The Long Climb
Alexei Gubajdullin, who plays online as Alexei_Gubajdullin, is a FIDE Master with a Blitz rating story that looks like a mountain trail. He started around 1955 in May 2020 and kept pushing upward until he reached 2831 (2025-09-23) in September 2025. That is a gain of almost 900 points, and it happened one long game at a time.
Blitz Is the Home Turf
Given the choice between bullet, rapid, and blitz, Alexei clearly lives in the Blitz pool. His record there is a marathon of fighting chess: 1962 wins, 1590 losses, and 311 draws. He has won 9 games in a row at his best, and lost 7 in a row at his worst. The swing is part of the charm.
- Favorite time control: Blitz
- Longest winning streak: 9
- Longest losing streak: 7
Grinder by Nature
Alexei does not give up easily. His endgame frequency is nearly 90%, and his average decisive game runs past 79 moves for a win and 91 for a loss. He has a comeback rate of 85.44%, and even after losing a piece he still wins nearly half the time. His early resignation rate is just 1.81%, which means opponents have to earn every point.
Opening Repertoire
With White, Alexei leans on flexible setups like the King's Indian Attack and the Poisoned Pawn Variation of the London. He has played that Poisoned Pawn line 284 times and won nearly 60% of those games. With Black he is at home in the Sicilian Defense, especially the Dragon with the Yugoslav Attack and the Belezky Line.
Rivals and Revenge
Every online career has its nemeses. Alexander Rustemov has beaten Alexei 15 times in 19 meetings, and Sergei Zhigalko has a perfect 11 and 0 record against him. But Alexei has his own territory too: against tygo66 he is 9 wins, 0 losses, and 1 draw. Some matchups are just meant to be.
The Early Bird
Alexei plays his best chess at 7 in the morning, when his win rate jumps above 67%. Saturdays are his danger zone, with a win rate below 44%. He scores 54.09% with the White pieces and 48.18% with Black, and his tilt factor of 7 suggests that a bad loss can sting for a while. Still, the rating graph keeps trending up.