Bart Muñoz (aka Zokers)
Meet Bart Muñoz, a chess enthusiast whose journey on the 64 squares resembles an epic saga filled with comebacks, battles, and not-so-graceful resignations (only about 2.27% of the time, promise!). Known online as Zokers, Bart's style blends tactical awareness with a penchant for long games, averaging about 60 moves per win. Clearly, patience is a virtue he embraces — or maybe just a habit from losing track of time!
Rating Highlights
- Peak Bullet Rating: 663 (April 2025) – at lightning speed, Bart strikes and occasionally misses... but mostly strikes.
- Peak Blitz Rating: 1122 (March 2018) – once upon a faster time control, Bart was practically a blur on the board.
- Peak Rapid Rating: 1007 (March 2025) – proving he can take down opponents at a more deliberate pace.
- Perfect Daily Rating: 1000 (September 2024) – only a couple of games, but hey, perfection counts!
Playing Style & Philosophy
Bart doesn't give up easily, boasting an impressive 75.56% comeback rate after losing material. Even when the going gets tough, he's not afraid to dive deep into endgames, with over 60% of games reaching that stage. White pieces? He wins about 51.4% of the time. Black? Slightly better at 54.4% wins—perhaps Bart prefers the dark side. His longest winning streak clocks in at 13 games, but beware his longest losing skid of 10 — it’s like a chess rollercoaster with more than a few stomach flips.
Favorite Openings
The Caro-Kann Defense is Bart’s trusted workhorse in Bullet, yielding a solid 57.5% win rate. In Rapid games, he shines brightest in the Queens Pawn Opening Chigorin Variation with a perfect 100% record — quite a magical potion! For Blitz, the Sicilian Defense Smith-Morra Gambit is his lucky charm, boasting almost 78% wins. When playing White, he loves to rattle opponents with aggressive and sharp lines like the Ruy Lopez Opening Old Steinitz Defense (80% wins).
Recent Battles
Bart’s last victory was a classic demonstration of patience and precision against veersundriyal, sealing the game in a Philidor Defense with a timely time win. On the losing side, a twist of fate saw him lose on time to nando1787 in a Sicilian Defense Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted battle. His opponents don't get off lightly, though — several have felt the sting of Zokers' strategic prowess, especially the frequently faced jadzhi_murat, against whom Bart holds an outstanding nearly 90% win ratio!
Did You Know?
- Bart is most dangerous around 7 PM — some kind of chess vampire awakening!
- His games rarely end abruptly; he averages nearly 60 moves per win, so expect long tactical duels.
- Despite the ups and downs, his morale stays strong with a tilt factor of just 10 out of 100. That’s Zen master level for the chess world.
All in all, Bart Muñoz, or Zokers, is a tenacious player whose love for chess is matched only by his ability to frustrate opponents with solid, sometimes surprising play. Whether blazing through blitz or grinding through rapid, he's a force worthy of respect—and occasional laughter when the moves get wild.
