Late Night Speed Merchant
Danil Najdin, listed in his profile as Данил Найдин and playing under DanilNajdin, is a FIDE Master who appears to treat chess clocks as suggestions rather than limits. His preferred time control is Bullet, and his stats back it up. He has stripped opponents from a 958 bullet rating to a peak bullet around 2504 (2020-12-04), then kept climbing in his spare time. His Blitz timeline is about one of those grammar launches that eventually turns into an ambitious firework show:
.Clutch Hands
Danil is the player who will not resign, literally. His early resignation rate is under one percent, while his comeback wins happen often. He wins around two in three games after being the first to give a check, and he wins even after losing a piece nearly half the time. The data also says his best hour is 02:00, so a large part of his success might be powered by the unsuspecting opponents who join a late night Bullet arena.
Opening Menu
When he is not helping opponents into Ruy Lopez suffering, he is handling rare lines with the name of a wrestling move. He has lots of mileage in the Barnes Defense, the Australian Defense, and the Italian Game Two Knights Defense. His opening stats are somewhat iconic: the London System variant appears throughout his Blitz games, and
shows a lineup where dangerous set-ups like the Caro-Kann Defense are mixed with pure entertainment openings.Familiar Faces
Danil has developed a small rival on the site. He has played speedrunaccount2023 25 times and came out with 15 wins, which is a nice way to introduce himself. Against Никита Дергунов he rarely loses if never loses at all, with a perfect-direct 14 score in their meetings. The only scoreboard that looks unhealthy is with Dmitry Petukhov, whose secondary is the one spot on Danil's record where the table is less friendly.
Bottom Line
Danil Najdin is not only an FIDE Master, he is online chess's rare 1% player who reaches an extra piece and still keeps playing. That one all-in mentality is exactly why his best game is Bullet and why his endgame frequency is around 80 percent. His title is official FM, but his battle rhythm is pure online speed chess.