Chess at the Speed of Chaos
John Nemeth, online as Necromon, is a FIDE Master who treats the clock like a dare. He specializes in Bullet chess, where the board is loud, the flag is close, and his opponents get a front row seat to a 1,322 win, 599 loss, 97 draw bullet record. If you like long thinking at the board, John is not the player for you. He is the player who has already played your lunch break during it.
Patterns and Nightmares
Necromon does not just play quick; he plays ruthless quick. His numbers stretch far beyond the opening: a 27-game winning streak, a current 5-game streak, and a tactical awareness so high that he still wins 63.64% of games after losing a piece. He has a comeback rate of 84.91% and, apparently, a Tilt Factor of 9, which he would probably call "rhythm." When he plays on Monday he hits 72.64% wins, and if you meet him at 19:00, 2019 plus 1 go home with a one-sided lesson.
- Longest winning streak: 27 games
- Longest losing streak: 9 games
- Win rate after losing a piece: 63.64%
- Comeback rate: 84.91%
- Best time window: 19:00
Favorite Battlegrounds
With the white pieces, John is at home in the French Defense, with nearly 74% wins in bullet. With black, he embraces the Accelerated Dragon and turns the Sicilian into a highlight reel: 100% in Rapid, 75.56% in bullet. If he plays the Alapin Variation, just hope he is thinking multiple moves ahead; he usually has only about one extra second to spare, but makes it feel like a fortress.
Accomplished Rivalries
His most frequent partner in chaos is calculatingbishop, with 52 meetings. There is also davidflude, whose personal series reads a painful 1,500,000, no wait, 25 wins, 0 losses, 1 draw in favor of Necromon. That is less a rivalry and more a diagnosis.
Peak Moments
Across time classes, John marks his claim at 2669 (2026-04-22) and a bullet status of 2535 (2022-10-11), but do not ask him for a rating note. He will simply show you how a one-second turned into a checkmate.