About elamier fathy
elamier fathy, known online as elamier, is a FIDE Master with a serious blitz habit. Since April 2020, this tireless competitor has piled up more than 6,700 rated blitz games, peaking at 2677 (2026-07-04) along the way. The preferred time control is blitz, and the numbers show it: rapid and bullet appearances are rare, while the blitz queue is never empty.
Playing Style
elamier is a 1.d4 loyalist. With White, the Amazon Attack is the main weapon, especially the Siberian Attack, which has appeared more than 1,100 times. The Colle System is a trusted backup. With Black, the Sicilian Defense dominates, particularly the Taimanov Variation in its American Attack form, played nearly 500 times. The games are long and scrappy: decisive contests average over 70 moves, endgames appear in more than 76 percent of games, and elamier lands the first check in 55 percent of encounters, usually with the queen.
Resilience is the defining trait. The comeback rate is almost 82 percent, meaning elamier regularly escapes losing positions. The streak data tells the rest of the story: 18 straight wins at one point, but also 21 straight losses, a swing that shows an admirable willingness to keep playing through good runs and bad ones.
Career Trajectory
The blitz graph is a roller coaster. From a starting point near 1539 in April 2020, elamier climbed rapidly through the 2300s and 2400s, crossed 2500 in late 2022, and reached a career high of 2677 (2026-07-04) in July 2026. There were surges past 2600 during 2025 and 2026, followed by similarly dramatic pullbacks, but the long term direction is clearly upward.
Rivalries
No player has faced elamier more than Daniel Lowinger, who has appeared 21 times across the blitz boards. That series is a genuine rivalry: 8 wins for elamier, 11 for danlowinger, and 2 draws. Other frequent opponents include Mark Kotliar, Jura Ochkoos, and FastFaun, each with 14 games, plus abdelhamid-erfan with 13. Against lower rated players elamier wins over 73 percent of the time, while games against higher rated opponents drop to about 27 percent, so the underdog role is always a fight.
Fast Facts
- Best time to play: 02:00, a true night owl schedule.
- First capture usually happens by move 6, so early contact is welcomed.
- White win rate is 44.8 percent, while Black win rate is 39.5 percent.
- Only about 0.3 percent of analyzed games ended in checkmate by elamier; most wins come by resignation or timeout.
- The Siberian Attack of the Amazon Attack is the most played opening, with over 1,170 games as White.