GM

Vaganian, Rafael A

ARM ARM·Born 1951·FIDE #13300016·3,510 Games

Classical24423,339 Games
Rapid241690 Games
Blitz243981 Games

Statistics

3510

Total

1411

Wins

1335

Draws

764

Losses

40%38%22%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 93.5% average
Very consistent (86%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.Nf3 ♔ (67% in 763 games)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 279 analyzed

Accuracy by phase
Opening96.3%
Middlegame93.8%
Endgame94.9%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+6%
Winning (+2 or more)94%
71 Games
Equal position95%
151 Games
Losing (-2 or more)88%
57 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

♖
26%
81 errors
♞
20%
63 errors
♙
18%
56 errors
♕
16%
50 errors
♗
12%
36 errors
♔
9%
27 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 34average
1-15
16-25
26-35
36-45
46+
35% of blunders occur between move 26-35. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

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Many
Few
Critical squares
d211 err
d611 err
b59 err
e49 err
g59 err
d2/d6 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

D
Balashov, Yuri S2382

Aeroflot Open Legends · 4 Mar 2026

½-½
D
Vaisser, Anatoly2417

Aeroflot Open Legends · 3 Mar 2026

½-½
D
Vaisser, Anatoli2422

Aeroflot Open Legends · 3 Mar 2026

½-½
D
Torre, Eugenio2417

Aeroflot Open Legends · 1 Mar 2026

½-½
D
De La Torre Rodriguez, Elizabeth2064

Aeroflot Open Legends · 1 Mar 2026

½-½
W
Makarichev, Sergey2520

Aeroflot Open Legends · 28 Feb 2026

1-0

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!
White

No significant weaknesses detected as White

Black

No significant weaknesses detected as Black

Strengths

AVOID
White
Reti: KIA
67.6%
37 Games·Wins

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6

Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein
55.2%
29 Games·Wins

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3

Black
Reti: Reversed London
50.0%
10 Games·Wins

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6

English: Anglo-Indian
46.7%
15 Games·Wins

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

10 errors
▶
#56d1=Q??
Endgame
vs Sydykov
OTB·2025
▶
#45Rxh5??
Endgame
vs Khalikian
Blitz·2024
▶
#48Rc8+??
Endgame
vs Khalikian
Rapid·2024
▶
#38Kxg7??
Tactics
vs Zuferi
OTB·2024
▶
#22Nab5??
Tactics
vs Wichtrup
OTB·2024
▶
#16Qe2??
Tactics
vs Alaverdyan
Rapid·2021
▶
#44a4??
Endgame
vs Gharagyozyan
Rapid·2020
▶
#34Kg5??
Tactics
vs Davtyan
Rapid·2020
▶
#18d6??
Tactics
vs Karpov
Blitz·2019
▶
#65Ke6??
Endgame
vs Karpov
Blitz·2019
Endgame Statistics

23 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

Repertoire
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Starting Position
1758 Games
46%35%19%
1.d4
62%
852
1.Nf3
67%
763
1.c4
58%
132
1.g3
50%
4
1.e4
0%
4
1.d3
50%
2
1.Nc3
100%
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