sicarios — The Bullet Specialist
Known online simply as sicarios, this d4-loving dynamo built a long, noisy career from 2010 through 2026 as a bullet-first player who favors sharp, practical play over long theory sessions. A relentless grinder on the 1‑minute battlefield, sicarios peaked in Bullet play at 2386 (2024-06-16) and often chased opponents into chaotic endgames and time scrambles.
Quick Career Snapshot
- Active span: 2010–2026 (online veteran)
- Preferred time control: Bullet — speed, nerves, and lightning tactics
- Bullet record (all-time): Wins 17,839 • Losses 16,992 • Draws 1,444
- Longest winning streak: 13 • Longest losing streak: 12 • Current winning streak: 1
- Peak highlights: 2356 (2024-03-25) • 2420 (2018-06-04) (mentioned because sicarios plays everything fast)
Playing Style & Strengths
Funny, pragmatic, and a little ruthless when the clock bites. Sicarios combines tactical boldness with surprising endgame persistence.
- Endgame frequency: 84.87% — loves to grind winning endgames after time pressure skirmishes.
- Comeback rate: 89.45% — if behind on material, don’t count them out.
- Avg moves per win: ~74; avg moves per loss: ~79 — games trend long for a bullet player.
- Early resignation rate: 0.34 — will sometimes bail early... but often comes back anyway.
- Best (and weirdest) time to play: 03:00 (according to trends) — apparently nocturnal brilliance is a thing.
Openings & Repertoire
Sicarios favors solid but aggressive promises: heavy use of the Slav Defense as well as Queen's Gambit setups and the occasional gambit to spice a bullet game.
- Most-played White openings: QGD: 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 • Diemer-Duhm Gambit (DDG): 4...f5
- Most-played Black openings: Amar Gambit • French Defense • Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation
- Notable: strong win rates with the Slav and a dangerous appetite for unusual gambits — expect surprises from move 1.
Career Highlights & Memorable Records
- Huge volume: thousands of bullet games across many years — experience matters in time scrambles.
- Reliable against top openings: consistently positive results versus common d4 systems and frequent success as White in QGD setups.
- Stamina: long-average game lengths for a bullet player means sicarios often outplays opponents in technical, lingering endgames.
Memorable Games & Study Tools
Want to watch sicarios in action? A typical “epic clash” example:
- Sample game: Epic Clash
- Replay a short illustrative mini:
Opponent Highlights & Social Bits
Sicarios has some frequent rivalries — small-portrait list of most-played opponents for study and rivalry lore.
- Top foes: Gabriel Massut (54 games), kf3win (48), mitreskim (46)
- Favorite studying partners: review games vs bxb13 (strong positive record) to learn handling of double-edged positions.
Fun Facts & Trivia
- Psychology: Tilt factor 12 — sometimes dramatic, often recoverable.
- Tactical superhero? Win rate after losing a piece: 47.87% — expect swashbuckling comebacks.
- Openings quirk: a soft spot for the Diemer-Duhm Gambit and other offbeat weaponry — exciting for spectators, terrifying for opponents.
- Placeholder for analysts: • use this when making training plans or highlight reels.
Want to Follow or Analyze?
Use the game links and the PGN above to replay typical sicarios lines. For a deeper dive, study Slav Defense and QGD lines — these are core to the repertoire.
- Study targets: Slav Defense • QGD: 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 • Diemer-Duhm Gambit (DDG): 4...f5
- Rewatch: View Game — a representative bullet thriller.