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
| Most Played Opponents | ||
|---|---|---|
| katattack69 | 26W / 7L / 1D | View Games |
| abdelel | 3W / 0L / 0D | View Games |
| bully-da-bear | 3W / 0L / 0D | View Games |
| jofo1274 | 2W / 1L / 0D | View Games |
| spookybucket | 3W / 0L / 0D | View Games |
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 |
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 |