Alexey Alexeev IM

Who Is Alexey Alexeev?

Alexey Alexeev, known to opponents and grief counselors alike as Alekseyviktorovich, is a FIDE International Master whose preferred time control is blitz and whose preferred hour of operation is midnight. The data is unambiguous: his win rate after midnight climbs above 92 percent, while the 5 PM slot sinks under 59 percent. Challenge him in the evening at your own risk, and challenge him at midnight at the risk of your sanity.

Blitz: A Love Story With a Plot Twist

Alexey's weapon of choice is blitz chess, a journey that began at a humble 1382 in May 2018 and eventually reached a peak of 2485 (2026-10-04) in September 2026. Here is the beautiful, confusing part: his career blitz record reads 904 wins, 934 losses and 147 draws. Yes, an International Master with a losing blitz record. Chess is a mystery, and Alexey is one of its riddles, capable of hitting elite numbers in short, terrifying bursts.

Daily Chess: The Actual Empire

If blitz is the hobby, daily chess is the kingdom. Across thousands of daily games Alexey has stacked up 3797 wins against 706 losses, including a legendary 58-game winning streak and one January (2020) featuring 324 games, presumably played between snacks. In this format the title badge is not decoration. It is a warning label.

The Opening Arsenal

His daily repertoire is a small museum of spite:

• Caro-Kann Defense: 197 games at an 83 percent win rate. Solid, sturdy, rude.
• Blackburne Shilling Gambit: the classic trap of queenside doom, scoring 76 percent. When it works it is genius. It usually works.
• Dutch Defense: a 91 percent win rate, which should probably require a permit.
• Benko Gambit and the Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation: for when Alexey wants a material deficit and your emotional damage.

The twist: the beloved Caro-Kann that dominates his daily play slumps to 42 percent in blitz. Even pet openings need sleep.

Rivals and the One Nemesis

Alexey's most-played opponents read like a gallery of one-sided results. He leads olrac1976 25-3 across 28 games, a scoreline closer to a tennis set than a chess rivalry. atastypawn, the most frequent dance partner at 34 meetings, fares slightly better at 23-4-7, while Ardak Kanaev has dropped 24 of 26 encounters. And then there is Milan Franic, the designated nemesis: Alexey sits at just 4-9-3 against him. Every hero needs a villain, and Alexey's apparently answers to mfranic.

Style: The Comeback Machine

• Early resignation rate: 2.3 percent. Resigning is a habit he never acquired.
• Comeback rate: 72.71 percent, and he still wins 62 percent of games after losing a piece. Your advantage is a suggestion he declines to accept.
• His wins average 54 moves; his losses average 74. He loses slowly, thoroughly, and apparently on principle.
• The endgame appears in 64 percent of his games, which tracks, because marathon runners love marathons.
• Checkmate is a collector's item in his wins: four career mates on record, since opponents resign long before the formalities.
• He checks with the queen more than any other piece, over 4300 times, while his own king has delivered 17 checks, presumably as a threat display.

Final scouting note: Alexey performs roughly 21 percentage points better in casual games than in rated ones. Translation: the moment the result stops counting, he becomes considerably more dangerous. Sleep well.