Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram
Also known online as Vaathi_Coming, this Indian Grandmaster holds the FIDE title and carries a username that sounds like a friendly warning.
The Teacher Arrives
Aravindh Chithambaram is an Indian Grandmaster with an online handle that promises trouble: Vaathi_Coming. If the username sounds like a warning, his results agree. Aravindh is a fast chess specialist who is most dangerous when the clock is loud and the pieces are flying. His preferred habitat is the one-minute chaos of bullet.
When Aravindh opens with the Nimzo-Larsen Attack or walks into a Caro-Kann Defense, he is not there for a quiet draw. He is there to outcalculate, outlast, and occasionally out-bamboozle his opponent. His longest winning streak reached 13 games, and even in losses he tends to make opponents work for 90 moves or more.
A Style Built for Speed
Vaathi_Coming's bullet progress reads like a rocket launch:
. He has reached a peak bullet rating of 3237 (2026-09-19) and a peak blitz rating of 3195 (2026-05-12), numbers that make plenty of opponents nervous before the clock even starts.His style is resilient. He reaches the endgame 87.67% of the time, wins after losing a piece 57.75% of the time, and stages comebacks at an 88.01% rate. If you take his queen, he may just take your entire rating in return.
Rivalries and Marathon Runs
No player profile is complete without rivals. Aravindh has faced Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu 262 times, trading wins in one of online chess's great marathon rivalries. He has also shared long battles with Srinath Narayanan, Raja Harshit, and Oleksandr Bortnyk. Some of these matchups are friendly, some are absolutely not, but all of them have shaped the player known as Vaathi_Coming.
Fast Chess Fun Facts
- Best time to meet him? 21:00. At 9pm, Vaathi_Coming wins 68.26% of his games.
- His longest winning streak was 13 straight wins, followed by a 10 game losing streak that kept the universe balanced.
- His first capture tends to land around move 7, so the early middlegame is not a safe place to relax.
- He is sharper with the white pieces, winning 62.71% of white games and 56.29% of black games.
- He grinds. His average decisive game stretches beyond 80 moves, so bring water and patience.