[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":119},["ShallowReactive",2],{"bot-cress":3},{"id":4,"aboutLong":5,"age":6,"botId":7,"country":8,"countryCode":9,"dataHash":10,"dateModified":11,"elo":12,"extension":13,"faq":14,"favoriteQuote":24,"gender":25,"hello":26,"introduction":27,"isTrophy":28,"liveDate":29,"luckyCharm":30,"meta":31,"name":32,"occupation":33,"openingAxes":34,"openingsAnalysis":36,"playstyle":37,"playstyleSummary":41,"ratingHistory":42,"shortName":80,"similar":81,"stem":116,"trophyQuirk":36,"trophyUnlock":36,"whoShouldPlay":117,"__hash__":118},"bots/bots/cress.json","Holly Cresswell is a 32-year-old kauri-gum humidifier monitor at Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington, New Zealand, where she keeps the relative humidity inside amber resin display cases within their preferred bands. She trained in collections care after a chemistry degree at Victoria University and carries a small linen pouch of archival cotton gloves in her bag. On the chessboard she rates around 382 Elo, an absolute beginner level: she knows how the pieces move and can spot a basic capture, but she has never studied openings or tactics and tends to leave pieces undefended every few moves. Chess for Holly is a casual pastime she has been exposed to without ever drilling, closer to a gallery hobby than a discipline. Visitors can expect a soft, unhurried game with frequent hanging pieces, polite curatorial commentary, and plenty of room to practise spotting threats.","32","cress","New Zealand","nz","98ff89865dac5573c5328f228eae27998c23e154bb70559d99f83d366371af08","2026-07-06",382,"json",[15,18,21],{"question":16,"answer":17},"What rating is Holly?","Holly is rated approximately 382 Elo, which places her at absolute beginner level. She knows the rules and can execute basic captures, but she hangs pieces and misses obvious threats every few moves.",{"question":19,"answer":20},"What opening does Holly play?","Holly has no fixed opening repertoire on file. She has never studied theory and improvises her first moves casually, so games can start in almost any structure depending on what feels natural that day.",{"question":22,"answer":23},"Is Holly a good first opponent for someone learning chess?","Yes, Holly is an excellent first opponent for someone who has just learned how the pieces move. At 382 Elo she will regularly leave pieces undefended and miss simple threats, giving new players a gentle, forgiving board on which to practise captures and basic safety checks.","Slow drift, steady hand — the gum will tell you the rest.","female","Kia ora, Holly here, gloves on and clipboard ready. I only play a handful of games a year, so treat this like a quiet walk-through after closing time. RH is steady, the cases are sealed, and we can take it slow together.","Holly looks after the climate inside the kauri-gum display cases at Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington, walking quiet morning rounds with a digital hygrometer and a clipboard. Each amber resin specimen has its own preferred relative humidity, and her job is to keep every reading inside its band before the public arrive. She trained in collections care after a chemistry degree at Victoria University, and she still keeps her best pair of cotton archival gloves in a small linen pouch at the back of her bag.",false,"2026-05-08T00:00:00.000Z","A small linen pouch holding her favourite pair of soft cotton archival gloves and a thumb-sized polished kauri-gum offcut from a study collection.",{},"Holly Cresswell","Wellington Te Papa kauri-gum humidifier monitor",{"solid_sharp":35,"unprepared_theoretical":35},0,null,{"defensive_aggressive":38,"simplifying_complicating":39,"category":40},0.95,0.96,5,"Holly plays surprisingly aggressively for a beginner, pushing pieces forward and keeping tension on the board rather than trading down into quiet endgames. She has no opening theory and improvises move by move, so her attacks arrive without preparation and often leave her own holdings exposed. Expect cluttered middlegames with pieces still on their original plinths, unexpected lunges, and clear tactical gifts when her climate readings drift.",[43,45,47,49,52,54,57,60,62,64,66,68,70,72,74,76,78],{"rating":12,"msSinceEpoch":44},1778372072642,{"rating":12,"msSinceEpoch":46},1778465405859,{"rating":12,"msSinceEpoch":48},1778469252560,{"rating":50,"msSinceEpoch":51},375,1778866613267,{"rating":50,"msSinceEpoch":53},1778879237237,{"rating":55,"msSinceEpoch":56},374,1778891229238,{"rating":58,"msSinceEpoch":59},391,1778904503089,{"rating":58,"msSinceEpoch":61},1778904749995,{"rating":58,"msSinceEpoch":63},1778924317061,{"rating":58,"msSinceEpoch":65},1778924458385,{"rating":58,"msSinceEpoch":67},1778924529860,{"rating":12,"msSinceEpoch":69},1778936433553,{"rating":12,"msSinceEpoch":71},1778940311156,{"rating":50,"msSinceEpoch":73},1779077391826,{"rating":55,"msSinceEpoch":75},1779189659252,{"rating":55,"msSinceEpoch":77},1779200178158,{"rating":55,"msSinceEpoch":79},1779384017284,"Holly",{"sameStyle":82,"different":101},[83,89,95],{"botId":84,"name":85,"elo":86,"country":87,"countryCode":88,"category":40},"layne","Kwesi Layne",399,"Trinidad and Tobago","tt",{"botId":90,"name":91,"elo":92,"country":93,"countryCode":94,"category":40},"yambr","Mario Yamberla",365,"Ecuador","ec",{"botId":96,"name":97,"elo":98,"country":99,"countryCode":100,"category":40},"aldam","Reinier Aldama",348,"Cuba","cu",[102,109],{"botId":103,"name":104,"elo":105,"country":106,"countryCode":107,"category":108},"reuter","Liz Reuter",385,"Luxembourg","lu",1,{"botId":110,"name":111,"elo":112,"country":113,"countryCode":114,"category":115},"roksa","Roksana Begum",379,"Bangladesh","bd",4,"bots/cress","Holly suits brand-new players rated under 600, or anyone who has just learned the rules and wants a calm, low-pressure opponent. Because she pushes forward and keeps the position tangled, she is useful for practising basic threat-spotting, defending a single piece, and punishing undefended attackers. Players working on simple tactics like forks and hanging-piece captures will find regular openings against her unhurried, unstudied style.","6LmuhXlK7JHjUoc-yJZ_h_mdgPrNTv8J29DNT16ugBY",1784583536210]