Anas Alsayed: The Bullet Specialist Who Never Blinks
Early Days
Anas Alsayed, playing under the username anasalsayed, stepped onto the online chess scene in 2016. His first months were a typical online chess journey: blitz and rapid games, rating swings, and steady improvement. By 2017 he was already playing hundreds of games each month, and the foundation for a serious bullet career was being laid.
A Bullet Machine
Make no mistake, Anas is a bullet player at heart. The vast majority of his more than 81,000 analyzed games were played at bullet time control, and his rating curve shows a long climb from the 1100s to a peak of 2466 (2026-09-03). At his best he could play over 2,600 bullet games in a single month while keeping his win rate near 50 percent against a tough pool of opponents.
Repertoire and Style
Anas is loyal to 1.e4. As White he regularly plays the Four Knights Game, French Defense, and Scandinavian Defense, and he also scores well with the Caro-Kann Defense. As Black he is not afraid of unusual lines, including the Australian Defense and the Amar Gambit. He is comfortable in open positions, loves piece play, and lets his endgame frequency of 76.7 percent do the talking.
Rivalries
No rival has faced Anas more often than Kleiner Max. Their series reached 241 games, with Anas winning 134, losing 84, and drawing 23. That kind of repeated matchup shows his willingness to test the same opponent again and again until the chess lessons are learned.
Resilience and Habits
Anas is extremely hard to put away. His comeback rate is 88.12 percent, and his early resignation rate is just 1.02 percent. He also has a remarkable 49.73 percent win rate even after losing a piece. His longest winning streak is 17 games, and he tends to play his best chess around 14:00. With a white win rate of 53.24 percent and a black win rate of 50.31 percent, he keeps pressure on from both sides of the board.
- Favorite battleground: bullet chess
- Peak bullet rating: 2466 (2026-09-03)
- Most played openings: Four Knights Game and its relatives
- Signature trait: fighting back from lost positions