chopper (Leonid Vishnyakov) - Biography, customization, configs, cfg

Leonid "chopper" Vishnyakov has been competing in Counter-Strike since 2013. However, it wasn’t until 2016 that he started achieving notable results, as he had previously shown mediocre performances in lesser-known teams. The first significant success came when he joined FLuffy Gangsters, with whom he won the CIS Minor Championship - Cologne 2016.

After that, Leonid briefly joined Binary Dragons, but after only a month, he returned to his previous team. His time with them was short-lived as well, and he moved on to NokSuKao, then played for ANOX and ALL-IN, but didn’t achieve any major victories with those teams.

In December 2016, chopper signed with Vega Squadron, where he stayed for nearly 2.5 years. During his time with Vega Squadron, he won gold medals at the CIS Minor Championship - Atlanta 2017, China Top Kunshan 2017, EPICENTER 2017 - CIS Closed Qualifier, FCSM Open Cup, and GG.Bet Cologne Invitational - Open Qualifier. He also won silver medals at StarSeries & i-League CS:GO Season 6 and Bucharest Gaming Week Invitational and earned bronze at M.Game League #2.

Since March 2019, Leonid Vishnyakov has been playing for Spirit. Under this banner, he has accumulated dozens of awards. The most significant achievements with "Spirit" include victories at Regional Major Rankings: Rio Major 2020 - CIS, Intel Extreme Masters XV - Beijing Online: European Qualifier, RES Eastern European Masters: Fall 2023 - Open Qualifier #2, and Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024. He also earned silver medals at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022: European RMR - Open Qualifier #2.

His most recent achievement was winning the Major in Shanghai in December 2024.