The Blitz Machine from Lithuania
Martynas Limontas, known online as BlixLT, is a FIDE Master who treats Blitz like a playground. His rapid climb from the 1600s in early 2018 to a peak of 2516 (2019-12-12) by December 2019 shows a player who learns fast and plays faster. He has piled up more than 1,700 rated Blitz games with over 1,000 wins, and his
chart captures the full roller coaster of that journey.An Adventurous Repertoire
Limontas is not here to play boring chess. As Black he leans on the Barnes Defense more than any other opening, and as White he happily enters the Amazon Attack, including the sharp Siberian Attack. He also handles classical lines with real skill, especially the Queen's Gambit Declined Chigorin Variation and the French Defense Classical Svenonius Variation. The
chart shows where he does the most damage.Rivalries and Familiar Faces
Every online battler has a nemesis, and for Limontas that player is Dmitrijus Chocenka. They have met 34 times, with Limontas winning 15, losing 14, and drawing 5, which is about as tight as a rivalry gets. He has also faced zelimirno1 25 times and come out well ahead with 18 wins, and he has been especially rough on papajaf with 16 wins against only 4 losses.
A Fighter Who Never Stops
Limontas has a comeback rate near 89 percent, and he still wins more than 57 percent of games after losing a piece. His longest winning streak reached 13 straight Blitz wins, while his longest losing streak stopped at 7. He tends to play his best chess around 20:00, and his decisive games often run longer than 76 moves. Beyond Blitz, he also enjoys Rapid and Bullet, sporting a sparkling Rapid record of 23 wins against only 2 losses. That is a player who fights to the very end.