About Taste
Meet Taste, the lightning-fast blitz warrior of the chessboard! Known for a knack of battling through thousands of games with a rollercoaster ride of ups and downs, Taste keeps the chess community on their toes. With a preferred time control firmly set to blitz, this player thrives under pressure and embraces the frantic pace of fast chess like a true speedster.
Playing Style
Taste's style is a captivating blend of tactical awareness and psychological grit. Despite a moderate early resignation rate of 2.44%, they love deep endgames, fighting on well into the 60+ moves on average. Their comeback rate is impressive at nearly 76%, showing fearless tenacity when behind. If you take a piece away, watch out — Taste wins about 42% of such tricky situations, proving resilience and sharp calculation.
- Endgame lover: High frequency of endgame play (62%)
- Loves tactical fights: Often recovers after setbacks
- Average moves per win: 63 moves — patient and strategic
- Game tempo: Thrives mostly around 10 AM, which happens to be peak performance time
Chess Openings Favourites
Taste's chess repertoire stretches across a variety of openings, with some personal favorites that have been battle-tested over hundreds of games:
- Scandinavian Defense — An aggressive favorite in Blitz and Rapid, though it sometimes leads to spicy skirmishes.
- Colle System: Rhamphorhynchus Variation — Taste’s secret weapon that boasts the highest win rate around 56% in Rapid chess.
- Hungarian Opening: Wiedenhagen-Beta Gambit — A crafty gambit played regularly with decent success.
- London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation — A balanced opening with just above 50% win rate!
When Taste is behind the board, opponents better brace themselves for some tricky and unconventional openings.
Career Highlights & Stats
- Over 4,500 wins across all time controls combined — not bad for a speed demon!
- Peak Blitz rating reached an impressive 1376 in early 2024.
- Rapid peak rating soared to 1450 in March 2024, confirming the steady grind paying off.
- Blitz matches are the sweet spot, with almost 4,600 games played and a roughly even win-loss rate, proving a warrior spirit despite some tough losses.
- Preferred to play and perform best around mid-morning hours, making them an early bird on the chess scene.
Notable Opponents
Taste takes on a wide variety of challengers — from dangerous rivals to casual players. Some friendly battles include:
- volle8 — played 255 times with a steady win rate near 70%
- road_to_2500_im — nearly 206 games against this strong competitor
- silentassasin234 — 112 duels that add excitement to Taste’s chess journey
Friendly tip: Be cautious if you see Taste on the pairings; they’ve faced many and emerged victorious with determination!
Fun Facts
- Has a strikingly high comeback rate — when the chips are down, they’re just getting warmed up!
- Long winning streaks have reached up to 15 games, but occasionally, a not-so-gentle 32-game losing streak has kept things interesting.
- Often known to play openings like Scandinavian and Colle System that can catch opponents off guard.
- Enjoys games with a complex, deeper endgame — average game length usually exceeds 60 moves.