Meet Souhardo Basak
Souhardo Basak, known online as souhardo, is an International Master with a FIDE title who has turned online chess into a personal laboratory. While he lists Daily as his preferred time control, his match history tells a louder story: a blitz warrior who has piled up more than 2,300 blitz games in just a few years, peaking at a stunning 2923 (2026-05-06) in the spring of 2026.
His journey is one of steady patience and sudden explosions. Early rapid results in 2013 hovered near 1,200, but a decade later his rating graph takes off like a rocket.
shows just how dramatic that transformation has been.A Patient Endgame Scrapper
Souhardo does not look for quick knockouts. His average decisive game runs around 85 moves, and his endgame frequency sits above 82 percent. He is happiest when the queens come off, the pawns get stuck in, and the board turns into a long technical squeeze.
- An 87.48 percent comeback rate, meaning he regularly rescues games that look lost.
- An 11-game winning streak to balance a 9-game losing streak, proof that his lows never last.
- His first capture typically arrives around move 7, but he saves his best ideas for move 70.
Most of his decisive games end by resignation or timeout rather than checkmate, which fits a player who would rather bury an opponent in a slow positional death than land a flashy combination.
Repertoire and Openings
Souhardo is a creature of habit in the opening. With White he leans heavily on the Colle System and the London System, grinding out small edges before opponents know what hit them. With Black he happily walks into sharp territory, from the Sicilian Defense to the Scandinavian Defense and even the cheeky Blackburne Shilling Gambit.
His opening stats are a mixed bag of loyalty and adventure. The Colle setup has appeared in 160 blitz games, while the Blackburne Shilling Gambit shows up on both sides of the board.
reveals which experiments paid off and which ones he kept trying anyway.Rivalries and Familiar Faces
No online career is complete without rivals, and Souhardo has a full cast of them. His most frequent dance partner is Vjacheslav Weetik, who has faced him 22 times and holds a narrow edge of 14 wins to 7. The rematch count alone suggests these two know each other's pet lines better than anyone else on the site.
He has also crossed swords with former world championship challenger Nigel Short in 13 games. That rivalry has been tougher, with Nigel winning 8 of their meetings, but Souhardo has still grabbed 2 wins and 3 draws against a genuine legend of the game.
The Grind and the Quirks
Souhardo is a volume monster. In 2025 alone he played over a thousand rated blitz games, and his monthly totals have occasionally exceeded 450. Despite that workload, he remains a strong favorite against lower-rated opposition, winning around 69 percent of those matchups.
The data also reveals his inner night owl. His best time of day on the board is 04:00, and he performs noticeably better in the small hours than in the afternoon rush. Add a slight tilt factor after rough losses and a habit of grinding out marathon endgames, and you get a player who is equal parts philosopher and pit bull.
With a rapid peak of 2,300, a bullet peak of 2,515, and that monster blitz number of 2923 (2026-05-06), Souhardo Basak has proven that slow-burning improvement plus a relentless online schedule can turn a club player into a genuine international master.