Meet Sekhar Kayala, the Bullet Artist
Selar Kayala, known to the chess world as chessherso27, has made online chess look less like a waiting game and more like a live wire. His preferred time control is bullet chess and his results show it. What started around 1041 in blitz and 1190 in bullet has grown into a serious online arsenal, with peak ratings of 2548 (2026-06-27) in blitz and 2556 (2026-09-10) in bullet.
The Long Climb
In 2019, Sekar's rating graph looked like a heart monitor during a horror movie. There were winning stretches, losing slides, and a whole lot of chess. But slowly, the trend line started pointing upward. By 2020 he was knocking on 1400, by 2023 he crossed 1800 in bullet, and by 2026 he became a familiar headache for anyone paired against him.
His work rate is absurd. In July 2026 he played over 300 blitz games in a single month, plus dozens of bullet and rapid games. The man clearly believes that volume is its own kind of talent.
A Repertoire of Delightful Oddities
Selar does not play it safe. His most used weapon online is the ||Link|term|Amar Gambit]], a line that starts with the knight on the rim and asks the opponent to figure out what is happening. He also loves the Scandinavian Defense and the Caro-Kann Defense, but never in a boring way. Against the Caro-Kann he often heads into the Exchange Variation, and he is not afraid to sacrifice, outplay, or simply outlast his opponents in messy middlegames.
His opening stats are surprisingly consistent. He holds a healthy winning percentage with the A mar Gambit in bullet, and his Caro-Kann has been a reliable score. He also generates first check in more than half of his games, setting the tempo before the opponent settles in.
Rivalries and Resileience
Every chess hero needs a foil. For Sekar, one of the toughest roads leads to ||Barath Kalyan M, a player who has faced him 23 times and come out ahead in 19 of those meetings. That kind of score would break many players, but Sekar keeps coming back. Another recurring obstacle is fighert031, who has won all 16 of their encounters. If resilience had a chess rating, Sekar would be titled.
The numbers back up that grit. His comeback rate sits near 80 percent, and he still wins nearly half of his games even after losing a piece. His longest winning streak reached 20 games, while his toughest losing skid lasted 13, proving that even a streak-hunter can hit a wall.
Final Board
Selar Kayala may not be a household name in classical chess, but in the online arena, chessheross27 is a force. He checks early, fights late, and refuses to resign quietly. From offbeat openings to bullet marathons, he has built a profile that is fun, fearless, and hard to ignore.