Rey Enigma

Rey Enigma shows various strategies and guides to be a professional or intermediate chess player, his popularity reached scales of having 2.06 million subscribers on YouTube, more than 530 thousand followers on Instagram, 3 million followers on TikTok, 56 thousand followers on Twitter/X and 57 thousand likes on Facebook. He also created a book called "Chess for Beginners" and a free online course.

He created a Chess.com bot called EnigmaBOT with an Elo of 2,500 points (although his Elo is 2,700 points), participated in several chess competitions against champions like Roberto Carlos Sanchez (Panama Champion) or Marta Camacho Valadez (Andalucia u12 Champion).

Nationality: Spanish

Occupation: Chessplayer, YouTuber

Title: Professional Chessplayer

Other info: His first name idea was “Rey Misterio”; he was originally going to wear a mask instead of the full body costume (he was undecided whether to do his persona with mask or full body until he saw a bag with a pattern, deciding full body); his first videos (both on YT and his first stream, but not recorded) were without vocals until he found a synthesizer; during his live performances he is constantly afraid that his synthesizer might go wrong and unintentionally reveal his real voice; when he went out on the street for the first time, Enigma was very afraid of how people would react when they saw his full body suit with black and white squares (he wears no clothes, just the costume); one of his first videos was made with his real voice but it is unknown which one.

He makes challenges in the street, challenging people to play chess with him (if his opponent won, they got 100€); in his first challenges in the street he only made gestures so that he didn't reveal his real voice (since he didn't have a synthesizer); his partners also have code names; when he did the “Chess for beginners” course, he was surprised that in a few days more than 35,000 people registered; he used to go out in the street with nothing but his costume (now with clothes, Enigma feels that the costume was his own skin); once he was made up for more than two hours to make a video looking like an old man in a chess club (which he never published because he was afraid of being recognized); he never leaves home dressed as Rey Enigma; once he came to his best friends' house and had a video on Rey Enigma on without knowing that Enigma himself was in his house (Enigma pleased him because he was a fellow chess player and spoke quite well of the character); Enigma makes his videos and live performances in a place he calls “Enigma Cave”; Magnus Carlsen went completely crazy when he saw Rey Enigma for the first time at the Pamplona City Hall (after that event, he had a drink with Magnus himself and proposed him to be the Final Boss for his 100€ challenge. Magnus was grateful but in the end, unfortunately, they couldn't play).

Enigma has had to refuse interviews and public appearances because he was forced to present his ID card at the entrance for security reasons (even, in a program they even proposed him from the direction, to take him hidden in the trunk of a car to pass the control. Of course he said no); He was hesitating whether to participate in Got Talent Spain after being contacted (today he was glad he decided to go, after being runner-up in season 7, 2021); He created his page “Chessenigma” from anonymity; In every week he has the nightmare that his identity will be discovered; The season he likes least is the summer because of the heat, as he has to go outside with the suit on, my goodness with the heat! He has been in a total of 9 countries as Rey Enigma (France, Italy, Romania, Poland, Tunisia, Mexico, Panama, USA, Spain); He played twice with one of the best female chess players of all time: Judith Polgar (it was not filmed, but the total was 1-1); Once, people thought that King Enigma was dressed as he is dressed as a vindication against the 5G. People started applauding him and everything, there being a demonstration in Madrid; He has a closet with Rey Enigma's clothes and it is getting bigger than his personal one; He thanks and will always thank his fans for the support he has received for his entire career on the Internet and in the chess world.