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Luis Fuentes

Username: VanLaxus

Location: Texas

Playing Since: 2015-08-22 (Active)

Wow Factor: ♟♟♟

Chess.com

Daily: 202
2W / 6L / 0D
Rapid: 939
944W / 961L / 47D
Blitz: 706
231W / 231L / 11D
Bullet: 1214
1W / 4L / 0D

Biography of Luis Fuentes, aka VanLaxus

Meet Luis Fuentes, a chess player whose strategic mind navigates the board like a masterful cell navigating a complex organism — always adapting, evolving, and occasionally, causing a little mitosis in the opponent's defense!

Since 2015, Luis has demonstrated a nimble playstyle across multiple time controls, with a notable rapid rating that has fluctuated between about 750 and 1500, settling more recently around the 900 mark. Much like a biological system balancing homeostasis, Luis’s performance shows resilience and steady growth despite the fast-changing environments of online chess.

Luis’s openings repertoire is as diverse as the biodiversity of a tropical rainforest. His favorite “species” include the King’s Pawn Opening, commanding solid territory with a 51% win rate in rapid games, and the Van 't Kruijs Opening, boasting an impressive 64% success rate. He thrives on the French Defense as well, where he has cultivated a 55% win rate, proving he knows how to nurture both attack and defense like a true chess biologist.

A quick adopter of blitz and rapid formats, Luis’s tactical awareness is something akin to the reflexes of a Venus flytrap — his comeback rate is a stunning 61.88%, and remarkably, after losing a piece, his win rate climbs to a perfect 100%. Clearly, Luis doesn’t just survive setbacks, he reproduces winning chances from them!

While his win-loss records show the usual ebb and flow of a natural population, Luis keeps a cool head with a tilt factor of just 9, rotating his maneuvers with scientific precision rather than emotional impulse.

Whether it's early mornings or late nights, Luis’s game thrives especially around 6 AM and 4 PM, times when his win rate peaks near 59% — a circadian rhythm finely tuned to chess combat. His psychological resilience rivals the strongest cellular membranes, adeptly warding off the toxic stress of opening gambits and endgame pressure alike.

Fun fact: Luis’s longest winning streak is a killer 18 games — talk about a genetic mutation towards excellence! Currently riding a 3-game winning run, he’s as dangerous as a plasmid spreading advantageous traits through a population.

In short, Luis Fuentes is not just playing chess — he’s engaging in a fascinating evolutionary game of strategy, survival, and scientific skill. With every match, he replicates his knowledge and lets no chance lie dormant on the board. Watch out world; this grandmaster of biology and chess is growing stronger every day!


🆚 Opponent Insights

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chaimkay123 1W / 0L / 0D
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sahintul 1W / 0L / 0D
aurelienmin 1W / 0L / 0D
leadersboots 1W / 0L / 0D
mehrbod_afsharpour 1W / 0L / 0D
mnageswar 0W / 1L / 0D
Most Played Opponents
kenij 7W / 0L / 0D
jaminioustuft 1W / 3L / 0D
luisnajarro 2W / 1L / 0D
mgarciaher 1W / 1L / 1D
Risder Jordan Luna Gardin 2W / 1L / 0D

Rating

Year Bullet Blitz Rapid Daily
2025 706 930 210
2024 810 233
2023 858
2022 794 900
2020 1094
2019 882 1074
2015 1064 804 1213 1200
Rating by Year20152019202020222023202420251213210YearRatingBlitzRapidDaily

Stats by Year

Year White Black Moves
2025 98W / 84L / 5D 90W / 95L / 6D 51.1
2024 229W / 213L / 10D 210W / 232L / 8D 48.0
2023 10W / 9L / 0D 7W / 13L / 0D 44.6
2022 120W / 127L / 7D 114W / 123L / 9D 49.1
2020 1W / 1L / 0D 1W / 0L / 0D 40.3
2019 123W / 105L / 7D 106W / 122L / 4D 53.3
2015 7W / 12L / 0D 6W / 12L / 0D 46.6

Openings: Most Played

Rapid Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Kings Pawn Opening 628 315 300 13 50.2%
Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation 149 64 83 2 43.0%
Scandinavian Defense 87 44 41 2 50.6%
Philidor Defense 84 40 41 3 47.6%
Bishops Opening 53 23 29 1 43.4%
Van t Kruijs Opening 45 27 17 1 60.0%
French Defense 44 23 20 1 52.3%
Queens Pawn Opening Horwitz Defense 44 24 20 0 54.5%
Caro Kann Defense 42 22 20 0 52.4%
Vienna Game 40 21 19 0 52.5%
Blitz Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Kings Pawn Opening 128 74 52 2 57.8%
Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation 49 15 32 2 30.6%
Scandinavian Defense 23 10 13 0 43.5%
Center Game 20 6 14 0 30.0%
Van t Kruijs Opening 18 6 12 0 33.3%
Bishops Opening 15 2 13 0 13.3%
Scandinavian Defense Mieses Kotrc Variation 15 9 6 0 60.0%
Queens Pawn Opening 14 9 5 0 64.3%
Scandinavian Defense Closed 11 7 4 0 63.6%
French Defense 10 7 2 1 70.0%
Daily Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Kings Pawn Opening 4 1 3 0 25.0%
Queens Pawn Opening Accelerated London System 1 1 0 0 100.0%
French Defense Normal Variation 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Bullet Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Undefined 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Polish Opening 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Mieses Opening Reversed Rat Variation 1 0 1 0 0.0%
Kings Pawn Opening 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Kings Pawn Opening Kings Knight Variation 1 0 1 0 0.0%

🔥 Streaks

Streak Longest Current
Winning 18 3
Losing 9 0