Overview
Tejas_Rama (often shown as Tejas Rama) is a FIDE Master and prolific online chess competitor known for marathon Daily games and explosive blitz sessions. Equally comfortable in long strategic endgames and chaotic tactical skirmishes, Tejas_Rama blends patience with a streak of daring — especially when the Amar Gambit is on the table. Preferred time control: Daily.
Keywords: Tejas Rama, FIDE Master, chess biography, Daily time control, Amar Gambit, openings, online chess.
Career highlights
- Earned the title FIDE Master — a badge of serious study and many sleepless analysis sessions.
- Peak blitz performance: 2739 (2025-05-19) (reached in 2025) — a period when Tejas_Rama's mouse hand and intuition were in perfect harmony.
- Peak bullet surge: 2826 (2025-08-29) in August 2025 — when lightning decisions paid off more often than not.
- Relentless volume player: tens of thousands of rated games across Bullet, Blitz, Rapid and Daily formats, with strong adjusted win rates across time controls.
- Featured chart (sample): — a rollercoaster that ends with a triumphant climb. Use this chart to visualize the climb from club-level skirmishes to titled performance.
Playing style
Tejas_Rama is a pragmatic attacker who loves long games and the endgame grind — a style built for Daily chess but lethal in fast formats when tactics appear. Highlights of the style:
- Endgame frequency is high: the player converts long middlegames into technical finishes often (Endgame frequency ~77%).
- Marathon mentality: average moves per win ~78, average first capture around move 7 — patience with a punch.
- Resilience: a remarkable comeback rate shows Tejas_Rama often recovers from material setbacks and keeps fighting.
- Early resignations are rare — the games usually run the distance.
Notable openings & repertoire
Tejas_Rama has cultivated a varied and sometimes eccentric opening wardrobe. A few crowd-pleasers (and rabbit holes):
- Amar Gambit — a consistent favorite across formats; high win rates and theatrical sacrifices. Amar Gambit
- London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation — a sneaky, aggressive take on a “solid” system. London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation
- Australian Defense and English Agincourt lines — favorite territory for strategical complexity.
- Sicilian family in Rapid — a mix of Najdorf and Closed ideas when speed meets accuracy.
- For Daily games, the Amar Gambit and some offbeat gambits often return stellar results.
Opponents & rivalries
Tejas_Rama has built notable head-to-head histories online — both friendly rivalries and heated rematches:
- Most-played: gm4life — many battles (over 500 games). See profile: Daniel Girsh
- Strong records vs frequent opponents such as tryostronix and vrama22. Profiles: Tryostronix, vrama22
- Known for long series and rematches — if you beat Tejas_Rama once, expect a rematch queue.
Streaks, psychology & fun facts
- Longest winning streak: 25 consecutive wins — yes, someone timed the celebration playlist.
- Longest losing streak: 16 — even champions have bad coffee days.
- Current winning streak: 4 — the momentum is real (and slightly smug).
- Best time of day to play: mornings around 07:00 (the mind is calm, the pawns are fresh).
- Comeback specialist — a high comeback rate; losing material is rarely fatal for morale.
Sample game (playful preview)
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Why follow Tejas_Rama?
Tejas_Rama offers an entertaining mix of textbook endgame technique and cheeky opening novelties. If you like long Daily battles, surprise gambits, and spirited online rivalries, add Tejas_Rama to your watchlist. Challenge politely — and bring coffee for the long games.
- Profile: Tejas Rama
- Try the Amar Gambit against them and expect fireworks (and analysis after the game).
🆚 Opponent Insights
| Recent Opponents | ||
|---|---|---|
| Juan Armando Röhl Montes | 1W / 3L / 1D | View |
| air_sunshine8 | 1W / 0L / 0D | View |
| Jonáš Karch | 2W / 1L / 1D | View |
| yoni | 1W / 0L / 0D | View |
| thecalculator101001011001 | 0W / 2L / 0D | View |
| spieler1 | 2W / 1L / 0D | View |
| seventoz | 1W / 1L / 0D | View |
| k2jw | 1W / 0L / 0D | View |
| palombie | 3W / 2L / 1D | View |
| master_kairos | 1W / 2L / 0D | View |
| Most Played Opponents | ||
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Girsh | 210W / 249L / 69D | View Games |
| Tryostronix | 195W / 71L / 14D | View Games |
| Abhimanyu Mishra | 74W / 147L / 22D | View Games |
| vrama22 | 185W / 47L / 8D | View Games |
| vschess03 | 39W / 46L / 10D | View Games |
Rating
| Year | Bullet | Blitz | Rapid | Daily |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2657 | 2580 | 2420 | |
| 2024 | 2624 | 2554 | 2426 | |
| 2023 | 2609 | 2585 | 2402 | 1436 |
| 2022 | 2518 | 2415 | 2023 | 1436 |
| 2021 | 2447 | 2355 | 2170 | |
| 2020 | 2298 | 2294 | 1828 | |
| 2019 | 1913 | 2314 | 1959 | |
| 2018 | 2042 | 2122 | 1867 | |
| 2017 | 1763 | 1979 | 1771 | |
| 2016 | 1593 | 1381 | 1656 | 1206 |
| 2015 | 1058 | 1221 | 1620 | 1244 |
| 2014 | 1166 | 1593 | 936 | |
| 2013 | 943 | 1402 | 1054 |
Stats by Year
| Year | White | Black | Moves |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 672W / 650L / 99D | 610W / 693L / 106D | 80.9 |
| 2024 | 1192W / 906L / 140D | 1085W / 973L / 174D | 81.7 |
| 2023 | 559W / 550L / 105D | 521W / 568L / 126D | 83.2 |
| 2022 | 884W / 743L / 110D | 806W / 827L / 120D | 76.5 |
| 2021 | 776W / 784L / 117D | 737W / 800L / 118D | 80.9 |
| 2020 | 550W / 493L / 92D | 493W / 568L / 88D | 81.8 |
| 2019 | 141W / 122L / 28D | 129W / 130L / 21D | 74.9 |
| 2018 | 304W / 258L / 36D | 269W / 289L / 33D | 74.6 |
| 2017 | 352W / 259L / 43D | 352W / 285L / 29D | 67.8 |
| 2016 | 183W / 115L / 14D | 163W / 131L / 17D | 63.7 |
| 2015 | 91W / 68L / 6D | 81W / 85L / 7D | 65.5 |
| 2014 | 63W / 40L / 8D | 51W / 51L / 6D | 75.2 |
| 2013 | 3W / 4L / 0D | 4W / 3L / 0D | 60.1 |
Openings: Most Played
| Blitz Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QGD: 4.Nf3 | 309 | 145 | 135 | 29 | 46.9% |
| Amazon Attack: Siberian Attack | 297 | 135 | 147 | 15 | 45.5% |
| London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation | 293 | 141 | 131 | 21 | 48.1% |
| Australian Defense | 214 | 112 | 93 | 9 | 52.3% |
| English Opening: Agincourt Defense | 205 | 91 | 94 | 20 | 44.4% |
| Amar Gambit | 185 | 103 | 70 | 12 | 55.7% |
| Colle System: Rhamphorhynchus Variation | 179 | 90 | 78 | 11 | 50.3% |
| Sicilian Defense | 172 | 79 | 78 | 15 | 45.9% |
| Bogo-Indian Defense | 172 | 66 | 94 | 12 | 38.4% |
| QGD: Ragozin | 159 | 83 | 73 | 3 | 52.2% |
| Bullet Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colle System: Rhamphorhynchus Variation | 723 | 336 | 340 | 47 | 46.5% |
| Amar Gambit | 547 | 275 | 230 | 42 | 50.3% |
| Nimzo-Larsen Attack | 436 | 219 | 190 | 27 | 50.2% |
| English Opening: Agincourt Defense | 303 | 150 | 135 | 18 | 49.5% |
| Australian Defense | 297 | 147 | 133 | 17 | 49.5% |
| English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense | 281 | 137 | 129 | 15 | 48.8% |
| Amazon Attack: Siberian Attack | 255 | 117 | 118 | 20 | 45.9% |
| King's Indian Attack | 253 | 115 | 121 | 17 | 45.5% |
| London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation | 248 | 105 | 119 | 24 | 42.3% |
| Hungarian Opening: Wiedenhagen-Beta Gambit | 232 | 102 | 114 | 16 | 44.0% |
| Rapid Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sicilian Defense | 43 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 60.5% |
| London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation | 38 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 42.1% |
| Blackburne Shilling Gambit | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 53.9% |
| Amazon Attack | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 73.9% |
| QGA: 3.e3 c5 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 69.6% |
| Sicilian Defense: Closed | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 54.5% |
| Amar Gambit | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 66.7% |
| Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 47.1% |
| Australian Defense | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 56.2% |
| QGD: 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 75.0% |
| Daily Opening | Games | Wins | Losses | Draws | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amar Gambit | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| French Defense | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Sicilian Defense: Closed, Anti-Sveshnikov Variation, Kharlov-Kramnik Line | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Elephant Gambit | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| QGD: Albin, 3.dxe5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Benoni Defense: Old Benoni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Sicilian Defense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| King's Indian Defense: Kazakh Variation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
🔥 Streaks
| Streak | Longest | Current |
|---|---|---|
| Winning | 25 | 4 |
| Losing | 16 | 0 |