The Grinder with a Title
Dejan Djordjevic carries the FIDE Master title with the kind of energy that comes from years of blitz warfare. Under the username midedu, he has built an online empire on one simple idea: push the e-pawn, give a million checks, and let the opponent crack. His preferred time control is clearly Blitz, and his opponent list looks like a who’s who of players who tried to outlast him and mostly failed.
Opening Repertoire
With White, Dejan is a creature of habit and a very good one. He plays into the Sicilian Defense with joy, especially the Closed Sicilian lines where he builds pressure like a slow thunderstorm. When opponents get tricky, he happily accepts the challenge in the Blackburne Shilling Gambit and wins at an impressive rate. With Black, he counterpunches in the Sicilian Four Knights, the Alapin, and the Scandinavian Defense, making him dangerous on both sides of the board.
Style and Psychology
Dejaided’s style can be described as relentless but also a little chaotic, in the best possible way. He once rattled off 37 wins in a row, and he has also survived a 39 game losing streak, which proves he is much harder to bury than he is to beat. His comeback rate is 74%, and he wins 69% of the time even after losing a piece, so the last smile usually comes from the wrong opponent. When he gets the first check, his winning percentage climbs to nearly 79, and he has delivered over 44,000 checks in his analyzed games. Chess is not subtle for him; it is a loud, fast conversation.
Rivalries
No online chess career is complete without familiar revenge. erwroe is midedu’s most frequent partner with 69 games, and Dejan trails ahead with 43 wins to 22 losses. konstantine1 also appears repeatedly, a rival who keeps the score respectable. Then there is shafar60, one of the few players who genuinely troubles him, winning 30 of their 43 meetings. Every rivalry has a hero and a theme.
A Life in Blitz
The graph of his Blitz journey in
looks less like a normal rating and more like a mountain town festival: a lot of climbing, a few falls, and plenty of stories. His winning streak and opening trends are visible in , a map of endless Sicilian wars and gambit adventures. The best time to catch midedu at full power? Around 6 AM, when the rest of the world is still asleep. That is when the FIDE Master wakes up and the clock becomes his weapon.