The Long Run
Trym Wego-Sørsdal, known on the board simply as Trym, is a chess player who clearly believes volume is its own form of art. He first shows up in the records as far back as 2013, long before many of today's online regulars had even clicked "Play". Since then he has stacked up thousands of games, switching between Rapid, Daily, Blitz, and Bullet like a playlist that cannot pick a favorite. In the end, Blitz won the heart of his dance.
Blitz is Home
If there is one format that defines Trym, it is Blitz. He has more than 14,000 Blitz games to his name, accumulated through obsession, routine, and a quiet love of the clock. He has touched a Blitz ceiling of 1969 (2026-03-03), and along the way he has produced a longest winning streak of 21 games. That is the good news. The spicier part is that his longest losing streak is 13, which means he also knows what a stove feels like before it cools.
- He plays well at all hours, but his strong data points at a 6:00 a.m. special.
- He breaks streaks but is also one of the world's most reliable rebounders, with a 84.78% comeback rate after positions turn against him.
- He is not in a hurry: his games often wander into endgame territory, and three-quarters of them reach an endgame at all.
Opening DNA
The openings tell a story of stubbornness in the cutest way. As Black, Trym keeps returning to the Caro-Kann Defense. The built-in lines, the Exchange Variation, the invitations, all of it appears in his history over and over again. With the White pieces, he has been especially dangerous with the Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, a nimble way to make 1...c5 opponents like to fire leaps before thinking.
His opening pool also includes the Blackburne Shilling Gambit, some Bird-like fun, and a healthy wander into unusual family items when the format says it is okay. The graph below shows how those openings have treated him, and how much he uses them.
Regular Opponents
Online chess is a city that never sleeps, but Trym has his favorite streets. His most repeated username is sunofnothing, with 88 meetings and a nearly perfect seesaw score. The most humbling rivalry so far might be thechesscheater: 39 wins for Trym, 36 for the opponent, and only 3 draws, it is so balanced it could qualify for a fair trade commission.
Then there is richard. Against richard, Trym has a compact 45 wins and only 2 losses. If that is not a karmic wave, then writer's block does not exist either.
The Last Word
Trym is not chasing title fame. He is deeply in love with moving pieces around a square and hitting the clock. He is a reminder that online chess is open to any player who is willing to grind, lose, win, and then come back in at 6 a.m. for another round. His current win rate, after all these games, is still nearly balanced, which is not an insult: it is the sign of someone who keeps choosing opponents who look back.