The Bullet King: HMKingCharlesIII
Charles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor, better known on the server as HMKingCharlesIII, is a chess monarch with a taste for speed. Since October 2022 he has amassed more than 3,600 recorded games, and his true dominion is bullet chess, a format where the crown is won and lost in seconds. His bullet rating peaked at 1669 (2025-02-25), while his rapid rating once climbed to 1797 (2023-05-07), proving the King can be dangerous when he takes his time, even if he rarely does.
A Royal Repertoire
Loyal subjects know the King opens with 1.e4 almost religiously, and his black pieces are equally at home in the Scandinavian Defense, the Modern Defense, and the French Defense. He embraces chaos with a soft spot for the Amar Gambit and the Blackburne Shilling Gambit, and he has faced the Nimzo-Larsen Attack often enough to have a treaty ready for it.
The Deep Fear Rivalry
No opponent has crossed swords with the King more often than Alexandra Prado. They have faced each other 238 times, and the King holds a commanding 127 wins against 101 losses. When your most frequent rival is named deepfear and you still win more often than not, the fear clearly belongs to someone else.
Majesty at the Board
His playing style is stubborn, resilient, and quietly dangerous. The early resignation rate is a microscopic 1.72%, because a king does not abandon the board. Even after losing a piece he wins 47.43% of the time, and his comeback rate of 79.14% suggests he is never truly out of a game.
- Longest winning streak: 12 games
- Longest losing streak: 11 games, a dark chapter in the royal chronicles
- Best time of day: midnight, when the palace is quiet and the bullet boards are loud
- Most common checking piece: the Queen, naturally
- Tilt factor: 11, which is either very rock and roll or proof that the crown gets heavy
- Against lower rated opponents he wins 74.82% of the time, while against higher rated ones he scrapes by at 25.35%
The Verdict
HMKingCharlesIII is not a grandmaster, but he is an online institution: an opening explorer, an eternal comeback artist, and the undisputed monarch of the 1.e4 throng. Long may he reign, one bullet game at a time.