Piotrek Mickiewicz: The Bullet-Fueled National Master
Piotrek Mickiewicz, known online as Piotrek1979, is a National Master who treats bullet chess like a contact sport. His fingers move faster than most people's thoughts, and his love for the 1+0 format is written all over a rating graph that looks like a mountain range.
With a blitz peak of 2573 (2024-09-10), a Rapid peak of 2409 (2025-02-28), and a Bullet peak of 2394 (2020-11-21), Piotrek has spent years turning marathon sessions into a chess education. He has played more than 5,800 rated blitz games, delivering nearly 17,000 checks along the way. When the clock allows him to think, he can still crack 2400 in Rapid, proving that speed and substance can coexist.
An Opening Repertoire Full of Personality
Piotrek is not a one trick pony. He regularly wheels out the Nimzo-Larsen Attack, the Caro-Kann Defense, and enough Sicilian Defense lines to confuse even a well prepared opponent. His win rate with these systems is far from perfect, but his willingness to keep playing them is a testament to his stubborn optimism.
Rivalries and Revenge Tours
Every chess player has a nemesis. For Piotrek, that player is razief_hakiem, who leads their head to head 30 wins to 2. It is the kind of rivalry that builds character, or at least a very long study session. Against Ignacio Raviolo, however, Piotrek enjoys a perfectly balanced 13 wins, 13 losses and 4 draws, proof that he can go toe to toe with anyone when the stars align.
A Grinder Who Never Sits Down
Piotrek's games are not quickies. His average win lasts about 79 moves, and his average loss lasts about 81 moves, meaning he gets his money's worth either way. He reaches the endgame in 86.44% of his games and wins 43.81% of the time even after dropping a piece. That is the heart of a true fighter.
He also has a 87.21% comeback rate and a longest winning streak of 26 games. His longest losing streak of 17 games shows that even National Masters have rough weeks, but his ability to bounce back is what separates him from the crowd.
- Best time to play: 16:00, when the coffee finally kicks in
- Saturday is his lucky day, with a 50.63% win rate
- He is 8.9% better in casual games than rated ones, because pressure is overrated
- He wins 66.33% of games against lower rated opponents and still takes 29.88% against higher rated ones