Oscar Santiago Ejarque Escudero (ojarke)
Meet ojarke
Oscar Santiago Ejarque Escudero, known to the online chess world simply as ojarke, is a bullet chess phenomenon. Since the middle of 2022 he has played more than 78,000 rated bullet games. That is roughly enough chess to fill several lifetimes, and it makes him one of the most active speed demons in the player pool. His peak bullet rating sits at 2574 (2026-04-01), a number built on an astonishing volume of games and a style that never stops moving.
The Bird Man
If you sit down against ojarke with the white pieces, you can set your clock to 1.f4. The Bird Opening is his signature weapon, played more than 26,000 times as White. He has turned the Bird into an identity, pairing it with the Dutch Variation and occasionally wandering into the Amar Gambit when the mood strikes. As Black he has faced the French Defense almost 17,000 times, which means he has seen every twist and trap that opening has to offer. A typical ojarke game looks a little like this:
His opening preferences show a player who would rather play a weird line 10,000 times than a normal one 10 times.
tells that story in vivid detail, with the Bird family dominating the graph.Bullet Biology
shows a rolling barcode of adrenaline, with peaks near 2500 and dips that would break weaker spirits. ojarke has a win rate above 75% against lower rated opponents and about 48% against equal strength players. He is also fiercely resilient: he comes back to win after losing material 93.6% of the time, and only 1.02% of his losses are one sided blowouts. The man gets out of trouble for a living.The clock is his element. His best hours are around 2am, when sensible players are asleep and bullet points are up for grabs. His early resignation rate is 67%, which sounds impatient until you notice his tilt factor of 20 and his longest losing streak of 20 games. He has also won 12 games in a row, so the emotional range is real.
Rivalries
In the bullet pool, certain names are part of his furniture. He has faced Ludo_sta in 193 games, KF3WIN in 190, and Biculi in 175. Against Ludo_sta he holds a plus score, and against KF3WIN he is clearly ahead. These repeated battles are the true fabric of his chess life: thousands of games, the same rivals, an endless rematch button.
Fun Facts
- His most common opening move as White is f4, with more than 43,000 recorded appearances.
- He delivers checkmates mostly with the queen and rook, and he is the first to give check about 49% of the time.
- His longest winning streak was 12; his longest losing streak was 20. Both are deeply on brand.
- He has played the Australian Defense more than 8,700 times as Black, which takes genuine courage.