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Thuong Cong Duong

Username: YangShangGong

Location: Hanoi City, Vietnam

Playing Since: 2014-05-08 (Active)

Wow Factor: ♟♟♟

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Rapid: 2106
19W / 3L / 1D
Blitz: 2490
668W / 617L / 80D
Bullet: 2501
295W / 314L / 32D

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
Rating by Year20142015201620172018201920202021202220232024202525391485YearRatingBulletBlitzRapid

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

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