Yelyzaveta Hrebenshchykova WGM

Yelyzaveta Hrebenshchykova — the profile

Yelyzaveta Hrebenshchykova (username: verrbaa) is a titled chess player and a FIDE Woman Grandmaster known for a razor-sharp blitz eye and an unexpectedly patient rapid game. Preferred time control: Rapid. She mixes practical opening preparation with long tactical skirmishes — the sort of player who will beat you with a surprise Alapin and then ask politely whether you enjoyed it.

Career highlights

• Earned the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) — a milestone that says “I will outplay you and smile about it.”
• Strong tournament and online presence across blitz and rapid events with consistent peak performances. See peak blitz mark: 2523 (2024-03-05).
• Notable online rivalries: repeated encounters with opponents such as Ihor Samunenkov and michael124667 helped sharpen competitive instincts.
• Frequent use of the Sicilian family, especially the Alapin and Sherzer lines — a playground for both cunning and concrete calculation.

Playing style & strengths

Yelyzaveta combines tactical alertness with surprising endgame persistence. Comfortable converting advantages in long games and capable of sudden comebacks when a piece is lost. Preferred rapid time control highlights strategic depth and resourcefulness under pressure.

• Endgame-prone player: high endgame frequency and long average game lengths (serious grinders).
• Tactical awareness: strong comeback rate and solid win rate after material losses.
• Time-of-day edge: unusually sharp at early-morning blitz — best time of day recorded: 07:00.
• Typical habits: plays e4 frequently as White and enjoys Sicilian structures as Black/White transpositions.

Openings & repertoire

Openings are both practical and prepared — a combination that produces many decisive games. Favorites and strong scores include:

• Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation — deep familiarity and positive results.
• Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Sherzer Variation — an especially successful branch.
• Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation and other Sicilian systems for dynamic counterplay.
• Caro-Kann and Scandinavian appear regularly, used to steer opponents into quieter waters only to spring tactical traps.

Memorable streaks & psychology

• Longest winning streak recorded: 11 games — the kind of run that makes opponents check their opening notes twice.
• Lowest tilt factor among active grinders; a modest tilt rating of 4 — calm, but not immune to emotions (who is?).
• Strong performance vs. similarly rated opposition; tends to struggle more only when facing significantly higher-rated opponents (classic competitive pattern).

Sample game (snippet)

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Placeholders & quick stats

• Interactive rating history (Blitz):
• Peak ratings: Blitz — 2523 (2024-03-05), Rapid — 1760 (2020-05-22)
• Profile link: Yelyzaveta Hrebenshchykova

Fun facts & personality

• Nickname in team chats: “verrbaa” — short, memorable, and slightly mysterious.
• Known to win with both flashy sacrifices and quiet positional squeezes; opponents never know which version they’ll meet.
• When not analyzing openings, likely brewing tea and annotating games with amusing commentary — chess and humor go hand-in-hand.

Where to follow

For game replays, progress tracking, and occasional post-game jokes, check the profile placeholder: Yelyzaveta Hrebenshchykova.