Rabindra Choudhary — Chess Streamer
Rabindra Choudhary, known online as Bbx_Rabindra, is a chess streamer who treats bullets as a daily espresso shot: fast, bold, and irresistibly entertaining. He blends practical play with live commentary, inviting viewers to learn by watching rapid decisions unfold.
In the online chess world, Rabindra stands out for his approachable style, community engagement, and a healthy dose of humor during high-speed battles.
Streaming and Community
On his streams, Rabindra breaks down positions, explains ideas in real time, and chats with followers as the clock counts down. He often plays with a Bullet emphasis, showing up with upbeat energy and a willingness to dive into the chaos of time pressure.
Playing Style and Highlights
His games reflect a preference for dynamic, endgame-rich play. Endgames are a particular strength, with endgame transitions occurring in a large share of his games (roughly three-quarters across time controls).
Rabindra has pushed his fast-time control play to notable peaks, including a blitz peak around 2258 in February 2025, signaling steady improvement month over month.
Streaks offer a glimpse into his resilience: longest winning streak 22 games, current winning streak 1, and longest losing streak 10.
Openings and Repertoire
In Blitz, Rabindra uses a wide opening toolkit with several favorites:
- Scandinavian Defense — 650 games, Wins 318, Losses 290, Draws 42 (Win rate 48.92%)
- Three Knights Opening — 73 games, Wins 42, Losses 29, Draws 2 (57.53%)
- Barns Defense — 60 games, Wins 28, Losses 30, Draws 2 (46.67%)
- Four Knights Game — 59 games, Wins 28, Losses 22, Draws 9 (47.46%)
- Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation — 58 games, Wins 29, Losses 28, Draws 1 (50%)
- Modern — 50 games, Wins 29, Losses 19, Draws 2 (58%)
Across time controls, he remains flexible, balancing aggressive setups with solid, time-tested lines.
Quick Facts
- Preferred time control: Bullet
- Peak blitz rating: 2258 (February 2025)
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What you’re doing well
- You actively seek tactical play and pressure, especially in sharp, dynamic positions where initiatives can swing the game quickly.
- You keep your pieces actively coordinated and look for opportunities to generate threats against the opponent’s king and back rank.
- You show resilience in complex middlegames and remain willing to complicate positions rather than accept passive defense.
- When time pressure appears, you still try to apply practical decisions and push for immediate chances rather than overthinking every move.
Opportunities for improvement
- Time management in bullet games can be improved. Develop a simple, repeatable thinking plan to quickly identify candidate moves and a primary plan for the upcoming sequence.
- Strengthen endgame technique so winning chances in the late phase are converted more consistently into victories, especially when you’ve established material or activity advantages.
- Continue to build a compact opening repertoire. Having a clear, preferred path helps reduce early confusion and keeps the middlegame on your terms.
- Enhance prophylaxis and calculation discipline in tactical skirmishes. Regular tactic practice will help spot threats and counter-threats more reliably during quick games.
Opening focus and recommended study
Based on your openings performance, you seem comfortable in sharp, tactical lines and you have shown good results in several dynamic openings. To consolidate improvement, consider reinforcing a primary, repeatable plan in a couple of openings and using those as your main toolkit in bullet play.
- Focus area: Scandinavian Defense as a core part of your repertoire. You often reach active middlegames where you can pressure the center and target weak squares. Consider studying a main line and a couple of main middlegame ideas so you can consistently steer the game toward positions you like. Scandinavian-Defense
- Secondary options to keep as flexible tools: Four Knights Game and Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack approaches can provide practical paths when you want to switch gears under time pressure. Four-Knights-Game Nimzowitsch-Larsen-Attack
- Note: practice typical middlegame motifs that arise from these openings, such as central tension, piece activity against exposed kings, and safe king placement after commander trades. Explore related ideas with quick, focused study blocks. Opening-Concepts
Training plan and next steps
- Week 1–2: Tactics and quick calculation. Do 15–20 minutes of tactics practice daily (puzzles that emphasize forks, pins, skewers, and discovered attacks). Aim to recognize common tactical motifs faster in real games.
- Week 1–2: Endgame fundamentals. Study essential endgames (king and pawn endings, rook endings, and basic opposition) and practice converting small advantages in short, guided drills.
- Week 3: Opening reinforcement. Pick 1–2 main lines from your top openings (for example, Scandinavian-Defense and Four Knights) and create a concise cheat sheet of typical middlegame plans, key ideas, and typical traps to avoid. Use short 15-minute sessions to review with a coach or engine to confirm plans.
- Week 3–4: Practical play and review. Play a small set of rapid games (not bullet) with a focus on applying the learned plans, then review with notes on what worked and what didn’t. Identify a couple of recurring mistakes and address them directly in drills.
- Ongoing: Time-management drills. Use training with a fixed clock (e.g., 3+2 or 5+0) to build a habit of deciding on a plan quickly and sticking to it for several moves before reassessing.
Optional study notes can be enriched with targeted references as you prefer: Scandinavian-Defense Four-Knights-Game Nimzowitsch-Larsen-Attack
🆚 Opponent Insights
| Recent Opponents | ||
|---|---|---|
| faster_frr | 7W / 4L / 1D | |
| piyush_yadav7 | 0W / 0L / 1D | |
| rajatqwerty | 1W / 1L / 0D | |
| nightyear_nightyear | 1W / 0L / 0D | |
| neeraj1076 | 2W / 2L / 1D | |
| vaibhav20201 | 1W / 0L / 0D | |
| tijil1 | 3W / 1L / 0D | |
| wallingf2 | 0W / 1L / 0D | |
| aryap2011 | 2W / 1L / 0D | |
| truegod8 | 1W / 0L / 0D | |
| Most Played Opponents | ||
|---|---|---|
| attacker1gaming | 87W / 35L / 5D | |
| pratiks_10 | 36W / 30L / 4D | |
| rahul_kumarrout | 21W / 22L / 3D | |
| rohityadav05 | 24W / 10L / 1D | |
| chesslauncher | 23W / 7L / 3D | |
Rating
| Year | Bullet | Blitz | Rapid | Daily |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1979 | 1722 | 1899 | 1937 |
Stats by Year
| Year | White | Black | Moves |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1680W / 1285L / 159D | 1564W / 1462L / 148D | 76.1 |
Openings: Most Played
| Blitz Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scandinavian Defense | 737 | 363 | 326 | 48 | 49.2% |
| Unknown | 117 | 55 | 61 | 1 | 47.0% |
| Caro-Kann Defense | 88 | 48 | 34 | 6 | 54.5% |
| Amazon Attack | 86 | 38 | 43 | 5 | 44.2% |
| Australian Defense | 85 | 38 | 46 | 1 | 44.7% |
| Three Knights Opening | 81 | 46 | 30 | 5 | 56.8% |
| Four Knights Game | 72 | 37 | 25 | 10 | 51.4% |
| Barnes Defense | 65 | 32 | 31 | 2 | 49.2% |
| London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation | 62 | 35 | 24 | 3 | 56.5% |
| Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation | 62 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 50.0% |
| Bullet Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scandinavian Defense | 1069 | 568 | 446 | 55 | 53.1% |
| Amazon Attack | 166 | 76 | 84 | 6 | 45.8% |
| Caro-Kann Defense | 142 | 69 | 68 | 5 | 48.6% |
| Barnes Defense | 138 | 87 | 48 | 3 | 63.0% |
| Modern | 138 | 68 | 65 | 5 | 49.3% |
| Amar Gambit | 127 | 61 | 59 | 7 | 48.0% |
| Four Knights Game | 94 | 57 | 35 | 2 | 60.6% |
| London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation | 91 | 42 | 46 | 3 | 46.1% |
| Alekhine Defense | 89 | 49 | 33 | 7 | 55.1% |
| Czech Defense | 87 | 37 | 45 | 5 | 42.5% |
| Rapid Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scandinavian Defense | 55 | 30 | 20 | 5 | 54.5% |
| Amazon Attack | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 50.0% |
| Three Knights Opening | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% |
| Australian Defense | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.0% |
| Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.4% |
| Caro-Kann Defense | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 66.7% |
| Diemer-Duhm Gambit (DDG): 4...f5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 66.7% |
| Amar Gambit | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80.0% |
| Barnes Defense | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Scotch Game | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.0% |
| Daily Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.0% |
| Scandinavian Defense | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.0% |
| Elephant Gambit | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| French Defense: Classical Variation, Svenonius Variation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| French Defense: Burn Variation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, American Attack | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Australian Defense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
🔥 Streaks
| Streak | Longest | Current |
|---|---|---|
| Winning | 22 | 1 |
| Losing | 11 | 0 |