Gary Warmerdam

Gary Warmerdam (SnailChessYT)

Meet Gary Warmerdam, a chess virtuoso whose bullet rating once sprinted past the 2550 mark in 2024 — speed and precision personified on the digital battlefield. With a career spanning over half a decade, Gary’s journey through the ranks of bullet, blitz, rapid, and daily chess has been nothing short of a rollercoaster of thrilling victories and some humbling defeats.

Fastest Fingers in the West

Gary’s love for bullet chess is legendary, boasting an astonishing nearly 34,000 wins out of over 64,000 games! His lightning-fast tactical wizardry and comeback rate of 92.84% prove that not even losing a piece can shake this resilient competitor. And when it comes to psychological warfare, Gary's tilt factor sits at a modest 15, which is roughly the level of frustration encountered while running late for a coffee break — manageable!

Strategic Brilliance with a Twist

Known for an epic average of almost 81 moves per win, Gary’s games are marathons not sprints, filled with deep endgame knowledge (he frequents endgames in over 83% of games), often wearing down opponents with patience disguised as a snail’s pace (appropriate for someone named SnailChessYT). His white pieces show a bright side with a 55.46% win rate, while the black army holds its own at nearly 49.15%.

Opening Choices: The Mystery and The Secret

Gary’s opening repertoire holds its secrets close, with two main categories dominating his play: "Unknown Opening" (52.5% win rate in bullet) and the intriguingly named "Top Secret" (just over 52.5% win rate in bullet and slightly better in blitz). Whether he’s bluffing or innovating, his opponents rarely know what hit them before their king hits the mat.

Friends and Foes

Over the years, Gary has tangled numerous times with cyber rivals like bedazzle99 (315 games) and nich (299 games), both fierce opponents keeping him on his toes. His win rates against top foes show a tactical mind ready to exploit weaknesses, though he admits a few foes (looking at you, pig-filth!) have taken a clean sweep or left him scratching his head.

By the Numbers

• Peak Bullet Rating: 2553 (2024)
• Peak Blitz Rating: 2396 (2025)
• Peak Rapid Rating: 2323 (2022)
• Longest Winning Streak: 26 games — basically a chess juggernaut!
• Current Winning Streak: 2 games — hey, every chess journey has its pauses!

Personality and Play Style

If chess were a movie, Gary would be a slow-burning thriller mixed with the occasional explosive scene. Always ready to throw in a bluff, Gary’s one-sided loss rate is only 1% — so when he loses, he’s likely lost strategically and not due to careless blunders. A small early resignation rate (0.51%) shows he believes in fighting to the very end, except when he knows the game is truly lost.

In short, Gary Warmerdam is a formidable player both in speed and strategy, destined to keep proving that snails can indeed win races — at least in the world of online chess.