Pulled from 3,900+ of my rated games: a patient, classical 1.e4 player who keeps the king safe and stays out of needless trades - then strikes with a sacrifice, and quietly grinds a strong endgame.
I've played 1.e4 almost my whole life - and at heart I'm a gambiteer. As Black the Caro-Kann is my rock (61%), but my real signature is the offbeat Elephant Gambit - 320 games of throwing a pawn at move two. Against 1.d4 I hit back with the sharp Austrian Defense, and as White I meet the Sicilian head-on with the Smith-Morra Gambit. I'd rather make chaos than shuffle pieces.
By the book and fast: knights to f3 & c3 then the e5 outpost, bishops out to active squares - c4, b5, the g5 pin - rooks straight to the e-file, and I castle short 87% of the time.
I'm not a brawler. I trade less, check less, and push into your half less than a normal 1900 - I'd rather build. But when the moment comes I'll give up material: I sacrifice nearly twice as often as a typical player. I keep the queens on and play with an unusually active queen and king - I'm a piece-player, not a pawn-pusher.
My queen and king are each ~13% of my moves - both above a normal player - while pawns are only 24%. I move pieces, not pawns; the rooks live on the e-file.
When the dust settles I'm better than my rating: I win 55% of games that reach an endgame, versus 51% of the ones decided earlier, and I activate my king (13% of my moves - well above normal). My favourite finishes keep pieces active: I convert queen endings 63% and rook endings 57% - pure pawn endings I draw a lot.