Joaquin Rodrigo Jimenez (Pomberito2)
Overview
Joaquin Rodrigo Jimenez, known online as Pomberito2, is a FIDE Candidate Master with one of the most relentless online Blitz schedules you will ever see. His profile may say bullet is his favorite time control, but the Blitz board is where he built his empire. His rating graph reads like a mountain range after a storm: starting near 1347 in early 2017, climbing past 2100 within a month, touching a searing 2695 by March 2026, and rarely sitting still for long. With more than 16,000 analyzed games, a 91.47% comeback rate, and a 12 game winning streak, he is a player who simply refuses to fade quietly.
Early Grind
Pomberito2's journey began in the trenches of online Blitz. In January 2017 his Blitz rating hovered near 1347, and by February he had already played 501 games. That kind of volume became a signature. He treated the early years as a laboratory, with a first move frequency dominated by e4 before gradually shifting toward d4 and Nf3 in the 2020s. That flexibility allowed him to grow from a fast improviser into a dangerous all rounder.
Repertoire and Openings
His opening tastes are famously rich. With Black, the French Defense appears in almost every possible form, from the Advance Variation to the Winawer and Exchange lines, and he has played it hundreds of times. Against 1.e4 he is also deeply loyal to the Caro-Kann Defense, where his win rate jumps to a robust 53.64%. As White he enjoys taking opponents into sharp Sicilian structures, particularly the Yugoslav Attack against the Dragon and the Najdorf Variation, and he has a soft spot for the Döry Defense and the Amar Gambit when the mood strikes.
His ability to switch between solid and chaotic openings has made him awkward to prepare against. Opponents who expect a French wall may suddenly meet a gambit, while those who prepare for the Najdorf can find themselves facing a London setup instead.
Style and Stamina
Pomberito2 is a player of unusual endurance. Average decisive games run close to 79 moves, which is extremely long for online Blitz. He delivers checks early and often, averaging 3.07 checks per game while opponents manage 2.58. When he is the first to check, he wins roughly 55% of the time; when he is checked first, that number drops to 40.66%. That first check matters.
His tactical awareness is even more striking. He wins 91.47% of games in which he falls behind, and he still wins 47.43% of games after losing a piece. He also plays best in the early morning, with a 66.67% win rate at 08:00, which suggests a player who enjoys coffee, silence, and a cold-blooded queen sacrifice before breakfast.
Rivalries
No player reaches these numbers without collecting rivals. Pomberito2 has faced FastFaun 41 times, winning 22 of those battles, and has also built intense histories with chuessco, normweinstein, and slave-trajkoski. The record against chuessco is a refreshingly human 11 wins, 19 losses and 6 draws, proof that even a 2600+ Blitz beast can have a nemesis. Against valparaiso37 he has lost 18 of 30, and against jozefkneht he has struggled despite winning only four times. Those rivalries have shaped his resilience.
Legacy
Joaquin Rodrigo Jimenez earned the Candidate Master title the hard way: through volume, stubbornness, and an appetite for complicated positions. His peak Blitz rating of 2695 (2026-03-29) in March 2026 shows a player still improving years after his first 1,400 rated games.
- Over 16,000 analyzed games
- 7,756 Blitz wins
- 12 game longest winning streak
- 53.64% score in the Caro-Kann Defense
- 91.47% comeback rate