Ari Kiremitciyan FM

A Blitz Marathoner With a Tropical Name

Ari Kiremitciyan, known across the online chess world as LimeInTheCoconut, is a FIDE Master who treats blitz like a full time occupation. With more than 25,000 rated blitz games and over 12,000 wins, he has built a reputation as one of the most durable and entertaining grinders on the platform. His peak blitz rating of 2648 (2023-11-01) proves that a steady diet of flexible openings, stubborn defense, and sheer volume can carry a player a very long way.

The Long, Grinding Climb

Every legend starts somewhere, and Ari's journey begins in 2013 with a rating that barely scraped past the 1000 mark. Those early months were a blitz boot camp: hundreds of games per month, full of lessons, losses, and rapid improvement. The

tells the story of a player who simply refused to stop growing. By late 2014 he crossed 2000, by 2018 he was knocking on 2400, and in 2022 he finally broke into the 2600 club. The FIDE Master title was simply the chess world catching up to what his rating history already knew.

A Style Built on Stamina

Do not expect quick finishes when Ari sits down at the board. His games average around 78 moves, and his appetite for endgames is enormous. If he loses a piece, he does not panic; his win rate after losing material sits near 47 percent, and his comeback rate is close to 85 percent. Opponents who think they have him beaten often discover that the lime has not left the coconut.

• Average decisive games stretch past 78 moves
• Endgame frequency above 80 percent
• Comeback rate near 85 percent
• One sided losses are rare, happening barely over 1 percent of the time

Openings and the Art of Flexibility

Ari is not a one trick pony. As White he loves offbeat and flexible systems like the Nimzo-Larsen Attack, often following 1.Nf3 with a quick b3 and a kingside fianchetto. As Black he is equally at home in solid structures, leaning on the Caro-Kann Defense and the Modern Defense. This willingness to play both sides of the board makes him a difficult player to prepare against. His results across his favorite openings make for a fascinating

.

Here is a typical Ari style setup from the White side:

Known Rivals and Friendly Foes

You cannot play this many games without making a few friends along the way. Ari has faced Susanna Gaboyan 48 times in a genuine rivalry that has produced wins, losses, and draws for both sides. Against didier_drogba the script is very different: a staggering 40 wins against only 3 losses. And against dogacandorum, Ari holds a cozy 29 to 3 edge. Some matchups are simply meant to be.

The Night Owl of the 64 Squares

Ari's best hours are the small ones. His win rate spikes to nearly 65 percent at 1:00 AM, when sensible players are asleep and the blitz pool is full of drowsy opponents. It is a fitting habit for a player whose username promises a tropical daydream but whose play is all business.

Of course, no marathon is perfect. Ari has felt the sting of tilt, including a 10 game losing streak that would break most players. But he always bounces back, and his longest winning streak of 21 games proves that the coconut always rises again.