A Magnet for Mismatches
Some chess players are drawn to the center. Attractedtowardsyou is drawn to the clock. With the handle of a pickup line and the play style of a fire alarm, this chess.com competitor has built one of the most distinctive bullet chess profiles around. They have played thousands of games, climbed to a bullet peak of 2076 (2026-09-27), and become the kind of opponent who makes you sweat every time the clock starts.
While they dabble in rapid, where they have occasionally touched the 2000 mark, their true home is the bullet arena. Attractedtowardsyou has logged far more bullet games than any other time control, and the rating chart shows a steady climb from the 1600s to a ceiling around 2076.
The Scandinavian Loyalist
If you want to know a player, look at what they play after 1. e4. For Attractedtowardsyou, the answer is almost always 1... d5, entering the Scandinavian Defense. It is their signature, their comfort food, and their weapon of choice across every time control. In bullet alone they have played the Scandinavian 788 times and won 62 percent of those games, while their blitz and rapid numbers hover around the same healthy mark.
The repertoire gets spicier from there. With the white pieces, they love the Blackburne Shilling Gambit, a deliberately trappy line named after a 19th century English master, and they have scored a remarkable 80 percent in blitz with the Philidor Defense as White. They collect offbeat openings the way some players collect rating points, and their record with surprise lines like the Amar Gambit and Barnes Defense suggests a genuine appetite for chaos.
Built for Comebacks
Beneath the gambits and the clock pressure is a stubborn competitor. Attractedtowardsyou has won 17 games in a row at their best and lost 11 in a row at their worst, which is what happens when you play as much bullet as they do. More impressively, they come back from losing positions 82 percent of the time and still win 54 percent of games after giving up a piece. They also win by timeout nearly three times as often as they lose by timeout, a classic bullet skill.
- First to deliver a check in 63 percent of games
- Most common checking piece: the queen
- Reaches an endgame in 74 percent of games
Their best results come late at night. The data says 23:00 is the magic hour, and Fridays are their strongest day with a 62.5 percent win rate. Whether that is because opponents are tired or because Attractedtowardsyou is just warming up is a mystery.
A Rivalry Worth Watching
No single opponent has shaped this profile more than Nikhil Kumar. The two have faced each other 154 times, and Attractedtowardsyou holds a commanding 98 to 48 lead, with 8 draws. It is the kind of rivalry that defines a chess life: familiar, fierce, and full of Scandinavian positions.
Sample Scandinavian
A taste of the opening that fuels the grind: