Emilio Profili: The Marathon Man of Online Blitz
Emilio Profili, known on the board as Emilio_Profili, is one of the most relentless blitz players on the platform. With more than 24,000 rated blitz games, a peak blitz rating of 2919, and a 24-game winning streak, he has turned online chess into a full contact sport. His username may look calm, but his play is anything but.
Career Trajectory
Emilio entered the online scene in early 2020 with a blitz rating around 1924 and a serious appetite for volume. By mid 2020 he was already touching 2500, and in late 2022 he exploded past 2700 during a 318-game month. The climb continued through 2023 and 2024, and in February 2026 he hit a career best 2919 in blitz. He also reached 2827 in bullet and 2513 in rapid, but blitz is clearly his kingdom.
His rating graph is less a line and more a heartbeat monitor, spiking and dipping with the stamina of someone who plays over 1,500 games in a single month. In August 2026 alone he logged more than 1,500 blitz games.
Style and Openings
Emilio is a 1.e4 loyalist. Across thousands of games he almost never plays anything else. As White he thrives against the Caro-Kann Defense, the Sicilian Defense, and the Giuoco Piano Tarrasch Variation. As Black he is a French Defense connoisseur, with a special love for the sharp French Defense Burn Variation, where he has scored over 1,000 blitz wins.
His style is grinding and resourceful. He reaches the endgame in 88 percent of games, averages over 85 moves in his wins, and wins after losing a piece almost half the time. His comeback rate is a staggering 89 percent. If you beat him, you probably had to earn it.
Rivalries
No rival looms larger than Nebojsa Djordjevic, who faced Emilio 107 times. Emilio holds the edge with 58 wins, 39 losses, and 10 draws. Against bach12345_lfay the war is much tighter at 43 wins, 41 losses, and 5 draws, proof that volume breeds familiarity and eventually respect.
The Numbers Behind the Madness
- Longest winning streak: 24 games
- Longest losing streak: 14 games. It happens to everyone.
- Win rate against lower rated opponents: 60.4 percent
- Win rate against higher rated opponents: 27.6 percent
- Tilt factor: 14, though he plays his best chess at 4 AM
- Most common checking piece: the rook
Emilio Profili is proof that in online blitz, persistence is a weapon. He may lose a few, but he will queue up again and again until the rating graph bends his way.