Hello I’m Sir_in! I’ve been playing chess for around 5 years now, but really started playing seriously for around a year. I created this account February 27th, 2023, to play with my friend, @jprashantha, then I completely forgot about this account for 2 years until my same friend wanted to play again. By now it was 2025, I was trying to create an account but then my keychain popped up, reading “ Use Password for Sir_in?” . Somehow after 2 years, it still remembered my login info.

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Now Let me address the elephant in the room,

Am I really from Vatican City?

I am not . You see, I study Latin, which I really enjoy. Somewhere down the line, I learned that Vatican City was the only language that has Latin as one of their main languages. Which is why to this day I still wear the yellow, key themed flag.

Vivat Lingua Latina!

🎯 GOALS FOR 2026:

⏰ 1000 ELO RAPID ✅ (3/18/26)

⚡️ 700 ELO BLITZ ✅ (3/1/26)

🚀 900 ELO BULLET ✅ (12/31/25)

☀️ 1200 ELO DAILY

Status: Playing 5-7 Days a Week

Info

I will not accept daily games right now because I already have too many.

I will accept most Unrated Rapid challenges.

I will accept most Unrated Blitz challenges.

I will accept almost all Unrated Bullet challenges (including 10 sec).

Peak Ratings:

Rapid: 1162 (Current)

Blitz: 1054 (Current)

Bullet: 1034 (Current)

Daily: 1143 (Current)

Yeah so right now I’m peaking :)

Current Openings:

White: Queen’s Gambit (1. d4 d5 2. c4)

Black: Caro Kann Defense (1. e4 c6)

Nizmo-Indian Defense (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4)

Chess.com Opening Quiz Result:

Chess.com Personality Quiz Result: The Machine…

Favorite Checkmate Pattern: Smothered Mate

Favorite Time Control: Rapid & Classical

Bishop or Knight: Overall, I choose Bishop . But in closed positions I consider knights.

Chess.com Highest Streak: 222 (April 10, 2026)

Chess Hot Take: idk

Valuable Advice & Teaching from Other Players

Quotes might not be exact

“learn some basic endgames, like king vs king + pawn, rook endgames, etc.” - @Mintakah

“puzzles” - @Mintakah

“[watch] videos from strong players who play the same openings as [you] (like Alex Benzea for the Caro-Kann)” - @Mintakah

“playing relatively long games, like 10 or 15 minute games, and then analyzing them afterward: retracing what I was thinking during the game, seeing what I missed, and figuring out my weaknesses.” - @Mintakah

“For openings, it’s good if you try to stick to the same lines most of the time, so you can learn from your past games and build some intuition for the plans in different positions.” - @Mintakah

“try to have a line ready for each response, like when I play 1. e4, I want specific lines prepared against the Caro-Kann, Sicilian, French, e5, Pirc, Scandinavian, etc.” - @Mintakah

“[watch] videos from strong players to understand the lines they play a bit better, and especially to understand the middlegame plans (I think that’s the crucial part: you can play the opening perfectly, but if you don’t find a middlegame plan, you’ll quickly lose any advantage).” - @Mintakah

“making some studies on Lichess to write down and work on my opening lines.” - @Mintakah

How to Checkmate with a Queen & King - Ethan, (plays on Lichess.org)

How to Checkmate with a Rook & King - Ethan, (plays on Lichess.org)

League Milestones:

Wood: February 27th, 2023 (join date)

Stone: August 19th, 2025

Bronze: August 25th, 2025

Silver: October 12th, 2025#5

Crystal: October 19th, 2025

Elite: November 2, 2025

Champion: February 22, 2026#2 (259🏆) E426KCEXFTA

Legend: March 15, 2026#3 (359🏆) C5AGFCJOXAS

Legend (1st Place):

CURRENT LEAGUE: L3nKptgXm8A

Rating Milestones:

⏰ Rapid ⏰

400: Oct 22, 2025 (6:26:51 PM CST)

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900: March 14, 2026 (4:42:34 PM CST)

1000?: March 24, 2026 (3:45:13 PM CST)

🚀 Bullet 🚀

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☀️ Daily ☀️

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