Sharapov Evgeny: Grandmaster, Blitz Specialist, and Night Owl
Meet the Grandmaster
Sharapov Evgeny, known on the chess server as SharapovEvgeny, is a FIDE Grandmaster with a simple philosophy: why play one opening when you can play all of them? Over nearly a decade of online battles, he has built a record that blends the precision of a endgame specialist with the creative chaos of a speed chess showman.
His home turf is blitz, where he has logged thousands of games, crossed the 2700 blitz barrier, and established himself as one of the most active titled players in the pool. His preferred time control is blitz, and his internal clock clearly believes the best time to play is 1 AM.
Playing Style and Fighting Spirit
Sharapov is a patient predator. More than 80% of his games reach the endgame, and his average decisive game stretches past 76 moves. He rarely resigns early, with an early resignation rate below 2%, and he almost never gets blown off the board: his one-sided loss rate is barely 2%. The statistics also credit him with an 83% comeback rate, and he still wins nearly half of his games after losing a piece. Opponents who think they have him beat often find themselves defending a rook endgame for another 40 moves.
- Longest winning streak: 25 games
- Longest losing streak: 8 games, followed by a bounce back
- White win rate: 52.9%
- Black win rate: 47.7%
Opening Repertoire
Sharapov opens most games with 1.e4. As Black, he is a lifelong devotee of the Sicilian Defense, cycling through the Closed Sicilian, the Richter-Rauzer Classical Variation, the Classical Sicilian, and the Alapin Variation with equal comfort. As White, his most frequent visitor is the Caro-Kann Defense, which appears in 119 games with a healthy 53% score. He also has a soft spot for the French Defense: the Burn Variation serves him well as White, while in Rapid play his French Defense: Winawer Variation, Eingorn Variation has produced 9 wins in 10 games.
In Daily chess, his numbers become almost absurd: he scored a perfect 34 out of 34 in openings the database could not classify, went 38 out of 44 against the Old Indian Defense: Duz-Khotimirsky Variation, 34 out of 40 against the Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, and 22 out of 23 against the Barnes Defense. Some of this comes from his willingness to play unusual first moves such as 1.Na3, 1.b3, and even 1.d5 when the mood strikes.
A classic battleground from his black repertoire:
Fierce Rivalries
No player has crossed swords with Sharapov more often than eko111gm. In 65 blitz meetings, Sharapov won 39, lost only 4, and drew 22, a head-to-head record so one-sided it deserves its own documentary. He has also handled maksut_erkebulan well, taking 27 wins in 36 games. But every superhero has a kryptonite: Zbigniew Pakleza leads their mini series 6 games to 1, proving that the internet always contains a worthy rival in some corner of the lobby.
Night Owl Numbers
Sharapov's analytics reveal a player who does his best work after midnight. His best time of day is 1 AM, where his win rate hits 100%, and 2 AM is equally perfect. By day he is merely excellent. By night he becomes a Grandmaster with a chess engine on his shoulder.
- Peak blitz rating: 2707 (2025-06-17)
- Most common checking piece: the rook
- Delivers the first check in 52% of games and wins 55% of those
- Wins 63% of games against lower-rated opposition
- Curiously, his casual game win rate runs about 35 points higher than his rated game win rate
- Strength-adjusted blitz win rate: 50.6%, a rating in perfect balance
Whether he is grinding a 90-move rook endgame or unleashing a piece sacrifice in the Sicilian, Sharapov Evgeny plays chess the way night owls drink coffee: often, loudly, and with total commitment.