Pere Garriga Cazorla (hurricane7791)
Grandmaster Profile
Pere Garriga Cazorla, better known online as hurricane7791, is a FIDE Grandmaster from Catalonia, Spain. His username fits his chess style: a storm of activity, sharp opening choices and relentless practical pressure. He is one of the most active elite players on the platform, with thousands of rated games across bullet, blitz and rapid.
Although he is comfortable in all quick time controls, blitz is clearly his home turf. His preferred time control is blitz, and it is the arena where he has built his most impressive online reputation.
Career Arc
Garriga Cazorla's online journey began in 2014 at modest levels. The real breakthrough arrived in 2017 when his bullet rating exploded from around 1442 to over 2500 in just one month. That kind of surge is rare, and it announced him as a serious online force.
From there he continued to climb, mixing enormous game volumes with genuine elite-level results. In a single month in 2018 he played 474 bullet games. His rating trajectory is a long, upward climb with the occasional stormy dip, exactly what you would expect from a player who takes risks and plays for wins. The chart below shows the full journey.
Playing Style and Repertoire
Pere is a 1.d4 player at heart, though he is not afraid to explore unusual setups. As White, the King's Indian Defense: Larsen Variation appears frequently in his blitz games and he scores well with it. As Black, he is happiest in sharp Sicilian structures, especially the Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, where his counterattacking instincts come alive. A typical Najdorf battle can begin with
.His stats paint the picture of a fighter rather than a technician who seeks early draws. Endgames appear in almost 82% of his games and his decisive games average around 78 moves. He is extremely resilient once behind, with a comeback rate of 85.9%, and he still wins 57.2% of games after losing a piece. He also wins 68.81% of games against lower-rated opponents, showing that he punishes mistakes ruthlessly.
Rivalries and Battles
Every great player needs rivals, and Pere has a memorable one. His most frequent opponent is Davit_Tiraturyan, with 113 encounters between them. It is a fierce head-to-head rivalry: 57 wins for Pere, 50 for his opponent and only 6 draws. The games are long, tense and full of fighting chess.
His longest winning streak is 15 consecutive wins, while his longest losing streak is 10 games. That swing between brilliance and turbulence is part of what makes him so entertaining to follow.
Key Numbers
- Peak blitz rating: 2847 (2026-08-31)
- Peak bullet rating: 2830 (2022-09-18)
- Over 5,100 online games analyzed in his public stats
- More than 12,000 checks delivered in those games
- Preferred battleground: blitz
Pere Garriga Cazorla has earned his Grandmaster title the hard way, and online he plays with the same ambition. Whether he is grinding out a 90-move endgame or blowing through an opening trap at bullet speed, hurricane7791 is always dangerous.