GM Carlos Antonio Hevia Alejano: A Blitz Machine
Carlos Antonio Hevia Alejano, known online as chessasuke, is a FIDE Grandmaster who plays as if the clock owes him money. His online profile says “Grandmaster,” and then the data says “Grandmaster who never sleeps.” With more than 2,600 rated online games and a clear love for fast time controls, he is the rare titled player who treats blitz the way other people treat their daily commute: relentlessly and with occasional coffee.
All Openings Are Welcomed
Carlos Antonio does not choose one opening and cling to it. As White he has happy memories inside a Nimzo-Larsen Attack and can happily step into the English Opening’s calm streets. As Black, he makes the French Defense his home, whether facing the Winawer, the Tarrasch or whatever else the opponent would like to throw at him. The Caro-Kann Defense also appears repeatedly on his board, usually when opponents try to steer the game toward closed positions. He is comfortable enough in the Ruy Lopez to count on it in short or long settings, and he has even been spotted in the Döry Defense, a fittingly odd treat for a man with a wide opening repertory.
The Rivalry That Never Ends
No series in the career of Carlos says “marathon man” more than his record against Joshua Daniel Ruiz Castillo. They have faced each other a bizarre 394 times, far above any other opponent in his data. The score is not entirely friendly: Carlos has 146 wins and 53 draws, but also 195 losses. Still, with a 90.37% comeback rate and a longest winning streak of 27 games, there is no point counting a man like that out when he falls behind. Some rivalries are about quality; this one is about quantity and stubbornness.
One-Line Stats
The raw numbers show a fighter who rarely resigns (early exit rate just 1.2%) and who will happily drag games into the endgame. His average decisive game lasts around 87 moves, while his endgame frequency reaches 83.4%. If you see a pawn move from chessasuke after a mistake, remember that his comeback rate remains at 90%. He also timed his own best results extremely well: at 14:00 his win rate leaps to 57%, so if you find him online after lunch, you might want to survive the afternoon.
- Longest winning streak: 27 games.
- Comeback rate: 90.37%.
- Best rating registered in Blitz on Chess.com: 2735 (2019-04-02).
- The preferred time on the server is clearly blitz, with more than six times more blitz duels than bullet scrimmages.
Snapshot of a Fighter
For many players, a high rating means perfection. For Carlos Antonio Hevia Alip Floor, perfection would be boring. He is a GM who walks through the French Defense with the clipper ship confidence of a classical veteran, only to reach inside his bag for an early loss in the Caro-Kann. He has proven that online chess can be entertainment, endurance and occasional come-back art, all in the same ten-second pool. If you are paired against him, you are not really playing to win; you are playing to survive. Or at least to make it past move 40.