The Doctor Is In: DrMikicic
Dragan Mikikic, better known to the chess internet as DrMikicic, is not just a player. He is a blitz ecosystem. Since logging his first game in April 2015, he has built a record of over 29,000 games, climbing from a 1402 floor to a peak rating of 2476 (2026-07-25) in the summer of 2026. He plays blitz like other people breathe: relentlessly, patiently, and sometimes with a 22-game losing streak that would make most people log off forever. Not the Doctor. He simply queues again.
A Decade of Blitz Grinding
DrMikicic's tournament is always on, and his favorite time control is blitz. His career record is 14,878 wins, 12,282 losses, and 2,058 draws. In his busiest months he has racked up over 900 games, and his rating plot,
, looks like a mountain range built by someone who believes in slow, permanent progress and the occasional violent summit push. He started modestly, went quiet for a few years, and then returned in 2020 to break through the 2300s, eventually touching his all-time high in 2026.The Doctor's Openings
With the white pieces, Dragan Mikicic is a devoted follower of the English Opening, and he plays 1.c4 with an almost religious consistency. His favorite interlocking line is the English Four Knights System, which he has played over 1,600 times, and the Mikenas-Carls Variation, which yields him a profitable 60.96% result. When he sits down with the black pieces, he is happiest in the French Defense, where he has handled more than 1,300 games, and he has a long, patient romance with the Sicilian Defense as well. His
shows a healthy spread, with his best results coming from the English family.The Comeback Mechanics
The numbers say something funny about Doctor Dragan: his comeback rate is an absurd 84.53%, and he still wins 49.62% of games after losing a piece early. That means he enjoys the kind of fight where things first go wrong. He also has a startlingly low one-sided loss rate of 2.41%, which tells you that when he loses, he goes down swinging, usually right to the endgame.
His worst tilt period is a legendary 22-game losing streak. But his longest winning streak is a very human 16. There is a beautiful, stubborn symmetry in that: he is the kind of player who will lose 22 games, then come back the next day and grind another 300 as if nothing happened.
Friends and Rivals
No biography is complete without the rivals. DrMikicic has clashed with Jorge A González Rodríguez in 56 recorded games, a rivalry so balanced at 27-26-3 that it is practically chess polite society. Then there is malimukes, one of his other frequent sparring partners, against whom he has built a healthy 30-9-5 record. Add in Eduardo Ortiz and Tom Borvander and you have a small, loyal circle of blitz companions who have shared thousands of moves with this prolific doctor.
Night Owl Notes
One of the most charming numbers from his data: his best time to play is 2:00 AM, where his win rate spikes to 58.7%, while 3:00 AM appears to be his kryptonite with a win rate under 42%. So if you meet DrMikicic online at 2 AM, you are probably the patient, and he is the surgeon. He plays long games too, with an average of about 73 moves in his decisive wins, and he favors endgame-oriented play at nearly 77% of the time.
Dear reader, if you run into DrMikicic in a blitz pool, look at the clock. He will likely back with the English, he will likely be smiling, and he will likely be ready for the next game before the previous one has finished loading.