Meet MrTeufelL
MrTeufelL is a relentless online chess battler whose handle hints at a devilish streak, and the results back it up. From a humble Blitz floor of 687 in 2019, he climbed to a peak Blitz rating of 2689 (2026-01-10), while also reaching 2600 (2025-11-28) in Rapid and 2457 (2026-01-10) in Bullet. Although the bulk of his battles are Blitz, his preferred time control is Bullet, where his quick hands and quicker mind shine.
Career Arc
MrTeufelL's graph reads like a rocket launch. He opened 2019 near the 700 mark, then spent the next years grinding through thousands of games. The climb accelerated in late 2020, and by 2023 he crossed the 2400 Blitz line. A massive 2025 included a 461 game month in September and a 709 game October, proof that volume and improvement can go together.
Opening Repertoire
As White, MrTeufelL almost always opens with 1.e4, and his favorite battlegrounds include the Scotch Game, the Scandinavian Defense, and lines of the Sicilian Defense. He scores especially well against the Caro-Kann Defense in Blitz with a 62.22 win rate, and his Rapid play features a devastating 77.78 win rate against the Sicilian. The diagram below shows his bread and butter Najdorf start.
Rivalries and Resilience
No player appears on his scorecard more often than manmoth, who faced MrTeufelL 44 times, with MrTeufelL winning 24 of those meetings. He also owns a perfect 28 game record against holybamarci, and has a positive score against futurgm100100. Those rivalries helped forge a fighting spirit: his comeback rate sits at 86.98 percent, and he still wins 53.4 percent of games after losing a piece.
Fun Facts
- Longest winning streak: 16 games
- Longest losing streak: 9 games, followed by bounce backs
- Best time of day by win rate: 06:00, making him a true early bird
- His queen delivers the most checks, but his rooks are close behind