Biography of Thuong Cong Duong (aka YangShangGong)
Welcome to the fascinating neural network of chess mastery embodied by Thuong Cong Duong, a player whose strategic synapses fire across Blitz, Bullet, and Rapid formats with remarkable precision and tenacity! From his early days in 2014 with a Blitz rating of 2140 and Bullet rating of 2021, Thuong's ELO evolution resembles a well-nourished axon — rapidly extending and strengthening connections through years of intense battles on the 64-cell battlefield.
Known also by the intriguing alias YangShangGong, Thuong’s chess brain processes complex positions with a win rate climbing consistently over the years. His tactical awareness is nothing short of remarkable, boasting a comeback rate of 87.47% and an astonishing 95.93% win rate after losing a piece — talk about regenerative capabilities on the primal chess cortex!
Thuong’s style favors the deep endgame, engaging in lengthy duels with an average of about 73 moves per win, which truly proves he’s no flash-in-the-pan mitochondrion. His patience lends itself to a robust winning record overall, with a total of 650 wins in Blitz, 221 wins in Bullet, and 39 wins in Rapid games, showcasing his cellular stamina across all time controls.
His opening repertoire is a rich genomic sequence of well-studied defenses. In Blitz games, the Sicilian Defense Delayed Alapin Variation and Caro Kann Defense Exchange Variation are among his favored defense mitochondrias, with win rates surpassing 64%. His understanding of the Philidor Defense and subtle nuances of the French Defense Exchange Variation keep his opponents scrambling for oxygen in the heat of battle. Even his 'Undefined' openings deliver a staggering 76% win rate — talk about mystery genes firing at peak efficiency!
Though sometimes inclined to early resignation (early resignation rate: 1.64%), Thuong’s resilience often revives him from the brink, a testament to a strong psychological immune system despite a mild tilt factor of 12. His performance by hour and day also resembles circadian rhythms, peaking impressively on Sundays and early mornings, when his neurons seem to fire with golden synaptic efficiency.
With a longest winning streak of 21 games, Thuong’s consistency hums like a finely tuned neural oscillator. His most frequent opponents, including 'dabee' and 'renancapablanca', have faced his tactical enzymes repeatedly, sometimes succumbing to his well-adapted gambits.
In conclusion, Thuong Cong Duong is a chess player whose game is an elegant ballet of biological metaphor: endurance, adaptability, and advanced tactical regeneration combine to make him a formidable organism in the ecosystem of competitive chess. As the neurons of his mind continue to spark and his rating climbs over 2500 in Blitz and Bullet, one thing is for certain — Thuong’s chess cells will continue replicating brilliance for many matches to come.
🆚 Opponent Insights
| Most Played Opponents | ||
|---|---|---|
| Adegboyega Joel ADEBAYO | 6W / 5L / 1D | |
| darkoni93 | 3W / 7L / 1D | |
| renancapablanca | 3W / 8L / 0D | |
| iwansusanto16 | 5W / 3L / 2D | |
| Vignesh Kannan P | 0W / 10L / 0D | |
Rating
| Year | Bullet | Blitz | Rapid | Daily |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2394 | 2532 | ||
| 2024 | 2322 | 2539 | 2068 | |
| 2023 | 2325 | 2378 | 2001 | |
| 2022 | 2395 | 2397 | 1650 | |
| 2021 | 2390 | 2450 | 1650 | |
| 2020 | 2092 | 2376 | ||
| 2019 | 2372 | |||
| 2018 | 2086 | 2432 | ||
| 2017 | 2165 | 2297 | ||
| 2016 | 2300 | |||
| 2015 | 2232 | |||
| 2014 | 2021 | 2140 | 1485 |
Stats by Year
| Year | White | Black | Moves |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25W / 27L / 4D | 25W / 27L / 3D | 81.0 |
| 2024 | 51W / 39L / 3D | 44W / 47L / 3D | 77.9 |
| 2023 | 72W / 54L / 3D | 55W / 58L / 11D | 64.9 |
| 2022 | 53W / 67L / 4D | 62W / 62L / 10D | 76.9 |
| 2021 | 92W / 70L / 12D | 81W / 88L / 9D | 79.3 |
| 2020 | 5W / 9L / 2D | 10W / 5L / 1D | 84.3 |
| 2019 | 0W / 1L / 0D | 1W / 1L / 0D | 77.0 |
| 2018 | 50W / 29L / 3D | 39W / 39L / 1D | 77.6 |
| 2017 | 8W / 9L / 1D | 12W / 6L / 1D | 77.8 |
| 2016 | 30W / 21L / 8D | 25W / 29L / 3D | 82.8 |
| 2015 | 26W / 21L / 3D | 26W / 24L / 1D | 69.5 |
| 2014 | 76W / 35L / 4D | 60W / 46L / 10D | 75.4 |
Openings: Most Played
| Blitz Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Opening | 1130 | 577 | 488 | 65 | 51.1% |
| Top Secret | 137 | 73 | 59 | 5 | 53.3% |
| Sicilian Defense Hyperaccelerated Dragon Variation | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Kings Indian Defense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Pirc Defense Main Line Austrian Weiss Variation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Scandinavian Defense Mieses Kotrc Gubinsky Melts Schiller Pytel Variation | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Philidor Defense Hanham Lion Variation | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Sicilian Defense Kan Maroczy Bind Formation | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Closed Sicilian Defense Traditional Line | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Caro Kann Defense Exchange Rubinstein Variation | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Bullet Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Opening | 476 | 218 | 235 | 23 | 45.8% |
| Top Secret | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.5% |
| Lion Defense | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Nimzowitsch Defense Declined Williams Variation | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Vienna Game Max Lange Paulsen Variation | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Sicilian Defense | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Pirc Defense Czech Defense | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Philidor Defense Hanham Lion Variation | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Scotch Game Scotch Gambit | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Caro Kann Defense | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Rapid Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Opening | 45 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 84.4% |
| Top Secret | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25.0% |
🔥 Streaks
| Streak | Longest | Current |
|---|---|---|
| Winning | 21 | 0 |
| Losing | 12 | 1 |