Grandmaster Enamul Hossain (Username: RZ0)
Enamul Hossain, officially titled as a Grandmaster by FIDE, is a chess player whose games can be described as a thrilling rollercoaster ride through the board — expect sharp tactics, stubborn defense, and the occasional brilliant sacrifice. Rated among the top blitz players with a peak rating soaring to an impressive 2646 in March 2023, Enamul brings lightning-fast moves and a tactical prowess that often leaves opponents wondering, "Wait, what just happened?!"
From humble beginnings in 2013 with a blitz rating of around 1350, Enamul quickly climbed the ranks, grinding through thousands of blitz games. With a blitz record boasting over 5600 wins against nearly as many losses, plus a generous serving of draws, Enamul clearly embraces the motto: "Play every game like it's the last... or at least the next one is just around the corner." Their resilience shines through an impressive 86.45% comeback rate after losing material — proving it's never over until the king falls (or the flag drops in bullet time control!).
Enamul's style is not for the faint-hearted: games average around 70 moves when winning and over 80 moves when losing, revealing a player who loves both the long battle and the tactical skirmish. Fun fact — their best hour to challenge foes is the wee hours around 4 AM, perfect timing for insomniacs and night owls ready for a blitz brawl!
Favorite Openings & Performance
- Top Secret (blitz): over 11,000 games with nearly 49% win rate, because mystery is always a good strategy.
- Trompowsky Attack: an even split of wins and losses, showing that Enamul likes to keep things balanced... most of the time.
- Nimzo Indian Defense Kmoch Variation: an 71% win rate where opponents often get pleasantly surprised.
- French Defense Advance Paulsen Euwe Variation: an 80% success rate — because sometimes the French really know how to charm and attack.
Psychological Trends & Quirks
With a tilt factor hovering at just 11%, Enamul keeps calm whether winning, losing, or pondering the eternal question: "Should I have played that pawn push?" Known to resign early about 0.31% of the time (grandmasters gotta save time for the next victory!), their endgame frequency sits impressively high at over 80%, showing determination to fight till the very end.
Recent Highlight Game
In a recent live blitz encounter against wanyaland, Enamul demonstrated superb handling of the Catalan Opening, securing a win by resignation after a complicated midgame.
In Conclusion
Enamul Hossain is not just a player of pawns, knights, and queens — they are a master of time and tactics, combining razor-sharp calculation with dogged perseverance. Whether playing under the fierce spotlight of blitz or casually crushing foes in bullet, RZ0 is a grandmaster who knows how to keep the chessboard both exciting and unpredictable. Opponents beware: this is no ordinary player. Win, lose, or draw, you can bet Enamul will make you earn every move!
Hi Enamul, here’s an evidence-based review of your recent blitz games.
1. What you’re already doing well
- Consistent opening choices – you score well with Catalan / QGD structures and the g3-Grünfeld lines. The set-ups are familiar enough that you reach middlegames with a time edge and harmonious pieces.
- Pragmatic tactical vision – in your win against Blazej Grot you calmly exploited …Rc8? 38.Rxb7!, converting an outside a-pawn despite mutual zeitnot.
- Endgame technique – the Re3# finish against Henrik Cernov showed good calculation and awareness of mating nets.
- Psychology & resilience – after a loss you often bounce back with a win the very next round; that’s a healthy tournament mindset.
2. Repeating pain points
- Loose king in the French as Black – three losses featured …Qb6/Qb8 + early queen raids, but your king stayed in the centre or on e8. When White opens lines (e.g. 23.Ne2 Nf4 → 25.Re3 g5?!) you lack defensive resources.
- Poor conversion vs passed d-pawns – in the Neo-Grünfeld loss to Alex King, 18…Bxf1 allowed d6–d7 and the passed pawn paralysed your pieces.
- Time management – average remaining time when the critical mistake happens is <15 s. Even a five-second buffer would avoid several one-move collapses.
- Calculation depth when ahead – in several winning positions you exchanged into endgames where the technical win was harder than necessary. Look for cleaner knockout continuations (see actionable drills below).
3. Action plan
- Repair the French defence
• Add the solid 6…Be7 and early …c5xd4 ideas to avoid the sharp Winawer-exchange lines.
• Practice king-in-the-centre themes: set up positions with a locked e-pawn chain and drill defensive moves on a board.
• Review 15 games by MVL on the French to copy his king-side pawn structure. - Passed-pawn containment
• Daily puzzle rush: choose themes “Blockade” and “Stopper”.
• Annotate your AlexanderKing loss focusing only on the moves that controlled d7. Ask “Could I have forced d7 to be weaker?” - Clock discipline drill
• Play 10 games of 3 + 2 each day but force yourself to move before 1:00 on the clock for the first 15 moves.
• Review with engine only the moves played under 5 s – look for pattern errors. - Improve calculation conversion
• 15-minute “woodpecker” sessions: pick a winning line and calculate until mate or obvious win, then check.
• Whenever you are +4 (engine) in analysis, search for a direct attacking line before trading.
4. Quick reference dashboard
- Peak Blitz rating: 2646 (2023-03-16)
- When you win most games:
- Best playing days:
Keep enjoying your chess, keep the initiative-oriented style, and tighten up the defensive details – that combination will push you toward the next rating milestone soon!
🆚 Opponent Insights
| Recent Opponents | ||
|---|---|---|
| Josh Weinstein | 4W / 2L / 0D | |
| Rodin_Kesh | 2W / 2L / 0D | |
| Josep Lacasa Diaz | 2W / 0L / 1D | |
| Viktoras Starovoitovas | 2W / 1L / 0D | |
| prathu_19 | 1W / 1L / 0D | |
| giorbinky | 1W / 0L / 0D | |
| farfakov | 1W / 0L / 0D | |
| neurobrainchess | 2W / 2L / 0D | |
| pawel_134 | 1W / 0L / 0D | |
| nairod07 | 0W / 1L / 0D | |
| Most Played Opponents | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rogelio Jr Antonio | 22W / 27L / 0D | |
| fastfaun | 19W / 12L / 1D | |
| sacov | 12W / 18L / 1D | |
| Kim Sergey | 10W / 16L / 4D | |
| ufish | 17W / 10L / 0D | |
Rating
| Year | Bullet | Blitz | Rapid | Daily |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2524 | |||
| 2024 | 2558 | |||
| 2023 | 2391 | |||
| 2022 | 2464 | |||
| 2021 | 2478 | |||
| 2020 | 2000 | 2535 | 2329 | 400 |
| 2019 | 2000 | 2453 | ||
| 2018 | 2217 | |||
| 2017 | 2286 | |||
| 2013 | 2166 |
Stats by Year
| Year | White | Black | Moves |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 246W / 216L / 38D | 223W / 234L / 34D | 74.8 |
| 2024 | 574W / 479L / 68D | 518W / 528L / 77D | 76.3 |
| 2023 | 563W / 503L / 65D | 517W / 541L / 61D | 76.9 |
| 2022 | 412W / 334L / 39D | 357W / 391L / 41D | 76.4 |
| 2021 | 446W / 394L / 59D | 424W / 412L / 58D | 77.0 |
| 2020 | 507W / 423L / 74D | 443W / 482L / 101D | 80.6 |
| 2019 | 174W / 150L / 16D | 170W / 155L / 25D | 74.6 |
| 2018 | 1W / 1L / 0D | 1W / 0L / 0D | 23.0 |
| 2017 | 91W / 67L / 6D | 88W / 60L / 13D | 72.9 |
| 2013 | 51W / 21L / 2D | 44W / 25L / 7D | 72.8 |
Openings: Most Played
| Blitz Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caro-Kann Defense | 395 | 185 | 188 | 22 | 46.8% |
| Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Sherzer Variation | 355 | 181 | 153 | 21 | 51.0% |
| Amazon Attack: Siberian Attack | 313 | 152 | 140 | 21 | 48.6% |
| Sicilian Defense | 308 | 157 | 135 | 16 | 51.0% |
| Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation | 305 | 161 | 126 | 18 | 52.8% |
| Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation | 293 | 149 | 132 | 12 | 50.9% |
| Sicilian Defense: Closed | 281 | 148 | 115 | 18 | 52.7% |
| Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, Cobra Variation | 269 | 146 | 109 | 14 | 54.3% |
| Scandinavian Defense | 211 | 112 | 85 | 14 | 53.1% |
| Amazon Attack | 183 | 84 | 88 | 11 | 45.9% |
| Rapid Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Sherzer Variation | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.0% |
| Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Gipslis Variation | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.7% |
| Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.7% |
| French Defense: Burn Variation | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Sicilian Defense | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Meran Variation | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Anderssen Variation | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% |
| French Defense: Classical Variation, Svenonius Variation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Barnes Opening: Walkerling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Knight Variation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Daily Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Opening* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Bullet Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scandinavian Defense | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation, English Attack | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Ruy Lopez: Brix Variation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| QGD: Tartakower, 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bxe7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| King's Indian Attack: French Variation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
🔥 Streaks
| Streak | Longest | Current |
|---|---|---|
| Winning | 18 | 0 |
| Losing | 11 | 1 |