Amirreza Pourramezanali: Grandmaster of the Marathon Game
The Grandmaster Who Never Logs Off
Amirreza Pourramezanali, known to opponents and survivors alike as Amirreza_p, is an Iranian FIDE grandmaster with a very simple relationship to chess: more. More games, more endgames, more comeback attempts launched from positions that would make a lesser man uninstall the app. His natural habitat is bullet chess, where he has climbed all the way to a 3108 (2018-12-05) peak, but he is dangerous anywhere a clock is ticking.
The Long Road to Grandmaster
His first recorded online games came in January 2015, playing blitz from a humble 1486. He won all four. Apparently that was enough of a taste, because by 2016 he was already well past 2300, and in 2018 he entered what historians (him) call the Grind Era: 155 games in March, 307 games in December, another 267 the following April. That is not a training plan, that is a cardio regime for the mouse hand.
The payoff came in waves. A 2916 blitz peak in April 2019 was followed by a late-career surge that carried him to a 2944 (2026-02-19) high in February 2026, with the grandmaster title earned along the way. The graph below is what persistent looks like.
The Bullet Arsenal
June 2018: first serious bullet games. December 2018: already above 3100. Most players need years to get that good at one thing; he needed one very motivated autumn. His gadget bag includes the Nimzo-Larsen Attack (a 63% win rate, because 1.b3 is a threat and the threat is a promise), the Amar Gambit, and even the Australian Defense, proof that in bullet chess the opening is mostly a suggestion.
In calmer time controls he reaches for heavier machinery: the Caro-Kann Defense has appeared in over 200 of his blitz games, and the notorious Blackburne Shilling Gambit has crossed his board 168 times. Yes, a grandmaster who scores with a trap that dirty. It loops back around to classy.
Style: The Marathon Man
Amirreza does not win quickly, he wins eventually. His average win runs about 85 moves, endgames show up in 86% of his games, and his early resignation rate is a microscopic 0.67%. Translation: if you want the point, you must actually convert it, possibly while crying. His comeback rate sits near 89% and his one-sided loss rate is under 1%, so even his defeats come with a fight scene. Losing to him reportedly feels like losing twice: once on the board, once emotionally.
Rivalries Worth the Ticket
- Ramtin Kakavand: 125 meetings and a 56-50-19 edge. The longest-running feud in his history, statistically a coin flip with extra steps.
- Daniel Naroditsky: 64 games, 16 wins, 47 losses. Consider it tuition paid to the internet's most patient professor.
- Nihal Sarin: 6 wins and 25 losses against Nihal Sarin, which is roughly the standard invoice from Nihal Sarin.
Quickfire Facts
- Longest winning streak: 17 games. Currently riding a 7-game heater.
- His win rate peaks near 59% around 18:00 and collapses to 19% at 3 AM. Even grandmasters have a bedtime.
- Friday is his kryptonite (39% win rate), Wednesday his fortress. Schedule accordingly.
- Tilt factor: 10 out of 100. The man is furniture, calm and very hard to knock over.
- Most common checking piece: the rook. No flash, just delivery.
- He performs about 30 points better in casual games than rated ones, the chess equivalent of being nicer to waiters when nobody is watching.
The Bottom Line
Grandmaster, bullet monster, endgame marathoner, and the rare player whose losing streaks are shorter than your excuses. If Amirreza Pourramezanali challenges you to bullet, decline politely, hydrate, and tell your rooks you love them.