Raymond Gao NM

Meet GAO

Raymond Gao, known on the board as GAO, is a National Master who treats the blitz pool like a second home. His love for fast chess is hard to miss. He has played more than 10,000 tracked games in just three years, and his Blitz rating climbed all the way to 2760 in May 2026. He also reached 2692 in bullet, which means slow chess was never the plan.

An Opening Repertoire Like No Other

Raymond does not play it safe. He has a devoted and slightly mysterious relationship with the Amar Gambit, a line most players face once, lose to once, and then never speak of again. He has played it 354 times in blitz and 260 times in bullet. He also camps out in the Sicilian Defense, the Caro-Kann Defense, and a pile of sidelines that make opening books cry.

Rivalries and Hunting Grounds

Every great player needs a foil. For Raymond, that foil is Eugene Hua, who has beaten him 95 times in 140 meetings. But Raymond has his own happy hunting ground against ieatcrayons999, winning 223 of 299 clashes. He also shares a long running feud with goldlichking (227 games, 122 wins for Raymond) and Zuko (106 games, 53 wins).

Style, Streaks, and Quirks

• Longest winning streak: 18 games
• Longest losing streak: 10 games, because even masters have Tuesdays
• Tilt factor: 10 out of 10
• Comeback rate: 88.85 percent, so he never really goes away
• Best time to play: 11:00 sharp
• Early resignation rate: 0.32
• Endgame frequency: 84.41 percent, he is there for the long haul
• Average moves in a win: nearly 80, which is no respect for the blitz clock

Final Move

Raymond Gao is a warning machine. With 3,399 blitz wins, a peak of 2760, and a rating graph that looks like a heartbeat monitor, he wins when he should, fights when he is behind, and plays openings like he is speed-running chess theory. National Master is just the title. The blitz pool is the kingdom.