Meet MartynasT
Martynas Taucius, known in the lobby as MartynasT, is a blitz-first chess player who turned one main idea into a long online career. In nearly 13,000 rated games he has produced a 56% score by refusing to hide from the clock. He mostly lets 1.d4 do the talking, and then he lets the Queen's Gambit talk even more. Whether he is winning or tilting, the board always gets a full and loud story.
A d4 Devotee
Look at any sample of MartynasT and the first move is a lonely d1-d4. It appears in so many games that his queenside pawn should probably receive a salary. He enjoys the quiet, positional pressure of the Queen's Gambit, but he is also at home in the King's Indian Defense, the Grünfeld Exchange, and as Black he is happy to meet a different mood with the Petrov's Defense or the sharp Scandinavian Defense. He does not fear an opening, he collects them from both sides.
- Favorite White setups: King's Indian Defense Averbakh Variation, Grünfeld Exchange, and the Queen's Gambit.
- Favorite Black replies: Petrov's Defense, Scandinavian Defense, and a surprising variety of Queen's Gambit Accepted lines.
Style and Blood Pressure
MartynasT does not agree that blitz is a guessing game. His games tend to travel more than 60 moves and he reaches a real endgame in more than 72% of them. When he falls behind, he still recovers on roughly 81% of your mornings, and he only goes quiet after a 10-game losing streak. His longest winning run has reached 15, a number that he then promised to party with.
That rare gameplay hides a small and respectable secret: at 3 a.m. his win rate jumps near 70%, which makes it perfect advice to avoid a late night pair. He still thinks the night belongs to blitz and to the click of the fast clock.
Rivalries
Every good player needs a wall people can bounce off, of course. He has found his in fetenn, with whom he has played 42 miniature wars while posting 25 victories. Another stubborn dance partner is Jocko1959, who pushes him to the final second again and again. Others such as einem tangfan, christiandellen7 and madrook2021 all show up in the rematch queue, evidence that MartynasT never learns to walk away.
The Numbers Left on the Board
- 13: 15-game longest winning streak
- 10: longest losing streak, still it for after some bad snacks
- 81%: his comeback rate when the opportunity appears
- 72%: his tendency to reach an actual endgame
- 3 a.m.: his winner's hour
His Blitz peak is 2505 (2025-09-04), a number from late 2025 that the lower half of the bracket still remembers.