Laurin Jahnz: FIDE Candidate Master of the One-Minute World
Laurin Jahnz, known on the board as Laurin_2009, is a FIDE Candidate Master with a very clear favorite way to lose sleep: bullet chess. If the 2009 in the username is a birth year, the title arrived while classmates were still doing homework, which is either inspiring or mildly terrifying.
The commitment is total. In October 2025 alone, Laurin played 568 bullet games, roughly 18 per day. At that pace, chess is not a hobby, it is a lifestyle with a mouse.
The Ascent
Laurin arrived in June 2024 rated 1771 in bullet and treated that number as a starting line rather than a ceiling. Within months it crossed 2500, and by October 2025 it touched 2779 (2025-10-18), a summit climbed one second at a time.
Strangely, the wins are marathons. The average bullet victory runs about 89 moves, an endgame appears in more than 80 percent of games, and 542 bullet draws have been collected along the way, presumably while muttering "just one more."
The Repertoire
The backbone is the Caro-Kann Defense, a solid wall played more than 780 times in bullet alone. As White, the Sicilian Defense meets its match in the Alapin Variation, deployed over 500 times with quiet persistence.
- Backbone: Caro-Kann Defense, over 780 bullet appearances
- White weapon: Alapin Variation, 500+ games
- Wildcard: Amar Gambit, which begins with a knight trip to h3 and is best described as a dare
- Curiosity: the Rhamphorhynchus Variation, named after a pterodactyl. The win rate suggests the pterodactyl went extinct for a reason
Style: Comebacks, Rooks, and 7 A.M. Coffee
The stats describe a player who simply does not stay dead. The comeback rate sits above 90 percent, Laurin still wins over 40 percent of games after losing a piece, early resignations happen in only about a quarter of defeats, and fewer than one loss in three hundred is a genuine collapse. Hopeless positions are politely declined.
Checks delivered: more than 22,000, with the rook, not the queen, as the lead enforcer at nearly 7,900. The deadliest hour is 7 in the morning, where the win rate tops 70 percent. The recipe appears to be a fresh brain, hot coffee, and opponents who stayed up too late.
Rivalries and Balance
The most frequent dance partner is Димитрий Король, with 64 meetings ending in a suspiciously perfect 29 wins, 29 losses, and 6 draws. Against Andre Kunz, Laurin dominates at 36-10-3, proof that not every shark bites. Less pleasant is Anastasia Avramidou, a true nemesis at 7 wins against 29 losses, the sort of matchup that keeps a grinder humble.
For cosmic symmetry, there is an 11-game winning streak and also an 11-game losing streak. The universe remains in balance.
Beyond Bullet: The Daily Side Quest
In 2025, Laurin went a flawless 8-0 in daily chess. Then January 2026 happened: two games, two losses, and a rating that fell like a dropped rook. A victory in September 2026 restored some dignity. The verdict is clear, bullet is home, and daily chess remains a mysterious side quest.