Ritvars Reimanis
Ritvars Reimanis, known online as RitvarsReimanis, is a FIDE International Master with a serious talent for making a chessboard feel much smaller than 64 squares. While the data does not reveal a preferred pronoun, the username is unmistakable, and the chess is even more so.
A Blitz Specialist
Reimanis is most closely associated with Blitz, where thousands of games have produced a remarkably durable competitive record. The numbers show a player comfortable with chaos, quick decisions, and the occasional position that looks like it was assembled during a fire drill.
- Blitz record: 8,545 wins, 7,804 losses, and 2,166 draws
- Longest winning streak: 25 games
- Strength-adjusted Blitz win rate: approximately 49.9%
- Preferred hour according to the data: 02:00, when sensible people are asleep
Opening Repertoire
Reimanis has explored a broad collection of openings, including the Sicilian Defense, the Queen's Gambit Declined, the English Opening, the French Defense, and several gambits with names that sound like they were invented by a particularly enthusiastic chess computer.
The Slav Defense: Bonet Gambit has been one of his more successful Blitz choices, while the Amazon Attack and Australian Defense also appear frequently in his games. As White, he often begins with 1.d4, favoring positions that can develop from calm strategy into tactical mayhem.
Playing Style
Statistically, Reimanis is a persistent and resourceful competitor. His comeback rate is listed at 87.63%, suggesting that losing a piece is treated less as a tragedy and more as an invitation to become dramatically annoying.
His games frequently reach the endgame, averaging more than 84 moves per win and more than 85 moves per loss. Rooks are his most common checking pieces, and he has delivered checks first in nearly half of the games analyzed. The overall picture is of a player who keeps asking difficult questions long after the position appears to have settled.
Notable Rivalries
One of Reimanis's most frequent online opponents has been Toms Kantans, against whom he recorded 44 wins, 48 losses, and 5 draws across 97 games. That is less a casual encounter and more a recurring chess appointment.
Career Snapshot
From early online games in 2012 through the latest recorded activity in 2025, Ritvars Reimanis has built a long, fiercely competitive chess history. The profile combines International Master strength, a huge volume of fast games, a wide opening laboratory, and an impressive refusal to give up when the position becomes uncomfortable.
Peak Blitz performance: 2766 (2020-11-14)