The Chess Marathoner
Maciej Rytel, known online as BzdurekYT, is a chess machine wrapped in a rematch button. Since 2022 he has rattled off more than 35,000 rated games, with Blitz as his natural habitat. If you meet him in the match queue, expect hard fights, quick replays and very little mercy.
A Repertoire Built on Repeat
With White, Maciej almost always opens with 1.e4 and has built enormous muscle memory in the Scotch Game and the French Defense. He plays the French from Black plenty too, and he has explored almost every branch of it, from the Advance to the Exchange and beyond.
He is not limited to the classics. The Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation appears in his files as a regular weapon, alongside the Caro-Kann Defense, the Scandinavian, and even the great ardor Amazon Attack. Predictability is not his problem; patience is.
Rivalries and Roller Coasters
His most played rival is hambumbelu, with 228 games between them. That rivalry has long history and plenty of checkmates. The series against szachownikp is tighter and less obvious, which makes it the kind of duel that creates late-night chess stories.
Maciej also runs on extreme streaks. He has won 17 games in a row, and lost 19 in a row without giving up. His comeback rate after losing a piece is high, so there is no safe moment to relax against him.
Volume Turns Into Number One
His real weapon is the rate of play. In May 2026, BzdurekYT played more than 1,180 Blitz games in a single month, almost 40 per day. That level of volume is the reason his rating curve looks like a rocket:
His most trusted openings also tell a useful story in the heat of action:
The Final Verdict
Maciej Rytel is proof that online chess is often a grind, a dance and a rescue. He checks first, wins later, and hangs on when the clock gets ugly. Facing BzdurekYT may be your shortest game or your longest lesson, but no more chance something gets repeated tomorrow.