Andrei Purygin: The Gambit-Friendly FIDE Master
Andrei Purygin, who plays online as colincreeveydennic, is a FIDE Master with a passion for bullet chess and an appetite for chaotic positions. His bullet rating has reached 2758 (2026-08-26), while his blitz peak sits at 2704 (2026-08-18). He is the kind of player who treats the clock as an opponent as dangerous as the person across the board.
A Bullet-Heavy Profile
Purygin's preferred time control is bullet, and the numbers back it up. His rating journey is packed with sudden climbs and dramatic dips, as shown in
. He plays a huge volume of games and generally gets stronger as the hour grows late, with his best winning percentage arriving around 1am.He also has a remarkable 90.57% comeback rate and a low one-sided loss rate. Even when he drops a piece, the game is rarely over.
Sharp Openings and Even Sharper Time Scrambles
Purygin rarely sticks to the most respected main lines. As Black he has championed the Elephant Gambit in both blitz and bullet, and he often enters the Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation and the Caro-Kann Defense. As White he favors 1.e4 and a steady diet of unbalanced structures. A look at
shows how his results vary across these aggressive choices.A Familiar Foe
His most frequent online rival is Artur1808, who has faced him 62 times. Purygin has the upper hand in that series with 38 wins and 17 losses, though the games are often tense and rarely decided before the final seconds. His record against jacobaskin is even more one-sided, with six wins and no defeats.
Streaks and Stats
- Longest winning streak: 15 games
- Longest losing streak: 11 games
- Early resignation rate: just 2.86%
- Most wins in analyzed games come by timeout or resignation rather than checkmate