Scouting report: Rashad Babaev (GM, AZE)

521 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (521 classical): 42% wins, 35% draws, 23% losses. FIDE rating 2525 standard. 6 games analyzed with Stockfish: 89% accuracy, 0.33 blunders per game.

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Rashad Babaev

GM

Azerbaijanborn 1981FIDE ID 13400681

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2500
2540
2525 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2525
2535peak, Apr 2009
521games
221wins, 42%
182draws, 35%
118losses, 23%

Play style

before facing them
Very high accuracy: 88.7% average
Very consistent (85%)
Very precise: only 0.3 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (64% in 262 games)

Play against Babaev's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 521 games

Openings

521 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Sicilian: Kan1.e4 c5 2.f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.xd4 a615 games, last played 18 years ago60.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 6 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.8%
Middlegame
91.7%
Endgame
93.8%
Clutch factor
-6%
Winning (+2)
85%
Equal
86%
Losing (−2)
91%
Problematic pieces
33%
3 err
22%
2 err
11%
1 err
11%
1 err
11%
1 err
11%
1 err
Critical moment
Move 70 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
0%
26-35
0%
36-45
100%
46+
100% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Few
Many
a4
1
c2
1
c5
1
c7
1
e4
1
a4/c2 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

2 errors
#26
c5?? vs Mamedyarov
Middlegame · OTB
#71
f4+?? vs Mamedyarov
Endgame · OTB

Recent games

Aliyev, Ravan(2352)

Titled Tue 21st May Early · 21 May 2024

0–1
Oro, Faustino(2351)

Titled Tue 21st May Early · 21 May 2024

0–1
Tarasova, Viktoriya(2226)

Titled Tue 21st May Early · 21 May 2024

1–0
Narayanan, Srinath(2533)

Titled Tue 21st May Early · 21 May 2024

0–1
Vincenti, Leonardo(2242)

Titled Tue 21st May Early · 21 May 2024

1–0
Sokolov, Andrei(2552)

25th Open · Cappelle la G... · 6 Mar 2009

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
521 games in scope
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271 games45%W37%D18%L
Move
1. e4
2622y
46%36%18
64%
1. f3
62y
50%50%
75%
1. d4
2Sept 1999
100%
0%
1. c4
125y
100%
50%

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