Vesna Mihelic, Chess Player Profile
Vesna Mihelic, known online as Vesapesa, is a Woman FIDE Master with a lively, competitive chess style. Her preferred battlefield is blitz, where quick decisions, sharp tactics, and a willingness to keep the game complicated are valuable currencies.
With a peak blitz rating of 2278 and a strong record across fast time controls, Vesna has built a reputation as a determined practical player. The clock may be ticking, but Vesna appears perfectly happy to make the position tick even louder.
Playing Style and Chess Strengths
Vesna’s games often reach the endgame, with nearly 80% of her recorded games featuring an endgame phase. That suggests patience, resourcefulness, and a refusal to leave the board quietly. Her comeback rate is especially notable, showing that losing material is not always the end of the story.
As White, Vesna wins slightly more often than with Black, while her tactical approach regularly brings the queen and rook into the conversation. She is also comfortable delivering the first check, turning initiative into a practical advantage in fast chess.
Favorite Openings
Vesna’s opening repertoire combines principled choices with a taste for surprise. The Caro-Kann Defense has been particularly productive in blitz, while the Sicilian Defense appears frequently in sharp, tactical battles.
- English Opening: Agincourt Defense: a perfect score in the recorded blitz sample.
- Giuoco Piano: an impressive 80% win rate with Black in blitz.
- French Defense: a reliable weapon with a 71.43% overall blitz win rate.
- Blackburne Shilling Gambit: a recurring practical choice that clearly keeps opponents guessing.
With the Blackburne Shilling Gambit appearing so often, Vesna is not merely opening the game. She is opening a small box of tactical mischief.
Competitive Record
Across the available statistics, Vesna has recorded 119 blitz wins, 100 losses, and 32 draws. Her overall blitz performance is slightly above an even score, and her bullet record is even stronger, with 39 wins against 17 losses and four draws.
Her longest winning streak is seven games, while the data also records a current winning streak of one. Every streak starts somewhere, and chess history has room for a sequel.
Beyond the Clock
Although blitz is Vesna’s natural home, the statistics show success in rapid chess and a small but undefeated rapid record. Daily chess has also produced several wins and draws, proving that Vesapesa can be patient when the clock is generous, even if the tactical instincts remain firmly switched on.
For players studying practical blitz chess, Vesna Mihelic offers an engaging example of how persistence, opening variety, and tactical alertness can combine into a memorable chess identity.