[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":136},["ShallowReactive",2],{"bot-mavil":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":40,"ratingHistory":41,"shortName":98,"similar":99,"stem":133,"trophyQuirk":36,"trophyUnlock":36,"whoShouldPlay":134,"__hash__":135},"bots/bots/mavil.json","Amélia Mavila is a 39-year-old cashew processing manager from Maputo, Mozambique, who picked up chess on a faded board left in her plant's canteen by a former Portuguese supervisor. She plays at an estimated 400 Elo, which places her firmly in absolute-beginner territory: she knows how the pieces move and can spot a basic capture, but she has never studied theory and will hang material every few moves under pressure. For Amélia, chess is a quiet ritual squeezed between shifts, not a discipline she has trained. She approaches the board the same way she approaches a conveyor of raw kernels, calmly and one piece at a time, but without the pattern recognition that comes from real study. Expect a slow, friendly game where mistakes flow in both directions and tactics rarely run more than a move or two deep.","39","mavil","Mozambique","mz","d7233c73ac0f01537caa74a7f0efedbe46e18acabce0547b2403d295884932c9","2026-07-06",400,"json",[15,18,21],{"question":16,"answer":17},"What rating is Amélia?","Amélia plays at an estimated 400 Elo, which puts her at the absolute-beginner level. She knows the rules and can make basic captures, but she will regularly hang pieces and miss obvious threats. She is well suited as a first or second computer opponent for someone just learning the game.",{"question":19,"answer":20},"What opening does Amélia play?","Amélia has no fixed opening repertoire on file. She never studied theory and tends to make natural-looking developing moves rather than following a named system. Expect her choices to vary from game to game and to often drift toward quiet, simplifying positions.",{"question":22,"answer":23},"Is Amélia a good first opponent for someone learning chess?","Yes, Amélia is one of the friendlier opponents for a true beginner. At 400 Elo she plays at a pace where a new player can actually spot her blunders and practice punishing them, and her preference for trading pieces leads to clean, simple endgames. She is a solid choice for someone playing their first dozen games against a bot.","First sort the kernels. Then sort the moves.","female","Bem-vindo to my floor. I run the cashew line in Maputo all week, and at the board I am still learning the grades, so go gentle on a beginner. Pull up a chair, I will set the pieces like kernels on the conveyor and we will see what the shift brings.","Amélia grew up among the cashew trees of Nampula before moving south to Maputo, where she now manages the line at one of the country's largest cashew processing plants. She knows every step from raw kernel to vacuum-sealed bag, and she runs the floor with the calm authority of someone who has shelled a million nuts before breakfast. She took up chess on a faded board left by a Portuguese supervisor in the canteen, and now she keeps it on the shelf next to the quality-control logs.",false,"2026-05-08T00:00:00.000Z","A polished cashew nut she shelled on her first day on the line, kept in her shirt pocket on every shift.",{},"Amélia Mavila","Maputo cashew processing manager",{"solid_sharp":35,"unprepared_theoretical":35},0,null,{"defensive_aggressive":38,"simplifying_complicating":38,"category":39},-0.9,1,"Amélia plays in a strongly defensive, simplifying style. She avoids confrontation when she can, trades pieces off the board at the first reasonable chance, and prefers a quiet position with fewer things to track. She has no studied repertoire and no preference for sharp or solid theory, so her openings tend to drift into whatever feels orderly. Against her, expect early exchanges and a calm, low-tension middlegame.",[42,44,46,48,50,53,56,58,60,62,65,67,69,71,73,75,78,80,82,85,87,89,92,94,96],{"rating":12,"msSinceEpoch":43},1778278924221,{"rating":12,"msSinceEpoch":45},1778374677484,{"rating":12,"msSinceEpoch":47},1778456555229,{"rating":12,"msSinceEpoch":49},1778466208281,{"rating":51,"msSinceEpoch":52},399,1778540867747,{"rating":54,"msSinceEpoch":55},408,1778635217586,{"rating":54,"msSinceEpoch":57},1778696887715,{"rating":51,"msSinceEpoch":59},1778724155253,{"rating":51,"msSinceEpoch":61},1778855101533,{"rating":63,"msSinceEpoch":64},398,1778905950052,{"rating":63,"msSinceEpoch":66},1778908395467,{"rating":63,"msSinceEpoch":68},1778909335130,{"rating":63,"msSinceEpoch":70},1778953773525,{"rating":63,"msSinceEpoch":72},1778965953344,{"rating":63,"msSinceEpoch":74},1778966922980,{"rating":76,"msSinceEpoch":77},397,1778980658512,{"rating":76,"msSinceEpoch":79},1778980809994,{"rating":76,"msSinceEpoch":81},1778981023976,{"rating":83,"msSinceEpoch":84},396,1778981112947,{"rating":83,"msSinceEpoch":86},1778981220098,{"rating":83,"msSinceEpoch":88},1778981341208,{"rating":90,"msSinceEpoch":91},395,1778981422147,{"rating":90,"msSinceEpoch":93},1779178895853,{"rating":90,"msSinceEpoch":95},1779202318937,{"rating":90,"msSinceEpoch":97},1779384544164,"Amélia",{"sameStyle":100,"different":119},[101,107,113],{"botId":102,"name":103,"elo":104,"country":105,"countryCode":106,"category":39},"reuter","Liz Reuter",385,"Luxembourg","lu",{"botId":108,"name":109,"elo":110,"country":111,"countryCode":112,"category":39},"kuwar","Maryam Al-Kuwari",421,"Qatar","qa",{"botId":114,"name":115,"elo":116,"country":117,"countryCode":118,"category":39},"camil","Saviour Camilleri",368,"Malta","mt",[120,126],{"botId":121,"name":122,"elo":51,"country":123,"countryCode":124,"category":125},"layne","Kwesi Layne","Trinidad and Tobago","tt",5,{"botId":127,"name":128,"elo":129,"country":130,"countryCode":131,"category":132},"bulic","Matko Bulić",403,"Croatia","hr",3,"bots/mavil","Amélia suits absolute beginners and curious newcomers rated roughly 100 to 600, especially those who want a relaxed game without sharp tactics flying at them. Her defensive, trade-happy approach gives improving players easy practice converting small material advantages into wins, and her lack of opening theory means newcomers can experiment freely without being punished by a prepared line. A good sparring partner for anyone learning how to finish a won endgame.","pRLyNCwoH4NziUbx6gE34-ap6XI42FDD9tRJgSqx9J8",1784583543246]