Pushkar Singh Bijalwan: The Bullet Marathoner
Pushkar Singh Bijalwan, known on the chessboard as pushkarsinghbijalwan, has turned quantity into quality. In barely five years he has played more than 12,000 rated online games, climbing from a 600-level Rapid beginner to a certified 2200+ Bullet and Blitz specialist. His journey is one of relentless volume, fearless attacking chess, and a reservoir of resilience that few opponents can break.
Humble Beginnings
Pushkar's first recorded Rapid outing came in July 2021 with just two games and a rating under 700. The real launch happened in October of that year, when he played 246 Rapid games in 31 days, surging from 595 to 989. By November he was already over 1200, and by the new year he had crossed 1300. The pattern was set: Pushkar improves fastest when he plays the most.
Bullet Becomes His Home
Rapid built the foundation, but Bullet built the legend. Pushkar started playing 1-minute chess in May 2022 and fought through the 1000 barrier that summer. A massive September 2023 pushed him past 1400, and in early 2024 he blasted from the 1400s to the 1700s in about 300 games. After that, the climb never really stopped. He passed 2000 in September 2025 and reached a Bullet peak of 2203 (2026-05-26) in May 2026, matching the same ceiling in Blitz later that year.
An Eclectic Opening Repertoire
Ask Pushkar what he plays and the honest answer is: everything. His most trusted weapon is the Scandinavian Defense, with over 1,200 Bullet and Blitz games, and he regularly trades blows in the Sicilian Defense, the Caro-Kann Defense, and the Blackburne Shilling Gambit. He also has a soft spot for the cheeky Amar Gambit, usually in Rapid but sometimes even in Bullet. A typical Scandinavian tussle from his games might open like this:
. With white, his first move is almost always 1.e4, and his median opening preparation depth has grown from 3 plies in 2021 to 5 plies by 2026.A Fighter's Mind
Pushkar refuses to go quietly. His early resignation rate is a microscopic 1.9%, and he steers more than 71% of his games into an endgame. When he falls behind, he comes back 81.58% of the time, and he still wins nearly half his games after losing a piece. His longest winning streak is 21 straight games, a reflection of how dangerous he becomes when momentum is on his side. He also has a curious power hour: at 19:00 his win rate hits a perfect 100% in the recorded data.
Signature Numbers
- 21-game longest winning streak
- 81.58% comeback rate after falling behind
- 71% endgame frequency
- 54.16% first-check rate across more than 12,000 games
Rivalries That Define Him
No portrait is complete without shiekh321, the opponent Pushkar has faced more than anyone else. Their 61 meetings tell a lopsided story: 51 wins for Pushkar, 9 losses, and a single draw. Rivals like somenamechris, bhavuk_joon, and strangemice have also helped sharpen his edge, but none has broken his dominance. View Game
What Comes Next
With a Rapid peak of 2063 and a Daily rating that reached 1938, Pushkar is slowly filling every corner of his chess identity. The Bullet and Blitz crowns already sit at 2203. If his history is any guide, the next chapter will involve another marathon of games, another surge, and another impossible winning streak. The 2200 plateau has already been touched, and Pushkar Singh Bijalwan does not look like someone who will stop there.