Vulpeula

About Vulpeula

Meet Vulpeula, a chess warrior navigating the 64 squares with a blend of cunning, resilience, and a slight addiction to blitz. With a peak blitz rating of 712 achieved early in 2025, this player proves that even if the rating graph is a bit of a rollercoaster, the spirit remains unbroken.

Playing Style & Strengths

Vulpeula enjoys long, thoughtful games, as shown by their average moves per win (43) and loss (56), hinting at a love for the strategic marathon rather than a sprint. With a comeback rate of 71.6%, quitting early is not in their vocabulary — quite the opposite, they excel at clawing their way back after setbacks.

Vulpeula’s win rate with White pieces stands a respectable 52.9%, but with Black, it's a more humble 44%, suggesting they might petition to always get White if it was up to them. Early resignations are rare, making it clear that perseverance is key to their philosophy.

Opening Repertoire: The "Top Secret" Gambit

They favor a mysterious “Top Secret” opening in blitz, with over 660 games played — perhaps a fitting name for a secret weapon! Among the known classics, their usage of the Scandinavian Defense stands out with an 80% win-rate and its variations scoring similarly strong results. Other favored battlegrounds include the Three Knights Opening and sneakier lines like the King's Pawn Opening King's Knight Variation, showing Vulpeula’s taste for tactical melee and counterattack.

Battle Scars and Glory

Boasting a combined blitz record of 377 wins to 398 losses, Vulpeula is no stranger to hard-fought battles, often exchanging blows with frequent opponents like cyrus27 and itx_mr_noone. Their longest winning streak? An impressive 11 games in a row, proving they’ve tasted the sweet nectar of domination.

Game endings are more often by checkmate than resignation, highlighting Vulpeula’s knack for the dramatic and final flourish, with 188 wins by checkmate versus 132 by resignation. Time troubles have occasionally been a nemesis, with 214 blitz losses on time—an opportunity to practice that better clock management!

Notorious Moments

One memorable recent victory saw Vulpeula checkmating a lower-rated opponent in a dazzling finish after a Center Game battle. Conversely, even the best falter: a recent loss came as a time-out in a Scotch Game, a reminder that even chess warriors have to guard their clocks!

Quirks & Fun Facts

• Best Time to Play: 8 PM — Apparently the hour when Vulpeula’s brain clocks in at full power.
• Tilt Factor: 8/100 — Probably still better than your average nephew.
• Win Rate by Hour: A staggering 69% around 8 PM game time, while morning hours below 3 AM are a gamble.
• Psychological Edge: Wins below their rating outclass opponents by nearly 4x, but above their rating it's a steep climb — yet another challenge to overcome!

In summary, Vulpeula is the quintessential tireless competitor: a fighter who learns from every loss, surprises with unexpected openings, and most importantly, has a sense of humor about the game’s ups and downs. If Vulpeula had a slogan, it might be: "Never surrender, just blunder tactically."