Daniel Pereira: The Bullet Machine
Daniel Pereira, better known on the board as Danielfla, is a streamer with a serious addiction to bullet chess. While other players savor a leisurely 15+10, Daniel happily burns through thousands of one-minute games every year. His handle may hint at a football club loyalty, but his true love is the board, not the pitch.
Since his first games in 2015, Daniel has played more than 50,000 rated contests, with the vast majority coming in bullet and blitz. His strength-adjusted win rate hovers near 50% in both formats, which means every match is a genuine fight. Nobody queues up for a Daniel stream to watch him play it safe.
Rise Through the Ranks
Daniel entered the scene as a modest 900-ish blitz player in late 2015, then spent 2016 mixing daily chess and rapid games. When his bullet volume exploded around 2019, he found his true element. The chart below shows a steady, stubborn climb from the 900s to a bullet peak of 2273 (2026-06-09).
He cracked 2000 in bullet in mid-2023 and kept pushing. His blitz game also matured into a 2321 (2025-11-11) weapon, proof that there is a thinking player underneath all that finger speed.
All Roads Lead to e4
Ask Daniel what he plays as White and the answer is simple: e4, forever, no refunds. He is especially fond of the Vienna Gambit and the Bishop's Opening, preferring sharp tactical fights over quiet maneuvering. As Black, he shows remarkable loyalty to the Alekhine Defense, playing it thousands of times across bullet, blitz, and rapid. Opponents who push pawns toward his knight are entering his home turf.
This aggressive repertoire fits his instincts. Nearly 79% of his games reach an endgame, where his practical nose for the win kicks in. And when he loses a piece early, the game is far from over: he still wins about 45% of those battles, while his overall comeback rate sits at a remarkable 84.24%.
The chart above shows why his opening diet keeps working for him.
Rivalries That Define a Grinder
No bullet specialist exists without a cast of regular rivals. Daniel's most played rivalries cover the full emotional spectrum:
- Against altarugio94, Daniel leads 152 wins to 77 in a 254-game rivalry.
- Julia Bellini Sorrente must dread the pairing screen: Daniel has 156 wins and only 5 losses in 164 meetings.
- NM Rodrigo de Mello is the nemesis he loves to hate, holding a 118-58 edge over him across 191 games.
- Hyoukami also has Daniel's number with 109 wins to 24, proving that even marathon grinders have kryptonite.
These rivalries fuel his stream content, giving viewers built-in drama every time a familiar name appears in the challenge queue.
Iron Mind, Weird Hours
Daniel's psychology profile reads like a fighter who refuses to stay down. His longest winning streak is 16 games, and his worst losing streak is 13, which he absorbed without abandoning the queue. His data suggests he plays his best chess at 07:00, when most rivals have not even had coffee yet. That is the mark of a true bullet streamer: his best chess happens on everyone else's alarm clock.