Meet the sbasil
Stelian-Marian Busuioc, better known on the clock as sbasil, is an online chess fixture who has been feeding the servers since 2015. His preferred habitat is Blitz, but he is perfectly happy to turn a simple evening into a four-hour bullet bender. If you see his name in a pairing, order takeout. You will be there a while.
His journey on the board is a rollercoaster with a rocket booster attached. The graph below shows a player who started modestly, exploded into six figures, and then kept going anyway:
. Along the way, he hit a peak 2772 (2026-07-22) in Blitz and, on a bullet binge, a startling 2932 (2026-05-23). Just let those numbers sink in between matches.An Opening Forest, Not a Tree
When Stelian-Marian has White, he is a faithful member of the King's Indian Attack family. The move order changes, but the spirit stays: slow build, knights slither, and a heavy piece lands on your head. He is also one of the few players who happily reaches for the Czech Defense as Black, a line that smells like a quiet afternoon but plays like an ambush.
His opening stats show an unusual mix of old lore and YouTube-shaped experiments. The Blackburne Shilling Gambit is a bite he takes willingly, and it works far more often than it should. His opponents, who expect the main line, often get the whole catalog instead.
The Eternal Grinder
Do not let the pretty openings fool you. Busuioc runs on stubbornness. His early resignation rate is almost invisible, and he has a comeback rate near 86%. He will lose a piece, look you in the eye, and win anyway. His average decisive game runs to around 83 moves, so if you are playing him, pack a cushion.
Rivalries are personal. Against
If you see sbasil in the loud morning hour, let him have his coffee. But if you catch him at the keyboard around 01:00, just smile, make one touch of any pawn, and pray that his 25-win streak has run its course before someone else feeds the chess goes.