The Grandmaster Who Started With One Lonely Bullet Game
Adar Tarhan, better known on the server as Adar_07, is a FIDE Grandmaster whose online chess life begins in the only way a future monster can: a solitary Bullet game in 2015 at a rating of 1200. That game was a loss. Then the graph goes up, through blitz brawls, daily chess picnic games, and one very intimidating 75-game winning streak that must have made the folks on the other side consider a career in backgammon.
Years later, Adar_07 is a serial, non-stop board-hugger with over 10,000 serious games logged. Their preferred time control is Daily, yet their stats show a person who thrives in the thunder of Blitz and Bullet, where they have been known to push a 3000+ Blitz rating, with 3166 (2026-09-09) as a nice little spoiler in their puzzle. If you bring the timer, they bring the patience. Actually, no, they bring the timer too, and then they still out last just about everyone.
The rise is visible when you glance at the path:
— cold or strong, but clearly a quotation of stubbornness.An Appetite for the Endgame
Adar is not a flash-and-burn player. The numbers say that around 80% of their games reach an endgame, and their average winning game goes about 80 moves. That is not a mistake; that is a taste. They are also the sort of player who likes a framework: with Black, the main course is a Caro-Kann Defense; with White, a Nimzo-Larsen Attack and a pile of gambit-ish appetizers that data mers obviously cannot resist naming, like the Amar Gambit and the Siberian Attack.
Their tactical awareness is equally narural: they have a comeback rate of roughly 81%, and even when they lose material they keep a nearly 50% win rate. For a grandmaster that's basically a polite way of saying "yes, I know it is lost, but I am still going to win it". If you look at the
chart, the favorite menu becomes clear: a spicy Caro here, the fresh Nimzo there, and a few weird whites in the news.Long lose? According to the record, the floor had a title 17 losses in a row. But the painter's tower above records a generous 81.5% comeback rate, which suggests the losses were often lectures and Lobsterfests.
Friends, Rivals, and Opponents With Names
Chess is a lonely game, but Adar_07 has collected a dedicated cast around them. The most frequent visitor in Adar's game history is Fatih, whom Adar has faced 64 times. It is, by all accounts, a high-symphony: Adar won 47 of those games. Winning is fun; then Adar also plays nice.
There are also regional president of the "I won't log off" club, like Mlmazcan, with just a single loss in 51 encounters, and Deniz Dirikolu, who got half a dozen wins and 50 encounters worth of stories. Yet the most interesting thorn might be Alexander Rustemov, one of the few regulars who actually holds a “plus” score against Adar (19 wins in 43 meetings). Every great board-player needs a crocodile in the pond; for Adar, that crocodile has a username.
At Six in the Morning, a Chess Player
Adar's A-ish numbers reveal an individual with a breakfast-clock soul. Their best hour of play is approximately 06:00, but grouchers take it easy: elite chess at 6 AM. That is the careful observer's "golden hour." Tuesday, Thursday, weekends, they do a 50–55% win-rate with a mix of worn-in usually.
Style in a nutshell: math up 75 wins streak, a seventeen-step "uh-oh" slide, a hearty Philadelphia moment, and a very good "for the data" overall. Adar_07 also does not rush into the knives; the first capture tends to happen around move seven, which is a decent sign of preparation. If you want a grandmaster in a daily-game mood on a long weekend, this is exactly the name to bring. A lot of distance, a lot of coffee, and a long, cross-platform tailor's eye to the board.