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tjwhitney

Playing Since: 2017-05-04 (Active)

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Daily: 1163
3W / 0L / 0D
Rapid: 763
940W / 963L / 38D
Blitz: 855
1712W / 1700L / 71D
Bullet: 1050
0W / 1L / 0D

Profile Summary: tjwhitney

Meet tjwhitney, a chess enthusiast whose rating journey is nothing short of a thrilling evolutionary tale in the complex ecosystem of chess strategies. Master of the Rapid realm with a peak rating of 1170 and a stalwart in Blitz battles reaching an impressive 991, tjwhitney plays like a chessboard chameleon, adapting swiftly from the opening to the endgame with a sharp tactical awareness that’s evolutionarily honed to perfection.

This player’s repertoire is rich with classic openings, showing a particular fondness for the Van t Kruijs Opening — almost 200 games in Rapid alone, boasting a solid 55% win rate, proving that sometimes, a little nostalgia brings out the best evolutionary traits in one’s gameplay. In blitz, they flex the French Defense with a 54% success rate, a testament to their readiness to defend and counterattack with metabolic efficiency.

Technically, tjwhitney is no mere rookie in the evolutionary chain—they have survived and thrived through thousands of games, with a total of over 3,500 Blitz games and a remarkable 1,800 wins. The player’s stunning comeback rate of nearly 59% and a 100% win rate after losing a piece reveals a resilient DNA strand of never-say-die fighting spirit and psychological stamina, although the occasional tilt factor of 11% reminds us even the fittest can have off days.

Strategically wise, tjwhitney averages around 50 moves per win, showing stamina and a knack for the long haul, matching their 44% endgame frequency. They also display a playful side, with a cheeky early resignation rate close to 10%, proving that sometimes it’s all about survival of the swiftest.

Their winning tempo tends to peak during the afternoon and early evening—particularly at 9 AM and 3 PM—with win rates soaring over 50%, suggesting they have biologically optimized their cerebral chess metabolism to these hours. And fun fact: they score highest on Wednesdays with a 51.18% win rate — could it be their midweek motivational mutation?

Opponents beware: tjwhitney has a history of wiping the chessboard clean against friends like gothboizodiak and kihoty55 with 100% win rates — apparently, their competitive instincts are finely tuned to overcome familiar foes with surgical precision.

In sum, tjwhitney is a fascinating subject in the grand zoo of chess players — a resilient, adaptive, and slightly quirky mind navigating the rich, branching phylogenies of the chess world one move at a time. With a longest winning streak of 10 games and a current winning streak gasping for fresh victories, this player’s biological chess clock ticks with both patience and contagious enthusiasm.

May tjwhitney’s pieces always evolve towards checkmate!


🆚 Opponent Insights

Recent Opponents
rohiets12 0W / 1L / 0D
andelhd006 0W / 1L / 0D
anup851 0W / 1L / 0D
dilmurod0820 0W / 1L / 0D
gaurav_94 0W / 1L / 0D
Most Played Opponents
katattack69 26W / 7L / 1D
abdelel 3W / 0L / 0D
bully-da-bear 3W / 0L / 0D
jofo1274 2W / 1L / 0D
spookybucket 3W / 0L / 0D

Rating

Year Bullet Blitz Rapid Daily
2025 794
2024 846
2023 855 1068 1163
2021 957
2020 900 932 990
2019 865
2018 858
2017 666 930 1081
Rating by Year201720182019202020212023202420251163666YearRatingBlitzRapidDaily

Stats by Year

Year White Black Moves
2025 59W / 64L / 1D 60W / 61L / 3D 58.0
2024 39W / 57L / 4D 45W / 52L / 4D 59.8
2023 281W / 232L / 7D 237W / 272L / 10D 52.8
2021 14W / 17L / 0D 14W / 16L / 0D 49.2
2020 219W / 196L / 10D 198W / 217L / 6D 51.4
2019 177W / 159L / 13D 162W / 178L / 6D 53.7
2018 188W / 149L / 7D 155W / 170L / 9D 45.7
2017 361W / 359L / 10D 349W / 362L / 15D 43.0

Openings: Most Played

Rapid Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Van t Kruijs Opening 191 104 84 3 54.5%
Kings Pawn Opening 183 94 86 3 51.4%
Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation 112 54 57 1 48.2%
Philidor Defense 65 28 35 2 43.1%
Scandinavian Defense 58 33 24 1 56.9%
French Defense Knight Variation 51 30 21 0 58.8%
Three Knights Opening 42 16 24 2 38.1%
Queens Pawn Opening Horwitz Defense 41 15 25 1 36.6%
Italian Game 39 21 17 1 53.9%
Top Secret 38 23 15 0 60.5%
Blitz Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Van t Kruijs Opening 1702 884 783 35 51.9%
French Defense 242 131 106 5 54.1%
French Defense Knight Variation 221 102 112 7 46.1%
Queens Pawn Opening Horwitz Defense 135 56 75 4 41.5%
French Defense Steinitz Attack 104 35 69 0 33.6%
French Defense Queens Knight Variation 94 45 45 4 47.9%
French Defense Franco Sicilian Defense 88 46 41 1 52.3%
French Defense Normal Variation 79 31 47 1 39.2%
Sicilian Defense French Variation 68 26 41 1 38.2%
Old Benoni Defense Franco Benoni Defense 61 26 35 0 42.6%
Bullet Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Van t Kruijs Opening 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Daily Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Van t Kruijs Opening 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Nimzowitsch Defense 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Kings Pawn Opening 1 1 0 0 100.0%

🔥 Streaks

Streak Longest Current
Winning 10 0
Losing 11 5