Meet togro
togro is a relentless online chess battler whose handle has appeared in more than 41,000 rated games. A true child of the internet chess boom, togro first showed up in blitz queues in 2012 and never really left. His preferred time control is blitz, where he reached a career high of 2378 (2018-01-24), and he is just as comfortable burning through bullet games at a dizzying pace.
Playing Style
togro is a 1.e4 player through and through. He rarely strays from the king pawn, and his repertoire leans on sharp classical lines like the Sicilian Defense, the French Defense, and the Vienna Gambit. He loves long, grinding battles: his wins average around 70 moves, and nearly 79% of his games reach an endgame. Early resignation? Almost never. His early resignation rate sits at just 1.4%.
His fighting spirit shows up in the data. togro has a comeback rate of 85.89% and still wins 52.99% of games after losing a piece. He delivers checkmate far more often than he gets mated, and he wins on time almost as often as he loses on time, a true bullet survival skill.
Opening Repertoire
As White, togro almost always opens with e4 and enjoys facing the Closed Sicilian with 2.Nc3, where he has played more than 5,000 bullet games. Against 1.e4, he is happy to defend with the Caro-Kann Defense, the French, or the Scandinavian. A typical togro White game can look like this:
His opening stats are remarkably consistent. The Sicilian Defense: Closed brings him a 57.34% win rate in bullet, while the French Defense and Caro-Kann also return solid profits.
Rivalries
No biography of togro would be complete without his rivalries. His most frequent dance partner is Vadim Stavicki, who faced him 312 times. He also traded blows with zoomzoom-mazda across 267 games and battled timeless limitless 256 times, with that rival holding a slight edge. Against jestersound, togro was dominant, winning 118 of their 195 encounters.
Career Highlights
- Peak blitz rating: 2378 (2018-01-24)
- Peak bullet rating: 2290 (2018-02-20)
- Longest winning streak: 19 games
- Longest losing streak: 16 games
- Best hour to play: 10:00
- White win rate: 56.79%
- Black win rate: 52.45%
- Total games analyzed: 41,674