Meet Andreas Druckenthaner
Andreas Druckenthaner, who competes online as a-druckenthaner, is a FIDE Master with a serious love for fast chess. While many titled players spread their time across every time control, Andreas has made blitz his home turf. With more than 32,000 rated blitz games, a peak rating of 2636, and a winning streak of 17 straight games, he is the kind of player who never gets bored of the clock.
His journey started humbly near 1374 back in 2013, and year after year he kept pushing upward.
shows the steady climb from club level to elite online blitz strength.A Blitz Specialist With a Grinder's Soul
Andreas is not the type to blow opponents off the board in 15 moves. His winning games average more than 70 moves, and around 80% of his battles reach the endgame. He grinds out small advantages, converts patiently, and owns a comeback rate of 88.4%. Even after losing a piece, he still wins more than half of his games.
He is slightly stronger with the White pieces, where he wins 56.12% of his games, but his Black win rate of 52.41% is nothing to ignore.
offers a look at his most successful battlegrounds.Opening Repertoire: A Lover of the Unusual
Andreas has faced nearly everything the opening tree has to offer. As White he is fond of the Caro-Kann Defense and the Sicilian Defense, with a particularly strong record in the Sicilian Alapin Sherzer Variation, where he scores above 60%. He also dives happily into the Scandinavian Defense and the French Defense.
With Black he is equally comfortable in offbeat lines. Thousands of games feature the Australian Defense, the Modern, and the Barnes Defense, and he happily plays the Amar Gambit, which is a polite way of saying he has no fear of unusual pawn moves.
Familiar Rivals
Every blitz grinder needs rivals, and Andreas has built a few over the years. His most frequent opponent is Tom Borvander, who has faced him 150 times. Andreas leads that series with 90 wins. He also has a healthy edge against Марика Периашвили, with 77 wins in 112 games, but michael124667 has proven far tougher, with the series nearly level after 109 battles.
- vs Tom Borvander: 150 games, 90 wins
- vs Марика Периашвили: 112 games, 77 wins
- vs michael124667: 109 games, 35 wins, 39 losses
- vs VLADO V.: 100 games, 47 wins
The Night Owl
Andreas has a secret weapon: the clock. His best hours come after midnight. At 1 AM he wins 76% of his games, and he stays above 60% at 2 and 3 in the morning. If you meet him in a late night blitz arena, consider yourself warned. His longest losing streak was 10 games, but his 88.4% comeback rate shows he always returns for more. He tilts, sure, but he tilts straight back to the board.
His rapid chess record tells a different story: barely a handful of games since 2021. Blitz is clearly where his heart lives, and his peak blitz rating of 2636 (2026-08-28) proves that constant grinding, deep endgame knowledge, and a willingness to play the Amar Gambit at 1 AM can take you very far.