supermanAA: The Bullet-Firing Candidate Master
supermanAA is a FIDE Candidate Master who charges through online chess with the energy of a superhero who skipped sleep. While the overwhelming majority of his logged battles are in blitz, he calls bullet his preferred time control, with a 2,640 peak bullet rating to back it up. He has also touched a 2,921 peak blitz rating. The nickname fits: supermanAA boasts a 90.71% comeback rate, meaning that when he falls behind, he frequently returns from the brink. His longest winning streak is 11 games, while his longest losing streak clocks in at 13, so he knows both the cape and the kryptonite.
A d4 Devotee with Exotic Tastes
supermanAA is an unapologetic 1.d4 player. As White, he pairs the move with a sturdy Slav Defense (125 games with a 56% win rate), and he happily marches into the Australian Defense. With Black, he favors the swashbuckling Blackburne Shilling Gambit, the Bogo-Indian Defense, and the Ruy Lopez Bird's Defense Deferred. The classic Ruy Lopez itself is a certified danger zone for him: his win rate there stalls near 30%, so he usually keeps his cape out of that particular opening.
He also collects delightfully weird opening names. The Amazon Attack Siberian Attack, the Colle Rhamphorhynchus Variation, and the London Poisoned Pawn Variation all show up in his database. His bullet repertoire leans just as wild, including the Amar Gambit, where he wins 75% of the time in limited sampling.
The position above is the Ruy Lopez, an old friend he faces as Black more than 70 times, sometimes with spectacular results and sometimes with spectacular regret.
Rivalries
No opponent has tested supermanAA more than devastatingpotato, who has faced him 45 times and holds a lopsided 29 to 16 edge. Yet supermanAA keeps coming back for more. He also maintains long running wars with Vjacheslav Weetik (35 games) and paavo_blinkov (29 games), both of whom know exactly where his cape hides its weaknesses.
Stats, Quirks and Odd Hours
His win rate climbs north of 53% when he plays at 3 AM, so his superpowers may be powered by moonlight. Games against higher rated opposition are tough, with a 26.69% win rate, but against lower rated players he converts at a strong 71.54%. He loves to grind long endgames: his victories average more than 94 moves, and endgame positions appear in nearly 85% of his games.
His peak blitz 2921 (2025-11-28) and bullet 2640 (2026-05-17) ratings nearly punch through the 2,900 and 2,650 walls respectively. Fittingly for a hero, his most common checking piece is the rook, and he delivers check first in roughly half of his games.