Meet JG-17
Jose Antonio Garrido Diaz, known online as JG-17, is a FIDE Master who treats the online chess lobby like a serious laboratory. He has earned the FIDE Master title, and then spent thousands of online games proving that titled players also know how to have fun at bullet speed. With more than 3,000 recorded blitz wins and a bullet game that has climbed as high as 2711 (2025-11-16), JG-17 is a familiar name in the fast-lane queues.
The online mountain
JG-17's blitz journey is a story of volume and upward momentum. Starting from the low 2200s in late 2023, he pushed his blitz rating to 2838 (2026-07-18) in 2026. The chart below shows the grind, the spikes, and the occasional crash that every online warrior experiences.
Bullet appears to be his preferred playground. His bullet rating went from the mid-2400s to a peak above 2700, with long sessions, sharp time scrambles, and enough late-night games to make a daylight schedule look like a myth. His longest winning streak is 11 games, while his longest losing streak is 14, which means he is equally comfortable riding adrenaline and climbing back out of a hole.
Serious theory with a side of chaos
As White, JG-17 enjoys the clean development of the Four Knights Game, and he frequently chooses the French Defense: Exchange Variation when Black heads for 1...e6. As Black, his loyalty to the Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation is remarkable; he has played it hundreds of times in blitz and still scores around fifty percent in one of the sharpest openings in chess.
He is not afraid to leave the theoretical highway, either. In bullet games he sometimes experiments with the Amar Gambit, while the Modern Defense gives him a flexible way to surprise opponents who expect a main-line battle.
Familiar rivals and stubborn defense
JG-17 has built genuine rivalries in the online arena. He has faced ნაზი თებიძე more than thirty times, traded blows with Volodymyr Molyboha, and handled Fabchess001 with authority, winning 27 of their 29 meetings. One opponent, Rafail Antoniou, has managed to hold a plus score against him, which makes those games extra spicy.
What makes JG-17 dangerous is his resilience. His stats show a comeback rate above 90 percent and a willingness to keep fighting after losing material. He reaches endgames often and grinds out results that look unlikely at first glance. In short, he does not go quietly.
The verdict
Jose Antonio Garrido Diaz is a hybrid chess personality: part opening theoretician, part bullet hustler, and all competitor. His charts are full of jagged peaks, his opening repertoire mixes classical respectability with cheerful weirdness, and his rivalries are as intense as anything you will find online. If you meet JG-17 in a bullet queue, greet the Dragon and hold on tight.