayer0102 and aurelprimo have proven tough, but others such as andredre21 have been prey to his dominant 100% win record. This kaleidoscope of interactions shapes his evolution, encouraging new strategies and adaptations with every encounter.

Final Cells of Thought

Whether battling in the rapid-fire synapses of Bullet games or in the contemplative synaptic pruning of Daily chess, Stefano Qualich embodies the resilience and innovation of a true chess organism. He may not yet be a grandmaster in the kingdom of 64 squares, but his evolutionary journey is rich with potential—and as any biology enthusiast knows, the most fascinating species are those still evolving.

Keep an eye on this chess DNA strand; who knows what master chromosomes might emerge next?


🆚 Opponent Insights

Recent Opponents
drsdiogo 1W / 0L / 0D
alvink00 0W / 1L / 0D
lucasbolsonaro1001 0W / 1L / 0D
retiredsniper 0W / 1L / 0D
thehailmary 0W / 1L / 0D
Most Played Opponents
wsmith92102 3W / 16L / 0D
rinolds1 2W / 7L / 0D
bcook131313 1W / 4L / 0D
black_knight8080 2W / 3L / 0D
incrediblepuma16 0W / 3L / 0D

Rating

Year Bullet Blitz Rapid Daily
2025 403 185 364 553
2024 552
2022 579
Rating by Year202220242025579185YearRatingBlitzRapid

Stats by Year

Year White Black Moves
2025 335W / 377L / 11D 326W / 379L / 17D 49.4
2024 1W / 1L / 0D 0W / 1L / 0D 35.3
2022 0W / 1L / 0D 0W / 0L / 0D 80.0

Openings: Most Played

Bullet Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Top Secret 261 125 128 8 47.9%
Kings Pawn Opening 90 49 40 1 54.4%
Bishops Opening 88 48 39 1 54.5%
Scandinavian Defense 69 25 43 1 36.2%
Van t Kruijs Opening 66 36 30 0 54.5%
Pirc Defense 61 38 22 1 62.3%
Kings Pawn Opening Leonardis Variation 42 22 19 1 52.4%
Queens Pawn Opening Horwitz Defense 33 16 17 0 48.5%
Modern Defense with 32 17 14 1 53.1%
Bishops Opening Berlin Defense 31 16 15 0 51.6%
Daily Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Top Secret 43 11 32 0 25.6%
Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation 15 6 9 0 40.0%
Bishops Opening Berlin Defense 12 3 9 0 25.0%
Kings Pawn Opening 11 4 7 0 36.4%
Alekhines Defense 11 2 9 0 18.2%
Bishops Opening 10 3 6 1 30.0%
Van t Kruijs Opening 8 4 4 0 50.0%
Philidor Defense 6 1 5 0 16.7%
Modern Defense with 5 1 4 0 20.0%
Owens Defense 4 2 2 0 50.0%
Rapid Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Top Secret 3 1 2 0 33.3%
Scandinavian Defense 2 0 2 0 0.0%
Alekhines Defense 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Queens Gambit Declined Queens Knight Variation 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Queens Pawn Opening Accelerated London System 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation 1 0 0 1 0.0%
Bishops Opening 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Blitz Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Bishops Opening 12 4 7 1 33.3%
Bishops Opening Berlin Defense 9 1 7 1 11.1%
Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation 4 1 3 0 25.0%
Kings Pawn Opening 4 0 4 0 0.0%
Van t Kruijs Opening 4 2 2 0 50.0%
Kings Pawn Opening Leonardis Variation 3 1 2 0 33.3%
French Defense Normal Variation 3 1 2 0 33.3%
Center Game 3 2 1 0 66.7%
Top Secret 3 1 1 1 33.3%
Pirc Defense 2 1 1 0 50.0%

🔥 Streaks

Streak Longest Current
Winning 8 1
Losing 12 0