About Yuri Yurakov (yuriyrakov)
Yuri Yurakov is a persistent Daily chess player with a taste for long, strategic battles and strangely-timed coffee breaks. Active on the server since 2017, Yuri has played nearly 1,800 Daily games (802 wins, 834 losses, 153 draws) and prefers the Daily time control—slow, thoughtful, and perfect for elaborate endgames.
Notable peak: 1826 (2020-09-20). Yuri reached his highest Recorded Daily strength in late 2020 and remains a dangerous opponent when the clock is generous.
Playing style & strengths
A patient grinder who often drags opponents into long endgames, Yuri blends tactical resourcefulness with dogged endgame technique.
- Comeback rate: 76.46% — never count him out.
- Endgame frequency: 68% — prepares to fight until the last pawn.
- Avg moves per win: ~62.4; Avg moves per loss: ~65.7 — classic marathon games.
- Avg first capture: move 6.5 — steady development before the fireworks.
- Early resignation rate is low (1.54%) — likes to play on.
Opening repertoire
Yuri’s openings lean toward solid, somewhat classical choices as Black and sharp, familiar Sicilian lines as White. He experiments, but favors reliability.
- As Black: Petrov's Defense (frequent), Philidor Defense. See Petrov's Defense and Philidor Defense.
- As White: Sicilian family is a go-to — strong White performance vs the Sicilian (Sicilian Defense), with a reported ~58% win rate in that line.
- Surprising favorites: Barnes Defense and quirky traps like the Blackburne Shilling Gambit appear regularly in the database.
Rivals & memorable records
Yuri keeps company with a few frequent opponents. Some are friendly rivals; others are uncanny nemeses.
- Most-played: viktor09051973 — a painful ledger (6–52–5). See viktor09051973.
- Big wins vs regulars: jodleikk (34–14–2) and seldovia (36–5–1) — reliable victories. See jodleikk.
- Impressive head-to-heads: daputch (14–2–1) and rikardoperez (12–2–0).
Streaks, habits & fun facts
Yuri’s chess life is full of streaks, midnight tactics, and the occasional dramatic comeback.
- Longest winning streak: 14 games. Longest losing streak: 9 games. Current winning streak: 1.
- Best time of day to play: 02:00 — absurdly high win rates around late-night / early-morning hours (2:00, 21:00–23:00 and midnight periods show unusually strong results).
- Tilt factor: 9 (keeps calm most of the time — unless the opening novelty goes wrong).
- Humor: Yuri claims he studies endgames "between sips of tea and existential crises."
Quick interactive snapshots
A few clickable and visual placeholders to explore Yuri’s trends and a short sample game to try in your viewer.
- Rating history (Daily):
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- Peak rating summary: 1826 (2020-09-20)
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