Scouting report: Namig Guliyev (GM, AZE)

1,845 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,424 classical, 162 rapid, 290 blitz): 51% wins, 28% draws, 21% losses. FIDE rating 2444 standard, 2493 rapid, 2479 blitz. 237 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.1 blunders per game.

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Namig Guliyev

GM

Azerbaijanborn 1974FIDE ID 13400363

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2420
2460
2500
2540
2531 · Sep 2023
Oct
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2025
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2026
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2493
2479
2444
2590peak, Apr 2007
1,845games
933wins, 51%
520draws, 28%
390losses, 21%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 92.5% average
High resilience (59%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 90%
Very consistent (85%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (69% in 885 games)

Play against Guliyev's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,845 games

Openings

1,845 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Caro-Kann: Steinitz1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.♞c3 dxe4 4.♞xe4 ♞f615 games, last played 4 months ago46.7%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Modern Defense1.e4 g6 2.d4 ♝g724 games, last played 2 years ago87.5%wins
Ruy Lopez: Marshall1.e4 e5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.♝b5 a6 4.♝a4 ♞f6 5.O-O b518 games, last played last year77.8%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 237 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.2%
Middlegame
92.7%
Endgame
94.2%
Clutch factor
+5%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
94%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic pieces
23%
64 err
19%
52 err
17%
48 err
16%
44 err
13%
35 err
12%
33 err
Critical moment
Move 46 avg
0%
1-15
18%
16-25
12%
26-35
18%
36-45
53%
46+
53% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
13
11
Few
Many
f5
13
g4
11
g3
10
e4
9
c4
8
f5/g4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

some recent costly mistakes
Fressinet, Laurent(2593)

Move 28 · Middlegame · Blitz · 2025

−4.0dxe5??
Bournel, Antoine(2423)

Move 37 · Endgame · Blitz · 2025

−2.7f4??
Vallee, Louis(2260)

Move 38 · Middlegame · Blitz · 2025

−2.7xa3??
Toktomushev, Teimur(2390)

Move 84 · Endgame · Rapid · 2025

−97.2g8??
Zienkiewicz, Jan(2340)

Move 51 · Endgame · Rapid · 2025

−4.7h3??
Martin, Julian(2359)

Move 19 · Middlegame · OTB · 2025

−3.3h6??
Eljanov, Pavel(2614)

Move 90 · Endgame · Rapid · 2025

−99.6f4??
Lagarde, Maxime(2600)

Move 39 · Endgame · Blitz · 2024

−4.8xf3+??
Avramidou, Anastasia(2298)

Move 97 · Endgame · Blitz · 2024

−4.6b7??
Veljanoski, Andrej(2304)

Move 31 · Middlegame · Blitz · 2024

−4.0de5??

Recent games

Vlachos, Anatole(2483)

Coupe de France 2026 · 27 Jun 2026

0–1
Loiseau, Quentin(2368)

French Team Championship Top 16 ... · 12 Jun 2026

1–0
Podvin, Francois-xavier(2211)

French Team Championship Top 16 ... · 10 Jun 2026

½–½
Marcelin, Cyril(2421)

French Team Championship Top 16 ... · 9 Jun 2026

½–½
Muller, Etienne(2182)

French Team Championship Top 16 ... · 8 Jun 2026

1–0
Bosc, Seraphina(2217)

French Team Championship Top 16 ... · 5 Jun 2026

1–0

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

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914 games56%W27%D17%L
Move
1. e4
8864m
56%26%18
69%
1. d4
262y
42%46%
65%
1. g3
114y
100%
0%
1. ♞f3
113y
100%
100%

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