About Itsekuri07
Itsekuri07 is a formidable Grandmaster renowned for dazzling lightning-fast moves in bullet chess. With peak bullet rating close to the mythical 3000 mark, this player combines deep tactical awareness and quick reflexes to dominate the board under extreme time pressure. If chess were a sprint, Itsekuri07 would be Usain Bolt!
Playing Style & Strengths
A specialist in bullet with a brilliant knack for comebacks, Itsekuri07 displays:
- Exceptional tactical awareness with an 87.6% comeback rate.
- Strong endgame skills, engaging in them in over 81% of games.
- Preference for sharp openings like the London's Poisoned Pawn and Sicilian Najdorf, boasting over 60% win rates in those.
- Both white and black pieces are wielded with almost equal success—58% win rate as White and over 51% as Black.
Notable Achievements
- Peak Bullet Rating: 2989 (2023-08-07) (reached in August 2023).
- Peak Blitz Rating: 2931 (2023-08-09) (achieved shortly after in the same month).
- Longest winning streak of 12 games — that's nearly a full dozen wins in a row!
- More wins than losses by a wide margin across blitz and bullet formats combined.
Favorite Openings
In blitz, Itsekuri07 shines with a variety of openings:
- London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation – over 69% win rate in blitz.
- French Defense: Guimard Variation, Thunderbunny Variation – a cool 68% win rate for those who dare to try it.
- Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation – the classic sharp weapon with nearly 64% wins.
- English Opening: Agincourt Defense – known battle-tested flexibility.
For bullet specialists, the French Defense and London System: Poisoned Pawn lead the charge with an impressive 80% win rate.
Playing Habits & Trivia
- Best time of day to play? 5 AM — early bird gets the win!
- Has a tilt factor of 10, but manages to keep calm and carry on.
- Decisive games last around 80 moves on average, proving stamina as well as speed.
- Loves to open with
e4, the classic king-pawn forward push.