About rohitfriends
Rohit Sharma, better known online as rohitfriends, is a chess streamer who brings high-octane bullets, sharp tactics, and a healthy dose of humor to the board. Since stepping into online play, he has built a following by sharing his thought process in real time, breaking down tricky lines, and turning blistering fast games into accessible lessons. His journey on the boards mirrors the growth of an online creator who treats every move as a story worth telling.
Streaming Career and Playing Philosophy
Rohit leans into Bullet as his preferred time control, pairing lightning-fast decisions with clear, entertaining explanations. He balances aggression with practical ideas, often turning chaotic positions into teachable moments. Fans know him for delivering practical tips without losing the fun, making complex ideas feel doable in a single minute of play.
For a quick snapshot of his online performance, see the live-style highlights and seasonal charts embodied in his profiles and streams. Rohit Sharma
Opening Repertoire and Style
Rohit’s opening choices are diverse and practical, with a leaning toward aggressive, dynamic lines in Bullet and Blitz. Notable performances include:
- Amar Gambit (Bullet): Games 93, Wins 48, Losses 42, Draws 3 — WinRate 51.61%
- Scandinavian Defense: Games 63, Wins 35, Losses 27, Draws 1 — WinRate 55.56%
- Sicilian Defense: Games 58, Wins 32, Losses 26, Draws 0 — WinRate 55.17%
- Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, Cobra Variation: 52 games, Wins 21, Losses 29, Draws 2 — WinRate 40.38%
- French Defense: 43 games, Wins 23, Losses 20, Draws 0 — WinRate 53.49%
- Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation: 30 games, Wins 16, Losses 12, Draws 2 — WinRate 53.33%
- Scandinavian Defense (Rapid/Rapid-like play): strong showing across multiple formats
Records, Streaks and Rivals
- Longest Winning Streak: 12 games
- Longest Losing Streak: 11 games
- Most Played Opponents: sandeeprkt (29), kushagra8002 (18), aman_08 (14), mehul_v (13), rohitrockzz313 (13)
- Notable head-to-heads: rohitfriends has a spectrum of results across opponents, reflecting a fearless, experiment-first mindset.
- Time-performance flavor: his play shows solid results across days and hours, with adaptive strategies to different clocks and audiences.
Peaks and Presence Across Time Controls
Rohit has demonstrated impressive peak moments across time controls, illustrating a versatile skill set. Highlights include:
- Bullet Peak Rating: 1778 (2025-04-01)
- Blitz Peak Rating: 1932 (2025-02-11)
- Rapid Peak Rating: 2095 (2024-09-16)
- Daily Peak Rating: 1326 (2023-12-15)
For a visual sense of rating trajectories, consider the embedded
visualization placeholder.Notable Achievements and Playful Moments
Rohit’s streams blend competitive spirit with educational moments. Whether he’s pulling off tactical comebacks or explaining why a risky gambit paid off in a single breath, the sessions feel like a friendly coaching session with a high-energy co-host. His approach invites viewers to learn by watching fast, readable ideas unfold under pressure.
Follow his ongoing journey and profile updates here: Rohit Sharma.
Performance outlook for Rohit Sharma
Rohit, you’ve shown a knack for sharp, tactical play in bullet games. You’ve produced decisive finishes when you found active piece play and pressure against the enemy king. There’s also evidence of solid endgame conversion in some quick battles. A recent loss under time pressure suggests you can tighten time management and keep your focus under clock stress. Overall, you’re capable of creating winning chances in complex positions, but there is room to improve consistency and decision making when the pace quickens.
What you’re doing well
- You actively seek dynamic chances and like to press when the opponent’s king is exposed. This keeps opponents on their back foot and creates practical winning opportunities in bullet games.
- You are comfortable converting aggression into concrete results, as shown by your ability to coordinate rooks and heavy pieces to mount successful attacks.
- You demonstrate resilience in tight time controls, bouncing back from rough middlegames by finding forcing moves that keep your initiative alive.
Key areas to improve
- Time management under bullet pressure: develop a quick, reliable evaluation routine for each position to avoid getting into complex lines when the clock is short. Consider setting a personal cap for long candidate moves and use automatic checks for forcing lines before committing.
- Endgame and simplification discipline: when you have a material or positional edge, ensure you don’t rush trades that reduce your winning chances. Practice prioritizing moves that preserve the edge rather than trading into drawn or equalized positions.
- Board awareness after exchanges: after trades, re-evaluate the resulting structure and new weaknesses. In some games you can lose initiative by misjudging typical tactical motifs after exchanges.
- Consistent central control: in bullet, maintaining a solid central presence helps you avoid getting dragged into chaotic tangles. Focus on steady development and timely central tension rather than chasing every tactical shot.
Opening choices and practical guidance
Your data shows you’re performing well in several sharp openings and have used aggressive lines with success. For bullet, it can help to streamline your repertoire so you can move even faster with confidence. Consider focusing on 1–2 White openings you enjoy that lead to clear plans, and 1–2 Black setups that you know deeply enough to play quickly under pressure.
- White ideas you’ve used like fast development and early piece activity can be paired with solid, straightforward plans to avoid heavy calculation under time pressure.
- Black setups shown in your openings performance (such as flexible Sicilian and Scandinavian choices) can be practiced with a few core ideas to keep decisions crisp during the clock.
- To build speed, practice short tactical drills and quick rule-of-thumb checks (king safety, loose pieces, and back-rank concepts) so you can filter out bad lines before you start calculating deeply.
If you want quick references, you can review your recent openings performance data and pull out a couple of lines to practice in short training sessions. For example, you might lock in a specific plan for the Sicilian and a reliable Scandinavian approach, then apply them in practice games to build speed and confidence. Rohit Sharma
Practice plan and next steps
- Time-management drills: set a daily 15–20 minute timer for rapid games, and after each game, identify one moment where time could have been saved and a better quick decision could have been made.
- Tactical pattern training: run short, high-frequency tactics sessions (5–10 minutes) focusing on typical bullets motifs like forced sequences, back-rank ideas, and mating nets.
- Opening consolidation: pick 1 White and 1 Black main line to study in depth this week. Learn the typical middle-game plans and common endgame transitions from those lines.
- Endgame practice: dedicate 1 session per week to simple endgames that often arise in bullet, such as king+rook endings, or rook + minor piece endings, to improve conversion under pressure.
Notes and resources
If you’d like, I can generate a concise, personalized practice pack based on your recent games, including a targeted set of drills and a short, push-button training plan. For reference, you can view and map your progress against your recent games and opening choices with a quick lookup in your profile. Rohit Sharma
🆚 Opponent Insights
| Recent Opponents | ||
|---|---|---|
| meter25 | 0W / 1L / 0D | |
| veselinvul | 1W / 0L / 0D | |
| hcpfa7 | 1W / 0L / 0D | |
| themadkingi | 0W / 2L / 0D | |
| suryaprabhas | 1W / 5L / 2D | |
| guigui039837 | 1W / 0L / 0D | |
| kaartikeyachess1 | 1W / 0L / 0D | |
| helllaisi | 1W / 1L / 0D | |
| vamooossssssss | 1W / 3L / 0D | |
| mehul_v | 16W / 0L / 0D | |
| Most Played Opponents | ||
|---|---|---|
| sandeeprkt | 19W / 9L / 1D | |
| aman_08 | 14W / 9L / 2D | |
| kushagra8002 | 16W / 7L / 0D | |
| mehul_v | 16W / 0L / 0D | |
| rohitrockzz313 | 10W / 3L / 0D | |
Rating
| Year | Bullet | Blitz | Rapid | Daily |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1531 | 1530 | 1937 | 1267 |
| 2024 | 1744 | 1800 | 2055 | 1216 |
| 2023 | 1604 | 1769 | 1991 | 1261 |
| 2022 | 1258 | 1507 | 1665 | |
| 2020 | 1361 | |||
| 2019 | 1174 | |||
| 2018 | 1062 | 1283 | ||
| 2016 | 1343 | 1537 | ||
| 2015 | 1194 | 1488 | 1588 | 1287 |
Stats by Year
| Year | White | Black | Moves |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 327W / 228L / 10D | 320W / 254L / 28D | 67.4 |
| 2024 | 361W / 327L / 15D | 340W / 382L / 10D | 56.9 |
| 2023 | 308W / 213L / 10D | 263W / 255L / 14D | 69.6 |
| 2022 | 3W / 4L / 0D | 6W / 1L / 0D | 74.4 |
| 2020 | 1W / 0L / 0D | 2W / 0L / 0D | 53.0 |
| 2019 | 5W / 3L / 0D | 5W / 2L / 0D | 58.3 |
| 2018 | 0W / 1L / 0D | 0W / 2L / 0D | 43.0 |
| 2016 | 8W / 9L / 0D | 8W / 11L / 0D | 64.6 |
| 2015 | 108W / 108L / 2D | 90W / 131L / 6D | 59.1 |
Openings: Most Played
| Bullet Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amar Gambit | 103 | 54 | 45 | 4 | 52.4% |
| Scandinavian Defense | 66 | 37 | 28 | 1 | 56.1% |
| Sicilian Defense | 59 | 32 | 27 | 0 | 54.2% |
| Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, Cobra Variation | 53 | 21 | 30 | 2 | 39.6% |
| Sicilian Defense: Closed, Anti-Sveshnikov Variation, Kharlov-Kramnik Line | 51 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 51.0% |
| French Defense | 44 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 54.5% |
| Caro-Kann Defense | 40 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 37.5% |
| Barnes Defense | 31 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 67.7% |
| Sicilian Defense: Closed | 31 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 48.4% |
| Colle System: Rhamphorhynchus Variation | 31 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 54.8% |
| Blitz Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 265 | 130 | 134 | 1 | 49.1% |
| Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, Cobra Variation | 103 | 48 | 50 | 5 | 46.6% |
| Sicilian Defense: Closed, Anti-Sveshnikov Variation, Kharlov-Kramnik Line | 85 | 45 | 38 | 2 | 52.9% |
| Sicilian Defense | 78 | 40 | 36 | 2 | 51.3% |
| Scandinavian Defense | 75 | 33 | 40 | 2 | 44.0% |
| Bird Opening: Dutch Variation, Batavo Gambit | 71 | 28 | 39 | 4 | 39.4% |
| Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation | 69 | 37 | 31 | 1 | 53.6% |
| French Defense | 53 | 30 | 22 | 1 | 56.6% |
| Blackburne Shilling Gambit | 47 | 30 | 16 | 1 | 63.8% |
| Amazon Attack: Siberian Attack | 47 | 26 | 21 | 0 | 55.3% |
| Rapid Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, Cobra Variation | 51 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 52.9% |
| Sicilian Defense: Closed, Anti-Sveshnikov Variation, Kharlov-Kramnik Line | 47 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 53.2% |
| Sicilian Defense | 37 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 59.5% |
| Caro-Kann Defense | 36 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 75.0% |
| Blackburne Shilling Gambit | 35 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 65.7% |
| Bird Opening: Dutch Variation, Batavo Gambit | 33 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 36.4% |
| Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation | 30 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 53.3% |
| Scandinavian Defense | 29 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 65.5% |
| Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon | 26 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 61.5% |
| Sicilian Defense: Closed | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Daily Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackburne Shilling Gambit | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Caro-Kann Defense | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Catalan Opening | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Scandinavian Defense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Philidor Defense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Sicilian Defense: Closed, Anti-Sveshnikov Variation, Kharlov-Kramnik Line | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Australian Defense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Elephant Gambit | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
🔥 Streaks
| Streak | Longest | Current |
|---|---|---|
| Winning | 12 | 0 |
| Losing | 11 | 1 |