Z P (ZaliasPestininkas): The Bullet Marathon Man of the 1.d4 Universe
If chess were a marathon, Z P would already have circled the globe. Under the handle ZaliasPestininkas, this tireless competitor has played more than 27,000 rated games since December 2022, with the overwhelming majority at bullet speed. His peak blitz rating reached a stunning 2759 (2026-08-20), while his bullet rating peaked at 2634 (2022-12-08) back in 2022, proving that his love of speed came first and never left.
Quick Facts
- Name: Z P
- Username: ZaliasPestininkas
- Favorite time control: Bullet
- Career games: 27,412 and counting
- Peak Blitz rating: 2759 (2026-08-20)
- Peak Bullet rating: 2634 (2022-12-08)
- Longest winning streak: 14 games
- Longest losing streak: 15 games
- Best hour of the day: 3 AM
The Bullet Marathon
Z P is not a casual clicker. His bullet record stands at roughly 7,842 wins, 7,635 losses, and 977 draws across more than 16,000 bullet games. That is an absurd amount of one minute chess, and it has made him a feared opponent for anyone who likes to premove first and think later. His rapid record, meanwhile, is a humble 0 wins and 2 losses, proof that slower time controls are simply not his natural habitat.
His blitz career tells a similar story of volume and grit. With nearly 11,000 blitz games and a peak rating of 2759 in August 2026, he has climbed to elite territory while keeping a punishing schedule. Few players can match his combination of raw output and high-level results.
An Unorthodox Repertoire
Z P is a loyal servant of 1.d4. As White, his database is dominated by the Amazon Attack and the Rapport-Jobava System, two lines that quickly steer the game away from mainstream theory. As Black, he is just as independent, regularly meeting 1.d4 with the Barnes Defense and answering 1.e4 with the Scandinavian Defense. The result is a repertoire that is hard to prepare against and easy to recognize.
A typical Amazon Attack structure from his games might look like this:
His win rates by opening show a player who wins with his own ideas rather than someone else's book.
Rivalries
No player appears in his record book more often than Rubikon1, who faced him 93 times. That series is almost perfectly balanced at 43 wins for Z P, 40 for rubikon1, and 10 draws. Against Oscar Santiago Ejarque Escudero, however, there is no balance at all: Z P won 31 of their 37 meetings. Krasi_bg also endured a rough stretch, losing 27 of 38 encounters.
Playing Style and Psychology
Z P plays long, fighting games. His average decisive game stretches past 75 moves, and he reaches an endgame in roughly 78 percent of his contests. His comeback rate is a remarkable 92.19 percent, and he still wins 45.41 percent of the time even after losing a piece. That combination suggests a player who simply refuses to stop trying.
He also knows when to move on. His early resignation rate sits around 54 percent, meaning he would rather start the next game than suffer in a dead position. His tilt factor of 15 and a longest losing streak of 15 show that even marathon runners hit a wall, but his 14 game winning streak shows how quickly he gets back up.
If you want to catch him at his sharpest, try playing at 3 AM. His win rate peaks at 51.55 percent in that hour, when the rest of the chess world is asleep and Z P is still going.