Who Is yurich25?
yurich25 is a relentless online blitz competitor who has piled up more than 17,000 games since 2011. He began as a modest 1400 rated player and slowly forged himself into a 2300 level force. His career peak of 2340 (2020-09-24) arrived in September 2020, capping off a near decade long climb through the online ranks.
The Long Climb
yurich25's rating graph reads like a marathon, not a sprint. He ended 2011 at 1855, hovered in the high 1900s and low 2000s for years, then broke through after 2016.
By 2019 he crossed 2200, and in 2020 he pushed all the way to a peak of 2340. The final months of 2020 saw his most consistent stretch, with his strength adjusted blitz win rate settling at exactly 50.01 percent, the mark of a player who belongs exactly where he is.
Repertoire: A Devoted d4 Player
If you face yurich25, expect 1.d4. In 2016 he played d4 in 876 games and e4 exactly once. As White he loves to meet the King's Indian Defense and the Benoni with the aggressive Four Pawns Attack, and he handles the Slav Defense with the Alekhine Variation. His best weapon is the Benoni Four Pawns Attack, where he scores a mighty 60.3 percent over 529 games.
With Black he is a dedicated French Defense player, amassing nearly 900 games in that opening, and he is comfortable in the Australian Defense and the Symmetrical English. He is not afraid to grind, with nearly 80 percent of his games reaching the endgame.
Rivalries
No rival defines yurich25 more than Aurelio Vila Dupla, who faced him 176 times, with yurich25 holding a narrow 86 to 80 edge. Against zelimirno1 he is dominant, winning 47 of 65 meetings. But zvonimor_radic has been his nightmare, beating him 48 times in 77 encounters.
Numbers and Quirks
- Comeback rate of 82.4 percent, with a 45.2 percent win rate even after losing a piece.
- Rarely resigns early, only 6 percent of games end with an early resignation.
- Longest winning streak of 20 games, though his longest losing streak is 17.
- Wins average 62.5 moves, and he wins 51 percent of his White games but only 44 percent with Black.
- His best hour is 09:00, when he wins 55.6 percent of the time.
- A perfect 4 and 0 debut in bullet, making him one of the few players with an undefeated bullet record.