storewell

storewell: The Reluctant Chess Warrior

Meet storewell, a spirited chess battler navigating the forty-squares battlefield with a blend of strategic cunning and occasional comedic flair. With a peak rapid rating flirting just shy of 1000 (967 in April 2025), storewell proves to be a formidable opponent — if nothing else, persistently puzzling foes and fans alike.

Storewell's journey so far spans hundreds of rapid games (over 500 played!), showing a near-even split of wins and losses, a testament to their fighting spirit and resilience. Despite an almost equal tally of victories and defeats (202 wins vs 207 losses in rapid), storewell's tenacity shines brightest in their longest winning streak of 10 games. Of course, just as quickly, those streaks can flip, as illustrated by a streak of 10 consecutive losses — proving that even the best have off days (or perhaps just epic time troubles).

Rapid play clearly commands storewell’s heart, but blitz and bullet games are no strangers either, albeit with a competitive edge that seems tempered by a more cautious approach. With a blitz peak rating of 787 and bullet peak of 608, storewell might jokingly be referred to as "the tortoise in the bullet race" — slow and steady, but never quite out of breath.

Favorite Openings & Signature Moves

• Top Secret opening strategy dominates rapid games — 99 battles fought with a nearly even split (48.5% win rate), keeping opponents guessing what storewell’s next move might really be.
• The Scandinavian Defense is where storewell has a sweet spot in rapid, boasting an impressive 58% win rate, showing this player is more than happy to get their hands dirty in aggressive, tactical skirmishes.
• Surprisingly, the Three Knights Opening yields the best rapid win rate (75%), suggesting that when things get complicated early, storewell's creativity shines through.
• Less successful but occasionally intriguing is the Bishop’s Opening, with a modest win rate of 14% showing that experimentation (and the occasional blunder) is part of the charm.

Playing Style

With an early resignation rate of just 2.5%, storewell is not one to quit easily — a true chess fighter. Fascinatingly, over half of their games (nearly 60%) reach endgames, indicating a preference for grinding down opponents rather than snatching quick glory.

Storewell fights through adversity like a champ:

• A coseback rate of an impressive 77%, rallying from behind more often than not.
• Win rate after losing a piece: about 42%, because who doesn’t love a good comeback story?
• And a low one-sided loss rate of just over 4%, showing that when it’s a loss, it’s usually a hard-fought battle.

Psychological Quirks & Timing

Storewell’s tilt factor of 10 suggests the occasional brain fizzle, but nothing that can’t be shrugged off with a cup of coffee or a hearty laugh. The prime time to challenge storewell is around 7 PM — their statistically best hour of the day — where they rack up a win rate near 71% (beware!).

Their best times to pull off miracles are early mornings and mid-afternoons too, when win rates remain happily above 50%, so watch out for these sneaky bursts of brilliance.

Recent Battles

In an epic rapid duel on May 20, 2025, storewell convincingly outlasted lexuskitu in a Scandinavian Defense showdown, winning on time after a grueling positional struggle. Just days before, the player toppled amrinderpal1 with a bold opening gambit in the Sicilian Defense.
However, not all games end in triumph. On May 28, 2025, mxmldrl delivered a swift checkmate, reminding storewell that even the mighty can be humbled.

Fun Facts

• Storewell's white pieces win about 49% of the time — respectable, but those black pieces really need some love (winning only 42%).
• A "win rate by opponents" chart reveals a curious pattern: opponents named luffy_0007, forchune777, and amirzuus have never defeated storewell, while others like danyktm and vivek_kumar_rai have earned their full share of victories.
• Storewell has experience with a variety of openings — over a dozen different variations played in practical games, showing a willingness to experiment and learn.

In sum, storewell is a resilient and occasionally unpredictable player — an eternal student of the game, who battles on with a grin, whether grinding through solid endgames or scrambling out of tactical storms. Whether they’re “Top Secret” or simply an open book, one thing’s for sure: the game isn’t over till storewell says it is.

(And yes, they’re still working on that bullet speed… patience is a virtue, right?)