Meet Ness Stilla
Meet Ness Stilla, known to the online chess world as Harbu_Darbu. Ness is a blitz obsessive who has packed more than 25,000 rated blitz games into under three years. If chess offered frequent flyer miles, Ness would be flying first class by now.
The Blitz Machine
Ness's preferred time control is Blitz, and it is not close. Across a dizzying stretch of play, Ness has collected roughly 12,400 blitz wins, clawed past a peakrating of2807, and become the kind of player who makes 1+0 games look like a marathon.
The
tells the story: a wild climb from the 2400s into the 2800s, with a side trip to1776 in February2024 that ended with a maximum of2554 that very same month. That is not a rating graph, that is a heartbeat monitor.- Longest winning streak: 13 games
- Longest losing streak: 11 games, immediately followed by another queue up
- Current streak: null, because the "Play Again" button always wins
Opening Repertoire
Ask Ness what happens after 1.d4 and youmight be there until the clock runs out. As White, Ness has played 1.d4 more than 12,000 times, with the occasional 1.d3 and even afew brave 1.h4 experimentsjust to remind everyone that rules are optional.
Ness steers white pieces towardNimzo-Indian Defense andKing's Indian Defense territory, and has quietly excellent numbers against theQueen's Gambit Declined.As Black, Ness is a creature of habit: theScandinavian Defense has appeared more than4,500 times, and theAlekhine Defense more than1,100times. The
captures an old friendship with the Scandinavian, which sits near a50.3% win rate despite everything the opening critics say.Rivalries and Habits
No blitz marathon would be complete without familiar faces. Ness's most played rival isFastFaun, with73 meetings andNess holding a commanding50wins to17 losses. ThisView Game probably looks exactly like the other72: sharp, messy,and played at light speed.
Other regulars includeShlawutski (69 games), a genuine split)andpetitpingouin06 (68 games, frequently a thorn in Ness's side)andMykhailo Shinkarev (55 games, including14 draws that likely felt like victories for everyone involved).
Ness also has some very specific life hacks: win rate peaks around13:00, Wednesdays have historically been the kindest day, and the comeback rate sits at95.05%. Losing a piece early barely registers as an emergency. Ness wins nearly48% of games even after hanging material, which is either elite resilience or a refusal to accept the position on the board.
The Complete Package
Ness reaches the endgame about83% of the time, grinds out games that averagearound80 moves,and has an endgame frequency that would make a grinder proud. The tilt factor reads11, which, for a player with over25,000 blitz games, is basically the emotional equivalent of a gentle shrug.
One Rapid game, one Rapid win, and a perfect2000 Rapid rating sit in the trophy cabinet. Bullet has been more of aside quest, with20 wins and17 losses, proving that everyone has a time control that isjustfor fun. Ness Stilla is, above all, a blitz player through and through, and the board keeps calling them back for one more game.