odderbanen: The Midnight Chess Bullet Marathons
A Bullet Engine With a Coffee Cup
Meet odderbanen, an online chess phenomenon whose true home is the bullet time control. In a little over two and a half years, odderbanen has played more than 38,000 rated bullet games and more than 1,900 blitz games, turning the matchmaking queue into a second office. The rating graph tells the story of a player who started 2024 near 1343, touched a bullet peak of 2358 (2026-06-07), and never really stopped moving.
- Over 38,000 bullet games with nearly 19,200 wins.
- A bullet peak of 2358, plus a blitz peak of 2188 (2026-02-18).
- Longest winning streak of 14 games, matched by a longest losing streak of 14 games. Perfectly balanced like a stubborn gambit.
An Opening Repertoire Built for Speed
odderbanen is no one trick pony. With white, the Amazon Attack is a frequent companion, while the Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation also makes regular appearances. With black, the Scandinavian Defense and Caro-Kann Defense form the backbone of a repertoire that loves open, tactical fights. The Australian Defense shows up on both sides of the board, which suggests a certain loyalty to unusual moves.
A curious trend emerges from the yearly data: in 2024, e4 was the dominant first move, but by 2025, d4 had taken over as the main weapon. Few players are that willing to rebuild their opening identity mid-marathon.
Rivalries in the Fast Lane
With tens of thousands of games comes a rogues' gallery of familiar names. odderbanen's most frequent dance partners include toma ionut, Cam D., cosmicshrine, and Sunjay Somani. Against toma ionut, odderbanen holds 41 wins, but cosmicshrine and Sunjay Somani have returned the favor more than once. These are rivalries measured in dozens of games and hundreds of blunders.
A Fighter Who Refuses to Fade
The psychological stats are just as colorful as the opening stats. odderbanen's comeback rate sits near 93%, and the one-sided loss rate is a tiny 3.05%. Even when a piece goes missing, the win rate stays close to 50%, which is a fancy way of saying the game is never over. Early resignations are rare at 1.74%, and endgame battles appear in around 68% of games.
A tilt factor of 14 and matching 14 game streaks suggest that even a bullet machine has moments of self destruction, but the comeback rate means the machine rebuilds fast. The best time to play is midnight, where the win rate jumps. The worst is late evening, but no one is perfect. Against lower rated opponents the win rate is a healthy 62.57%, while against higher rated players it drops to 27.53%. That is the price of playing in the deep end of the bullet pool.