Building the Beast
PacoMiTaco999 first dipped his toes into online chess with a modest blitz rating near 800. For a while it looked like the taco was all lettuce. It is important he began to play, he never played a lot of games and never in the 2020s he had started to play. But under the surface, the secret ingredient was marinating: an unshakeable love for the Caro-Kann Defense. He later would play it hundreds of times.
Then 2023 arrived. His rating went from 790 to 2207 in a single month. His win count exploded. PacoMiTaco999 won 154 out of 204 blitz games that month, a 75 percent finish. He had found the recipe.
Peak Taco
PacoMiTaco999 reached 2809 in blitz, according to his peak rating record. That is the number a player sees before he starts to breathe. He also climbed to 2503 in rapid, but the blitz board is his grill. He loves the Sicilian Defense. He has played the Kan, the Najdorf, the Alapin and the Dragon, all in his favorite time controls.
His most played rival has been Bryan Weisz, a player who faced him 63 times. It was a close fight. PacoMiTaco999 wins 29 games, loses 31 and draws 3. That kind of rivalry is the true fuel of a bullet and blitz player.
He also enjoys a good game against ginormouscolin. Against that opponent he has 42 wins and only 7 losses. Everyone has a favorite taco stand.
Playing Style and Quirks
PacoMiTaco999 has a very clear pattern. He plays mostly 1.e4, he wins by playing fast and he resigns quickly when the sauce is gone. His early resignation rate is 67 percent, which means if he thinks the taco is empty, he leaves the table. He also loves endgames: 83.1 percent of his games reach the endgame, and his average winning game lasts about 83 moves.
He has a 23-game winning streak, but he also has an 11-game losing streak. That is the life of a true blitz warrior. His best time of day is 13:00, lunch time, when the taco powers are at their peak. Late night games around 23:00 also treat him well.
Chart of the Climb
The blitz rating journey from 2019 to 2026 is wild and mostly uphill:
His win rate against lower rated players is 69 percent, which is a sign he punishes mistakes. Against stronger players it drops to 28 percent, but he still takes wins when the chance appears.
A True National Master
PacoMiTaco999 earned the National Master title from the National federation. It was earned at his own speed. He has played over 7,800 analyzed games, with his opponents giving slightly more checks than he does. He tends to deliver the first check about 48 percent of the time, and when he does he raises his win rate to 53 percent.
He is a player who likes to play through the Scandinavian Defense as well, with hundreds of games in that opening. He is the definition of a modern online chess warrior: quick, fearless, and ready for another round.