GM_Waskiri: The Candidate Master With Five-Year-Plan Branding
Introduction
Some players let their results speak for themselves. GM_Waskiri lets the username do the talking and lets the results catch up. A FIDE-titled Candidate Master, GM_Waskiri has spent years turning the "GM" prefix from bold branding into a genuine five-year plan, and the trajectory suggests the plan is on schedule.
The journey began in November 2019, when the blitz rating sat at a humble 1217. Since then, the online record has swollen to more than 850 blitz wins, and the preferred battlefield remains crystal clear: fast, sharp, high-volume blitz chess.
The Ascent
The climb was not gentle. In the autumn of 2021, GM_Waskiri played 118 blitz games in September and 133 more in October, surging from the high 1900s past 2200 in a matter of weeks. Rapid chess got its own miracle run in early 2022, leaping from the mid-1500s to 2190 in two furious months.
After a long grind through the 2300s, the breakthrough arrived: past 2400 in mid-2025, past 2500 in late 2025, and a personal best of 2559 blitz in September 2026. 2559 (2026-09-19) From 1217 to 2559 is a gain of over 1300 points, which in climbing terms is the difference between the local gym wall and a Himalayan face.
The Repertoire
GM_Waskiri's heart belongs to the Sicilian Defense, in nearly every costume it owns. The Alapin Variation delivers a 66% win rate in rapid play, the Closed Sicilian and the Rossolimo Attack appear constantly, and the Accelerated Dragon is a signature weapon, especially happy in Maróczy Bind structures with a 66% blitz win rate. A typical entrance to the Dragon looks like this:
Then there is bullet chess, where theory goes to relax. The Amar Gambit has been deployed 129 times, the Australian Defense nearly 80 times, and the Nimzo-Larsen Attack was tried 49 times at a 32% win rate before being quietly retired from the lineup. The one true kryptonite remains facing the Caro-Kann Defense as White, where the win rate dips to a painful 38% in blitz.
Rivalries and Nemeses
The most storied rivalry is with lasiciliana342, met 32 times across the years with a staggering 30 wins, 1 loss, and 1 draw. adri5231 has absorbed a 13-1 beating, and onicjann is a perfect 0-for-9 against the Dragon-slayer.
But every hero needs recurring villains. jmjv2021 leads their series 8-5, and Sherif Toma owns a 7-2 edge. Every time GM_Waskiri seems unstoppable, these two show up to restore balance to the force.
Style and Quirks
- A tireless endgame grinder, reaching endgames in 82% of games, with average wins stretching past 77 moves
- A comeback artist: an 85.75% comeback rate, and nearly half of all games are still won after dropping a piece
- Resilient under pressure, with almost no early resignations and a tilt factor of just 12
- A certified night owl, peaking at a 66% win rate in games around 2 AM; Tuesday is the strongest day of the week
- Owner of an 18-game winning streak, balanced against a 12-game losing streak that is best left unmentioned at dinner parties
- Bullet record of 714 wins against 710 losses, living proof that bullet is still 50% coin flip even for the titled
- Undefeated in daily chess with a perfect 1-0 record, having retired from the format at the top
- Favorite checking piece: the rook, wielded with the enthusiasm of someone who has read Tal's memoirs too many times
The Legacy So Far
GM_Waskiri is what happens when patience meets obsession: a Candidate Master who started as a 1200-rated novice and ground their way into four-digit-peak territory one long endgame at a time. The Sicilian is sharp, the comebacks are relentless, and the 2 AM games are unreasonably dangerous.
The "GM" in the username may technically still be aspirational. But with the rating graph pointing the way it does, it is less a boast and more a countdown.