geraki73: The Little Hawk of Blitz Chess
In Greek, "geraki" means "little hawk," and no chess handle has ever fit a player better. geraki73, whose trailing 73 hints at a 1973 vintage if the digits are to be believed, plays blitz chess the way other people watch television: constantly, and with strong opinions. Since February 2024, this account has stacked up more than 30,000 blitz games at a pace that would leave most players with carpal tunnel and an identity crisis.
The blitz ledger reads 14,862 wins, 10,818 losses and 5,291 draws, meaning geraki73 has agreed to peace more often than many opponents have played games in total. Add a perfectly unbeaten daily chess record of 2 wins and 2 draws, plus 25 stalemates collected along the way, and you have a grinder with a genuine flair for drama.
The Rise: 1,005 Games and a Warning Shot
February 2024 was the announcement. In a single month, geraki73 played 1,005 blitz games and rocketed from 1442 to over 2,100. Most players spend years clawing their way up that far. The hawk did it in roughly four weeks, then kept going: around a thousand games a month, month after month, until the summit push of May 2026 produced a peak of 2431 (2026-05-20).
Opening Repertoire: 1.e4, the Scotch Game and One Beautiful Crime
As White, geraki73 opens with 1.e4 in well over 90% of games, with the mysterious 1.e3 appearing occasionally like a chef's secret seasoning. The workhorse is the Scotch Game: 2,301 blitz games and a steady 53% score. Preparation runs about five moves deep. After that, it is instinct, caffeine and vibes.
But every great grinder has a dark side, and this one is called the Amar Gambit, an opening so eccentric that its name allegedly stands for "Absolutely Mad And Ridiculous." geraki73 has wheeled it out 996 times in blitz with a 70% win rate, and nearly 80% with White. Statistically, the most dangerous move in this repertoire is the knight hop to h3.
On the other side of the board, the menu is respectable: the Modern Defense (1,365 games), the French Defense, and against 1.e4 holdouts who refuse the Scotch, the Sicilian Defense, usually sidestepped into the Alapin Variation. There is also the Pterodactyl Variation, because why play a normal setup when you can play one named after a flying reptile?
Style: The Marathon Slugger
This is blitz played with the patience of a classical player. Games average around 80 moves, endgames appear in 84% of contests, and wins and losses clock in at nearly identical lengths (76.6 versus 76.9 moves). Translation: geraki73 loses with the same stubbornness they win with.
- Comeback artist: a comeback rate near 87%, and a 46% win rate even after dropping material. Hand the hawk a piece for free and it may still bite you.
- Check specialist: first to give check in almost 59% of games, with the queen as the favorite checking piece, 33,913 and counting. Even the king has checked 159 times, purely for style points.
- Knockout record: 374 wins by checkmate against only 38 checkmate defeats. A ten-to-one ratio.
- Nerves of steel: a tilt factor of just 9, a longest winning streak of 13 games, and only 1.5% of losses are one-sided. When the hawk goes down, it goes down fighting.
Familiar Foes
With thousands of games logged, certain faces keep appearing across the board, and the head-to-head files tell their own stories.
- mosani07: 108 meetings and a lopsided 64-34-10 score in geraki73's favor. The favorite prey.
- sxb001: the true nemesis. 120 games, 56-42-22, close enough that every rematch feels personal.
- chessrol: 72 games, 25-23-24. Fully a third of the series ended in draws, which is either deep mutual respect or pure stubbornness.
Quirks: The Clock Is the Only Real Enemy
The statistics expose a delightful plot twist. Checkmates are rare in geraki73's defeats (38 of them), but flag falls are not. Blitz wins by checkmate: 374. Blitz wins on time: 298. Blitz losses on time: 996. The hawk strikes fast but occasionally forgets the clock exists.
- Bullet chess: four attempts, zero wins. When the clock drops below a minute, the hawk becomes a pigeon.
- Daily chess: 2 wins, 2 draws, no losses. Unbeaten, undefeated, and barely tried.
- Prime hunting hour: 22:00. Best day of the week: Saturday. Worst day: Monday, which suggests geraki73 blames Mondays exactly like the rest of us.
The Verdict
geraki73 is proof that chess improvement is less about talent and more about showing up a thousand times a month. An 1.e4 loyalist with a Scotch Game workhorse, a Modern Defense shield and the Amar Gambit hidden up the sleeve, this player grinds endgames at blitz speed, resurrects lost positions, and never quits early. Face the little hawk at ten on a Saturday night and expect a long, sharp, stubborn battle. And if the first move is 1.Nh3, go ahead and laugh. Then brace yourself.