Anthony Bellaiche: International Master, Serial Blitz Grinder
Anthony Bellaiche, known to the opponent queue as tony15051987, is a FIDE International Master whose natural habitat is blitz chess. The digits in his username look suspiciously like a birthday, May 15, 1987, which would make him a Taurus, which tracks perfectly, because nobody in online chess is more stubborn about refusing to resign. His early resignation rate sits at 1.7%, and a peak blitz rating of 2743 (2024-11-25) confirms the stubbornness scales all the way up.
The 13,000 Game Expedition
Since October 2016 he has played over 13,000 blitz games: 6,660 wins, 5,579 losses, 798 draws, and roughly zero coffee breaks. The chart below is basically his cardio log, a decade of mileage that carried him from promising newcomer to the top shelf of online blitz, with a few scenic dips he insists were tactical.
The streaks tell the story: a 16 game winning run at his best, an 11 game stumble at his worst, and a comeback rate of 88.97% that makes celebrating early against him a documented hazard.
Openings With a Sense of Humor
These days 1.Nf3, the Reti Opening, is his signature first move, and he is terrifyingly comfortable against the King's Indian Defense, scoring nearly 59% with white across 283 games. His repertoire also includes choices that make chess engines put their heads in their hands.
- Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation: his bread and butter, 300 plus games with a plus score from both colors.
- Slav Defense: 61% with white, and he plays it with black too, because symmetry is a lifestyle.
- Amar Gambit: 276 blitz games and a positive score, despite starting with the eyebrow raising 1.Nh3. He is out here winning games with the move everyone jokes about.
- Amazon Attack: Siberian Attack: 242 games at under 46%, the one opening that appears to bite back.
Three moves into the Amar Gambit, right before it gets weird. Bonus trivia: his opening history also features the Colle Rhamphorhynchus Variation, so somewhere between the pterosaurs and the gambits, his preparation is basically a natural history museum.
Rivals, Nemeses, and One Happy Place
Over 13,000 games you meet people. Some repeatedly. Some joyfully.
- Kouzari: 40 meetings and Anthony trails badly, 12 wins, 24 losses, 4 draws. At this point it is less a rivalry and more a subscription he forgot to cancel.
- el-roedor: 24 games, 5 wins, 18 losses. The name means "the rodent", and the scoreboard suggests Anthony is the cheese.
- Daniel Taboas Rodriguez: 28 games, 8 wins, 16 losses. You cannot argue with the data, and neither can Anthony.
- Sanjeev Mishra: 28 games, 21 wins, 6 losses. Every grinder needs a happy place, and this is his.
Field Notes for Future Opponents
- Nearly 78% of his games reach the endgame, and his wins average about 74 moves. He grinds, he relishes, he does not do quick.
- Win a piece against him and he still wins 50.56% of the time. Only 2.78% of his losses are one sided, so even his defeats come with a plot.
- More than a third of his 29,000 plus checks arrive by queen. Delivery is fast, and the payment is your king.
- Circadian chess is real: his win rate is 58% at 9 AM and 38% at 4 AM. Do not let him play at 4 AM. Do not let anyone play at 4 AM.
- Sunday is his best day and Thursday his worst. Schedule your suffering accordingly.
In summary: an International Master with endgame patience, a gambit problem, and ten years of blitz mileage on the odometer. If your name happens to be kouzari, keep doing exactly what you are doing.