Everyday Chess: The FIDE Candidate Master Who Never Skips a Day
FIDE Candidate Master "Everyday Chess" (username EverydayChess2023) treats the username less like a nickname and more like a legally binding contract. Since arriving online in April 2023, they have shown up with the consistency of a sunrise, grinding from a rapid rating of 1369 all the way to a rapid peak of 2677 (2026-07-24) and a blitz high of 2774 (2026-05-29). Very few climbs this decade have been steeper, and almost none have been this relentless.
The Grind
The early months played out like a training montage: 19 rapid games in April 2023, 53 in May, 90 by August, and a feverish 125 in January 2024 alone. The journey included a 10-game winning streak, thoughtfully balanced by a 9-game losing streak to keep the ego in airtight packaging. The Candidate Master title from FIDE is the receipt proving the daily habit actually worked.
The French Defense Church
As Black, there is exactly one church, and it speaks French. The French Defense powers nearly everything: the sharp French Defense: Advance Variation, the dependable Exchange Variation (their most profitable line at over 56% wins), the Winawer, the Tarrasch, and the gloriously named Guimard Thunderbunny Variation, which sounds like a cartoon and bites like one too. As White, it is 1.e4 with near-religious devotion, meeting the Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation and the Caro-Kann Defense head on, with a 72% blitz score against the Czech Defense.
Bullet Is the Happy Place
Ask where they feel most at home and the answer is bullet, the daily espresso of chess: fast, bitter, addictive. Their bullet French Advance has been flawless, and they even score with the obscure Amar Gambit, the kind of preparation that suggests they read the entire wiki page.
Style: The Immortal Object
Opponents do not beat Everyday Chess so much as outlast a zombie. Endgames appear in 82% of their games, wins average 77 moves, and losses drag on for 90, because surrender is not in the build. The comeback rate sits at 88.3%, and they still win 45% of games after dropping a full piece. A telling detail: 56 career wins by resignation against only 11 by checkmate. Opponents frequently raise the flag before the king actually falls, presumably to protect their sanity.
Rivals and Kryptonite
Every hero needs a nemesis. Juan José Montes de Oca has met them 11 times for one win, five draws and five losses, a rivalry so balanced it deserves academic study. Joshua Alexander embraces the kryptonite role, leading their head-to-head 5 to 1. Meanwhile tjallounet is the preferred dance partner at a friendly 3-1-3, while rasan04 has logged 10 encounters that remain a coin flip.
Everyday Chess by the Numbers
- Undefeated in daily chess at a spotless 5-0, mostly with the Caro-Kann.
- Best hour to play: 9 AM, where the win rate is a suspicious 100%. Coffee is apparently a performance enhancer.
- Tilt factor of just 9, which is remarkable for someone who plays this much.
- Checks delivered: 3,037 by rook. The rook check is their love language.
- First move as White in 2026: 1.e4 in 461 of 465 tracked games. Variety is for other people.
- Has played the "London [redacted]" Poisoned Pawn, a variation so dangerous even the database blurred it.
- Beats lower-rated players 65% of the time; giant-killing against higher-rated opponents sits at 28%. Even zombies have limits.