Νik kontos: The Beautiful Disaster of Online Chess
Νik kontos, known on the leaderboard as kontosnik1, plays online chess like a storm that refuses to leave. His preferred time control is blitz, yet his bullet game count is almost as huge, which suggests he simply cannot stop moving. In more than 25,000 analyzed games, he has delivered over 72,000 checks, most of them with the queen.
Quick Facts
- Preferred time control: Blitz
- White opening obsession: Amazon Attack
- Black defense of choice: Caro-Kann Defense
- Longest winning streak: 18 games
- Longest losing streak: 14 games
A Game of Extremes
Nik's career is a tug of war between glory and chaos. He has won 18 in a row and lost 14 in a row, sometimes in the same month. His peak blitz rating of 2965 (2026-08-24) is impressive, but the losing streak is what makes him human. He even wins after giving away a piece 43% of the time, a stat that makes no sense but somehow works.
The Opening Menu
With White, Nik almost always pushes d4 toward the Amazon Attack. With Black, he leans on the Caro-Kann Defense with the stubbornness of someone who has found their favorite chair and is not moving. He also dabbles in the Diemer-Duhm Gambit, because the word "safe" is not in his vocabulary.
Friends and Rivals
No rival is more familiar than Alexandros Papasimakopoulos. They have faced each other 148 times, with Alex holding the edge, but Nik keeps showing up. At this point, their games are less a chess match and more a reunion.
What the Numbers Say
Nik's blitz record sits around 5,373 wins, 6,083 losses, and 1,285 draws. The losses outnumber the wins, and yet the ride never gets old. His average decisive game lasts more than 90 moves, making him the rare online player who actually enjoys endgames.