davs_85: The Blitz Grinder Who Never Sleeps
Some players talk about improvement. davs_85 simply did it. Landing online in May 2021 with a blitz rating of 1337, davs_85 picked up the Closed Sicilian and started stacking wins with the patience of a librarian shelving books. Half a decade later, the peak blitz number stands at 2498 (2026-09-17), rapid has climbed past 2400, and the all-time win column reads 1,793. This was not a spike. It was a staircase.
The Streak
Every grinder has a moment. davs_85 has two. In September 2022, davs_85 played 35 blitz games and won all 35 of them, zero losses, zero draws, pure assembly-line demolition at around 2,260 strength. That run folded into a 41-game winning streak, the kind of number that makes opponents check whether the account was hacked. It was not hacked. It was just awake at 3 AM.
The games also got shorter as the years went on, dropping from roughly 74 moves in 2021 to about 53 by 2026. Translation: the grinder learned to stop admiring the position and start closing the deal.
The Comeback Machine
Here is the stat that should worry everyone: davs_85 wins 80 percent of games after getting a worse position, and still wins 68.7 percent of games after dropping a full piece. Early resignation happens in fewer than 2 percent of losses. Roughly 70 percent of games march all the way into the endgame, where the grinding really pays off. When davs_85 loses, it takes 84.7 moves. When davs_85 wins, it takes 63.6. Beating this player is a chore. Losing to this player is a routine.
Weapons of Choice
The repertoire is Sicilian heavy. The Sicilian Defense in its Closed form is the workhorse, backed up by the Alapin and Kan lines, and the Anti-Sveshnikov Kharlov-Kramnik setup went a perfect 19-0 in rapid play. As Black, the Amazon Attack has produced a remarkable 80 percent win rate across 70 blitz games, while the Scandinavian Defense sits above 80 percent as well. Whoever said defense wins championships clearly had this profile open.
Friendly Fire
The most played opponent is krezkredo, and "most played" undersells it: 536 games, with davs_85 winning 423, losing 75, and drawing 38. That is not a rivalry, that is a subscription. arsenhakobyan47 has faced the grinder 136 times and escaped with only 4 wins. Meanwhile hr47 has played 72 games and won exactly zero of them, which is statistically a polite shrug.
Night Shift
Peak performance hour? 3 AM, with a perfect record in that slot. The 6 AM window clocks in at 91.5 percent. The tilt factor is a gentle 5, meaning bad beats bounce off like rain on an umbrella. The favorite checking piece is the queen, deployed over 2,200 times, and davs_85 lands the first check 55 percent of the time. Bullet chess exists in this story only as a footnote: three wins, two losses, and a 2321 peak from a single evening, because bullet is a snack, not a meal.
- 1,793 career wins across all time controls
- 41-game winning streak
- 35-0 in September 2022
- 80 percent comeback rate
- 536 games against one very patient rival
If the clock says "very early" and davs_85 is online, you have two options: go to bed, or accept your fate. The data suggests one of those is more fun.