Fahid Mohammad
FIDE Master Fahid Mohammad, known online as staz_staz, is a bullet chess specialist who has turned the fastest time control into a full time art form. He has earned the FIDE Master title from FIDE, but his true kingdom is the online bullet arena, where the clock is loud and the moves are faster than your brain can process.
The Bullet Machine
If you look at
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Opening Repertoire
Fahid is a 1.d4 player through and through. As White, he enjoys trying to outplay opponents in the King's Indian Defense Exchange Variation and various Benoni structures. As Black, he is deeply at home in the Sicilian Defense, especially the Alapin, Taimanov and Closed variations.
He also has a soft spot for gambits like the Diemer-Duhm Gambit and the Amar Gambit. His opening choices say one thing: he would rather have an exciting game than a quiet draw.
Rivalries and Repeat Customers
Nobody has played Fahid more than ismaelamg, who has faced him 127 times. Fahid holds a 103 to 20 edge in that series, which means ismaelamg is either a loyal fan or a glutton for punishment. Yovann Gatineau has a much better story, with 65 wins against Fahid's 46, making him the closest thing Fahid has to a bullet nemesis.
Fun Facts and Oddities
- Fahid has a remarkable comeback rate of 89.91 percent, and he still wins 47.28 percent of games after losing a piece. Never count him out.
- His Rapid record is absurdly clean: 20 wins and 2 draws, with zero losses. It seems the slower the clock, the safer Fahid becomes.
- His tilt factor is 12, but with a 17-game winning streak on the other side, the swings are part of the show.
- The queen is his most common checking piece, which is a polite way of saying he likes to go hunting.