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Evan Rabin NM

PremierChess64 New York City Since 2008 (Active) Chess.com ♟♟♟♟♟♟
50.2% W 40.2% L 9.6% D
Bullet
2531
3787W 3156L 381D
Blitz
2489
15343W 12183L 3296D
Rapid
2106
7W 1L 2D
Daily
1692
24W 3L 0D

Meet Evan Rabin: The Blitz Engine

Evan Rabin, known online as PremierChess64, is a National Master who has turned Blitz chess into a high-volume craft. Since the early 2010s, Evan has played tens of thousands of rapid-fire games, climbing to a phenomenal peak of 2736 and becoming a familiar name in online arenas.

Blitz Rating261424312248206518812013: 19422014: 21702015: 20782016: 21762017: 21712018: 21892019: 21922020: 20872022: 21892023: 21492024: 23602025: 24162026: 25532013201420152016201720182019202020222023202420252026

Style, Openings, and Grit

Evan's repertoire favors fighting lines and offbeat adventures. The Alekhine Defense appears thousands of times, while the Caro-Kann Defense serves as a rock-solid companion. Add in healthy helpings of the Scandinavian Defense, the Modern, and the wonderfully named Amazon Attack: Siberian Attack, and you get an opening book that is both practical and dangerous.

Evan also refuses to stay down. With an 84% comeback rate and a tiny one-sided loss rate, this is a player who treats every disadvantage as a puzzle to be solved. They even do their best work right after breakfast, with peak performance around 07:00, making PremierChess64 the chessboard's early bird.

Win Rate by Opening0%25%75%100%50%Alekhine Defense: 51.2% over 5130 gamesCaro-Kann Defense: 49.4% over 2096 gamesScandinavian Defense: 50.8% over 986 gamesAlekhine Defense: Modern Variation: 48.5% over 967 gamesCzech Defense: 55.7% over 876 gamesCaro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation: 50.1% over 854 gamesAlekhine Defense51%Caro-Kann Defense49%Scandinavian Defense51%Alekhine Defense: Moder…48%Czech Defense56%Caro-Kann Defense: Clas…50%

Rivalries and Marathons

Long-time online players know that rivalries make the platform run, and Evan has plenty of them. The most frequent opponent is epicness77, with more than 160 clashes, followed by Chesstrueno, fastnfurious1983, and vladozaric. Through a longest winning streak of 21 games, a few 12-game stumbles, and every rematch in between, Evan Rabin has built a legacy as one of the most persistent and entertaining blitz warriors around.

Bio last updated 2026-09-07