Meet sugatasanshiro
Some players are born to play Daily chess. sugatasanshiro was born to play blitz, but politely left Daily on the profile. With over 31,500 rated games, nearly all of them blitz, this is a player who treats the clock as a suggestion and the board as a battlefield.
A Blitz Life in Numbers
Since 2020, sugatasanshiro has climbed from a modest 1169 to a peak of 2280 (2026-08-16) in January 2026. The path was not smooth: there was a 13-game winning streak and an 11-game losing streak, sometimes only a few cups of coffee apart. The rating journey looks like a mountain range drawn by someone with a shaky hand.
Despite the profile listing Daily as the preferred time control, the Daily record is a tiny perfect 4-0. The blitz record is a glorious 15,110 wins, 14,567 losses, and 1,854 draws. One is a sample. The other is a lifestyle.
Openings: The e4 Addiction
sugatasanshiro opens nearly every game with 1.e4, and the Sicilian Defense is the great love affair. Over 5,000 Closed Sicilians have been played, with a healthy 52.5% win rate. When the board strays elsewhere, the Italian Game Two Knights Defense and the Scotch Game are frequent companions. Opponents know exactly what is coming. Stopping it is another matter.
Sugata is also comfortable in the endgame, with 78.25% of games reaching that phase and average decisive games stretching past 69 moves. This is not a player who blinks first.
Rivalries and Reputation
The most replayed rivalry in the sugatasanshiro story is against zlatkosavica, a 38-game saga that tilts 22-9 in zlatkosavica's favor, with 7 draws. It is the kind of rivalry that produces revenge searches at 2 a.m. Other frequent foes include capricorn9 and cavaloboi25, but none have reached that level of history.
The numbers also reveal a complicated relationship with losing. Sugata wins 62.16% of games against lower-rated players, but only 30.5% against higher-rated ones. Combine that with a comeback rate of 85.59% and a 45.75% win rate after losing a piece, and you get someone who never quite knows when to give up. In blitz, that is both a gift and a curse.
When to Catch Him
If you want the best version of sugatasanshiro, show up at 17:00 server time, when the win rate peaks just above 50%. Avoid Fridays, where the win rate drops to 45.48%. A tilt factor of 11 suggests the emotional range is real, but the love of the game is even stronger.