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Vera Vujović WFM

Username: VeraVujovic

Playing Since: 2019-01-11 (Inactive)

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Daily: 878
4W / 0L / 0D
Rapid: 2166
198W / 129L / 14D
Blitz: 2361
1468W / 1111L / 123D
Bullet: 2445
2820W / 2635L / 339D

Vera Vujović - Woman FIDE Master

Vera Vujović, known in the chess world as VeraVujovic, is no ordinary player — she's a Woman FIDE Master who has gradually turned her bullet, blitz, and rapid game ratings from modest beginnings into impressive peaks worthy of admiration. Starting with bullet ratings barely nudging 1300 in 2020, Vera demonstrated the kind of determination that would make a marathon runner jealous, skyrocketing to a stunning 2487 in bullet by 2025. Speed demons beware!

Her blitz and rapid performances show her versatility: able to think on her feet in blitz, leaping from just over 900 in 2019 to a solid 2361 by 2025, and strategically dominating in rapid games with strong consistency. Vera's opening choice? Top Secret — literally the name of her go-to opening — proving she loves a little mystery along with her double-edged tactics.

With a comeback rate hovering around 82%, and a jaw-dropping 99% win rate after losing a piece, Vera clearly refuses to let setbacks rattle her. She’s the kind of player who turns a near-disaster into a glorious victory, perhaps due to her psychological resilience — apart from the occasional tilt factor of 13, which, hey, happens to even the best of us when the chess gods aren’t smiling.

Vera’s matches tend to be lengthy affairs, averaging nearly 71 moves in wins and 84 in losses, showing that she enjoys her chess like a gourmet savoring a multi-course meal, not a quick snack. Her longest winning streak? A legendary 26 games, proving consistency isn’t just a buzzword but a way of life.

When not plotting board domination, Vera’s win-loss records hint at a competitive spirit—over 3,000 wins in bullet alone, and healthy stats across other time controls, hinting at countless battles fought and won. Opponents beware: when facing Vera, expect a cunning, resilient, and unpredictable opponent with a knack for top-secret openings and last-piece comebacks that leave the crowd gasping.

Whether dawn or dusk, VeraVujovic’s win rates tend to peak around midday and early afternoon — perhaps she’s got a secret stash of chess-fueling coffee or just knows how to keep her focus razor-sharp precisely when it counts.

In sum: Vera Vujović is a woman on a chess mission — poised, patient, and positively devastating on the board. If chess were a chessboard of life, Vera would be the queen commanding the game with grace, grit, and a splash of enigma.


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Coach Chesswick

Hi Vera – Here’s a focused review of your recent games and some next-step ideas.

1. What you are already doing well

  • Active piece play. In many of your Caro-Kann and Slav games you quickly seize open files (…Rc8, …Re8, Rd6, etc.) and create passed pawns. Your win vs. Biculi (46.Rd6!) shows confident end-game coordination.
  • Balanced opening repertoire. As Black you rely on solid pawn structures (…c6/…d5). As White you alternate between Queen’s-pawn systems and the King’s Fianchetto, keeping opponents guessing.
  • Resourcefulness under pressure. Several wins were scored from materially equal or even slightly worse positions because you kept pieces active and set practical problems in mutual time trouble.

2. Patterns behind recent losses

  • Clock management. Four of the five recorded defeats were flags while the engine shows positions within ±1 ♟. You often spend 30–35 s in the first 15 moves of 1-minute games, leaving no reserve for critical moments.
  • Early queen adventures in the Caro-Kann / Alapin. • …Qxd5–Qd8 sequence consumes tempo and invites Nb5–c3–d5 ideas (see loss to mgcnlchessgirl). • If you choose 5…Qxd5 lines, be ready to meet Nc3 with …Qa5 / …Qd6 or adopt the solid …Nf6, …e6, …Nf6 setups that hide the queen early.
  • Dark-square weaknesses after …g6 / …h6. Both checkmate losses (…Qxh7# and …Qb4#) followed the pattern …g6, …h6, …Kh8 with the f-pawn pinned or advanced. Opponents doubled rooks/queen on the h-file or long diagonal.
  • Conversion technique. Versus chessbeer17 you were two pawns up in a rook-ending (43…Rxb5!) yet flagged. The moves that followed were accurate, but too slow.

3. Concrete action plan

ThemeExercises & Targets
Clock handling • Play three 1-minute games with the rule “Move within 2 s for the first 10 moves.” • After each session, review only positions where you spent >5 s – ask “Was there a simpler choice?” • Try 1|1 increment for a week; train premove chains in sterile positions (e.g. known theory).
Caro-Kann repair kit • Watch one model game in the 4…Nf6 line (Short vs. Dreev style) and replay it from memory. • Memorise the defensive motif 9…e6 → …Ne7 → …Nf5 against the Panov structure. • Analyse your loss to Biculi with engine: pause at move 12 and note improvements.
King safety • Daily tactic set filtered for “mating net / back-rank” (10 puzzles, 5 min limit). • Create a mini repertoire file of dark-square exchange sacs you suffered; annotate the turning move when the weakness became fatal. • In fast games, ban the pawn trio …f6, …g6, …h6 unless you are +2 ♟ or more.
End-game conversion • Practice rook-and-pawn vs. rook with 10-second side drills on Lichess table-base until you can checkmate/flag within 40 s. • Adopt the mantra “trade pieces, keep pawns” when ahead in time scrambles.

4. Micro-goals to track

  • Average move time in first 15 plies < 2.5 s (
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    will reflect improved flag ratio).
  • No losses in the same opening back-to-back for a full week (use opening explorer).
  • End-game score >80 % in blitz endings with ≤ 5 pieces (check “Game Review → Endgame”).

5. Quick inspiration corner

“When two seconds seem like two minutes, you’ve blundered; when they feel like half a second, you’ve prepared.” — Garry Kasparov

Keep your dynamic style, tighten the early queen play, and tame the clock – ratings will follow. Looking forward to your next peak 2406 (2025-01-26)!



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Rating

Year Bullet Blitz Rapid Daily
2025 2445 2361 2166
2024 2435 2338 2166 878
2023 2220 2226 2130 711
2022 2031 2008 1769 400
2021 1622 1686 1912
2020 1251 1609 1770
2019 1049
Rating by Year20192020202120222023202420252445400YearRatingBulletBlitzRapidDaily

Stats by Year

Year White Black Moves
2025 124W / 112L / 16D 109W / 134L / 12D 86.5
2024 793W / 779L / 114D 761W / 840L / 86D 87.0
2023 185W / 113L / 20D 187W / 120L / 13D 82.1
2022 706W / 391L / 66D 658W / 442L / 55D 75.5
2021 362W / 234L / 27D 367W / 245L / 21D 68.5
2020 214W / 122L / 18D 213W / 126L / 18D 74.1
2019 211W / 179L / 8D 182W / 209L / 10D 66.7

Openings: Most Played

Bullet Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Amar Gambit 875 457 366 52 52.2%
Caro-Kann Defense 445 175 244 26 39.3%
Scandinavian Defense 327 187 126 14 57.2%
Amazon Attack: Siberian Attack 206 86 103 17 41.8%
Amazon Attack 202 107 87 8 53.0%
Sicilian Defense 164 82 71 11 50.0%
London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation 163 73 81 9 44.8%
Australian Defense 150 63 74 13 42.0%
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation 147 64 72 11 43.5%
Barnes Defense 144 81 57 6 56.2%
Rapid Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Sicilian Defense 42 29 11 2 69.0%
Blackburne Shilling Gambit 31 16 11 4 51.6%
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation 15 9 6 0 60.0%
Amazon Attack 14 6 8 0 42.9%
Philidor Defense 13 10 3 0 76.9%
Scandinavian Defense 13 7 6 0 53.9%
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation 12 8 4 0 66.7%
French Defense 9 3 5 1 33.3%
Sicilian Defense: Closed 9 4 5 0 44.4%
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense 9 7 2 0 77.8%
Blitz Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
Amar Gambit 193 147 42 4 76.2%
Sicilian Defense 181 114 61 6 63.0%
Amazon Attack 168 101 61 6 60.1%
Blackburne Shilling Gambit 143 91 46 6 63.6%
Philidor Defense 133 65 61 7 48.9%
Scandinavian Defense 122 63 53 6 51.6%
Unknown 105 59 44 2 56.2%
Caro-Kann Defense 103 59 37 7 57.3%
French Defense 79 58 20 1 73.4%
Barnes Opening: Walkerling 77 37 39 1 48.0%
Daily Opening Games Wins Losses Draws Win Rate
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Rapport-Jobava System 1 1 0 0 100.0%
QGD: 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 1 1 0 0 100.0%
Elephant Gambit 1 1 0 0 100.0%

🔥 Streaks

Streak Longest Current
Winning 26 3
Losing 13 0
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