Matej Sebenik: The Chess Grandmaster with a Blitz Flair
Meet Matej Sebenik, a grandmaster by FIDE's rigorous standards and a true force on the blitz battlefield. With a peak blitz rating soaring to an astonishing 2705 in May 2025, Matej has proven time and again that lightning-fast thinking and impeccable calculation can crush even the most resilient opponents.
Born with a love for chess and an insatiable hunger for victory, Matej has logged thousands of games, boasting over 1,000 blitz wins! His style? A mix of patience and precision, with an average of around 77 moves per win—because why rush perfection? Interestingly, he keeps his cool even after losing material, bouncing back with a stunning 86% comeback rate. Those slippery pieces can’t keep him down for long.
Not one to shy away from variety, Matej's opening repertoire is vast, but he plays the "Top Secret" opening in nearly 2,000 blitz games, capturing victories with a little over 51% win rate—that's more than half the time turning mystery into mastery. Whether it's the tricky Nimzo-Indian or the cunning Dutch Defense, Matej handles them all with equal flair.
He’s not just a blitz wizard; his rapid play has brought him to respectable heights as well, peaking at 2570, while his bullet games show he has speed but also a tasteful restraint—the highest bullet rating recorded hovering around 2176.
Behind the numeric glory is a fierce competitor known here by the username RaphaeI, deadly at any hour but especially comfortable playing through midnight, where his win rate hits a cozy 60%. Tilt factor? A mere 6, barely ruffling his grandmaster feathers.
Matej’s recent games reveal a knack for intricate positional battles culminating in electric checkmates—his latest masterpiece saw him checkmate with a rook after patiently advancing a bride of passed pawns in a Dutch Defense.
In summary, Matej Sebenik is the quintessential grandmaster: skilled, versatile, and a little bit mysterious—a top-tier player proving that chess is not just a game, but a lightning-fast art form.