Scouting report: Hrant Melkumyan (GM, ARM)

2,586 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (2,299 classical, 122 rapid, 165 blitz): 51% wins, 25% draws, 23% losses. FIDE rating 2636 standard, 2686 rapid, 2604 blitz, world #84. 297 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.13 blunders per game.

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Hrant Melkumyan

GM

Armeniaborn 1989FIDE ID 13302485

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2580
2620
2660
2700
2650 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
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Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
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2026
Apr
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2686
2636
2604
2678peak, Sep 2014
2,586games
1,326wins, 51%
652draws, 25%
607losses, 23%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.8% average
Solid conversion: 83%
Very consistent (92%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (79% in 135 games)

Play against Melkumyan's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 2,586 games

Openings

2,586 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
King's Indian: Main Line1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 g6 3.♞c3 ♝g7 4.e4 d6 5.♞f3 O-Oonly 8 games, last played 2 years ago50.0%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Sicilian: d6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 d620 games, last played 2 years ago80.0%wins
Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 e6 3.♞c3 ♝b4 4.e317 games, last played 2 years ago76.5%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 297 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.6%
Middlegame
93.4%
Endgame
95.0%
Clutch factor
+4%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
91%
Problematic pieces
25%
86 err
16%
56 err
16%
56 err
16%
54 err
15%
53 err
12%
42 err
Critical moment
Move 52 avg
0%
1-15
11%
16-25
15%
26-35
15%
36-45
59%
46+
59% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
14
Few
Many
e4
14
d4
11
f6
11
d5
10
e2
10
e4/d4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#32
fxe3?? vs Renjith
Endgame · OTB · 2024
#57
b2?? vs Nakamura
Endgame · OTB · 2024
#10
♝a5?? vs Firouzja
Opening · OTB · 2024
#25
dxe4?? vs Firouzja
Middlegame · OTB · 2024
#40
♚g7?? vs Dubov
Endgame · OTB · 2024
#40
♜d3?? vs Niemann
Endgame · OTB · 2024

Recent games

Nakauchi, Gene(2096)

Gold Coast Open 2024 · 1 Jul 2024

1–0
Renjith, Sravan(2291)

Gold Coast Open 2024 · 1 Jul 2024

0–1
Zhao, Zong-Yuan(2478)

Gold Coast Open 2024 · 30 Jun 2024

½–½
Stojic, Dusan(2231)

Gold Coast Open 2024 · 30 Jun 2024

1–0
Lux,Hugo de Melo(2284)

Gold Coast Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024

1–0
Rodgers, Jack(2132)

Gold Coast Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024

1–0

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

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2,586 games in scope
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1,312 games56%W22%D22%L
Move
1. d4
7482y
52%26%22
65%
1. ♞f3
2252y
52%2028%
62%
1. c4
2042y
70%18
76%
1. e4
1352y
71%1613
79%

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