Josep Ruscalleda, the FIDE Master Who Lives on the Blitz Clock
Josep Ruscalleda, better known online as Hirna2005, is a FIDE Master with a very clear preference: he breathes blitz. With more than 17,000 recorded blitz battles behind him, he has turned five-minute chaos into his home turf. He is comfortable from the first swing of the flag, not afraid to enter the time knot, and happy to drag his opponents into endings they did not order.
His online blitz curve is a great miniature movie: it starts near the 1950s in 2018 and climbs, with enough loops to keep everyone busy, to a ceiling of 2533 (2025-10-26). If you like ups and downs, just look:
.An Opening Repertoire Built, But Not Quiet
When he has the white pieces, Josep is an ambitious 1.e4 player. The Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation has been his partner for more than two thousand games, and he also knows how to keep the French Defense: Advance Variation clean enough to get a score that does not lose. He knows the Caro-Kann Defense too, but it is clearly not his favorite one.
As black, his true comfort is the Modern Defense, a defense that he has visited thousands of times. He makes the board dynamic even when his opponent thinks they have climbed the mountain.
Rivals, Endgames, and a Little Love for the Clock
The player who most often appears next to his name is Nenad Purić. They have met a full 43 times in this period, and it goes as true diplomas: Josep has won 18, lost 22 and agreed in 3. It is a persistent traffic, with a long way to go.
The numbers also have some drama: he plays 83.53% of his games to the endgame, he loses a piece and still takes home 42% of the point, and his combination rate says 86 when the tables fall. His best time of day seems to be 08:00, so if you face him in the morning, you are not allowed to use the coffee excuse.