Profile
Yakov, known on the board as Yakov2625, is a bullet player through and through. If the clock has more than one minute, he treats it as a luxury. While most players use Rapid to think, Yakov uses it to warm up for the real event: bullet.
Bullet Bloodline
Yakov's home is the one minute pool. Across 8,649 bullet games he has collected 4,651 wins, 3,550 losses and 448 draws. His longest winning streak is 29 games, and his run to the top peaked at 2905 (2026-04-22). There is also a 16 game losing streak in the rearview mirror, proof that bullet giveth and bullet taketh away.
Opening Laboratory
Yakov does not play boring chess. His opening repertoire reads like a collection of artifacts from a chess museum, and he makes them work.
- Döry Defense: his most played weapon, 680 games and a 56.9% score.
- East Indian Defense: a 64.6% win rate across 305 games.
- Two Knights Defense: a 59.3% win rate in 319 bullet encounters.
- Amar Gambit: 469 games at 48.6%, proof that even mad scientists have off days.
Tactical Grit
Yakov is a comeback specialist. His comeback rate sits at 88.5%, and after losing a piece he still manages to win 52.2% of the time. He reaches the endgame in 75.6% of his games, where his average victories stretch over 65 moves. In Rapid, he has never tasted defeat: 29 wins and 2 draws from 31 games, a perfect score that suggests he simply does not allow himself to lose when the clock gives him time to think.
Rivalries and Habits
No opponent has faced Yakov more than Anna Rudolph, with 120 meetings and a remarkable 95 wins for Yakov. He is at his most dangerous around 2 AM, when his win rate jumps to 65%, and Fridays are his strongest day of the week. In short, Yakov is chaotic, relentless and very hard to put away, especially when the clock is running.