cem gul: The Midnight Bullet Machine
cem gul, known to the leaderboard simply as mikmik80, is a bullet chess specialist whose rating graph looks less like a career and more like a rocket launch with a decade-long delay on the fuse. He plays fast, he grinds long, and he has a suspicious habit of peaking at midnight.
The Ten-Year Intermission
Every great story needs an origin, and cem gul's is delightfully absurd. He surfaced in February 2013, ripped off 18 wins in 20 blitz games, touched a 2091 blitz rating, and then did the most shocking thing imaginable: he stopped. His only appearance in 2015 was a single game, a single loss, and a quick exit that lasted nearly nine years.
Most players would call that a hiatus. Historians may eventually call it the greatest garbage-time rest in online chess.
The Ascent
He returned in February 2024 and immediately went 49-3 in a month, starting at 1215 and ending at 2103, including an undefeated 26-0 record as White that year. From there the climb only steepened: 2385 by April 2025, and by late 2026 a peak bullet rating of 2899 (2026-09-22), with one September stretch featuring over a thousand games, roughly 34 per day.
Repertoire: Fortresses and Small Crimes
cem gul opens with 1.d4 the overwhelming majority of the time, but the real story is his Czech Defense fortress: 217 bullet games and a 59% win rate, whether he is building it or breaking it. His highest-scoring weapon is the French Defense: Burn Variation, a outrageous 76.81% over 69 games. The Amar Gambit, meanwhile, is his party trick, trotted out dozens of times for maximum confusion:
- Czech Defense: 217 games, 59% wins
- French Defense: Burn Variation: 77% wins
- Amazon Attack: Siberian Attack: 67% wins
- Benoni Gambit Accepted: 61% wins
- Australian Defense and Nimzo-Larsen Attack for the connoisseurs
Style: Grind, Flag, Repeat
His bullet games average around 77 moves, which is less chess and more cardio. He reaches the endgame in over 82% of his games, wins nearly a quarter of his games by checkmate, and wins almost as many by simply running opponents off the clock. When things go wrong, an 80% comeback rate and a 56% win rate after losing material say he does not panic, he invoices. And with a tilt factor of just 7, his emotional stability is frankly rude.
The Midnight Grind
The data is clear: cem gul wins 73% of his games at midnight, thrives on Fridays and Wednesdays, and collapses to a 37% win rate around 5 PM. Do not challenge him after work. He has not eaten, and he will make it your problem.
Rivals and Regulars
His most frequent dance partner is Esteban Horacio Deichmann, fifteen games and a 10-5 edge. sisil67 has absorbed a 10-2 beating, while TheArcticCold stands as certified kryptonite at 4-7-1. His longest winning streak: 22 straight games. His longest losing streak: seven, promptly avenged.
Final Word
cem gul is proof that a nine-year layoff means nothing if you return with a Czech Defense, an Amar Gambit, and a schedule aligned with the witching hour. Opponents are advised to bring water, a flag-monitoring device, and a preference for mornings.