What is Yury Shulman's FIDE rating?

Yury Shulman's FIDE rating is 2559 standard. Chess Stalker tracks it together with Yury Shulman's over-the-board games and opening repertoire.

How many OTB games has Yury Shulman played?

The Chess Stalker database holds 979 over-the-board games by Yury Shulman (954 classical, 18 rapid, 7 blitz), with 42% wins. The full list, with openings and results, is on Yury Shulman's Chess Stalker profile.

How do I prepare against Yury Shulman?

Open Yury Shulman's free Chess Stalker report: opening repertoire with results per line as White and Black, recurring weaknesses and blunder patterns evaluated with Stockfish, and recent games. Then rehearse against the Twin Bot, which imitates Yury Shulman's style, before facing them.

Yury Shulman

United Statesborn 1975FIDE ID 13500520

Rating & statistics

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2559Classical

2648peak, Jul 2009

979games

415wins, 42%

389draws, 40%

175losses, 18%

Rated gamesInactive · rating frozenOfficial FIDE lists · drag the range below the chartPeak 2648 · Jul 2009

Play style

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Elite accuracy: 95.7% average

Very consistent (95%)

Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game

Dominates 1.d4 as

(68% in 403 games)

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Based on

979 games

Based on 979 games

Openings

979 gamesBased on 979 player games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

Benko Gambit1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b510 games, last played 17 years ago90.0%wins

King's Indian: Main Line1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 g6 3.♞c3 ♝g7 4.e4 d6 5.♞f3 O-O63 games, last played 13 years ago69.8%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 6 analyzedStockfish · Classical games · 6 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening

97.5%

Middlegame

95.5%

Endgame

98.9%

Clutch factor

+11%

Winning (+2)Winning (+2)

96%3g

EqualEqual position

95%3g

Losing (−2)Losing (−2)

85%0g

Accuracy under pressure barely drops when losing.

Problematic pieces

100%

2 err

0 err

Critical moment

Move 30 avg

1-15

16-25

26-35

36-45

46+

Error heatmap · Critical squaresError heatmap

Few

Many

2Errors mapped

d7 / h3Hotspot zone

Critical squares

11 err

d7/h3 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

No blunders recorded

Recent games

979 games

Mandizha, Farai(2386)

42nd World Open 2014 · 6 Jul 2014

½–½

Shmeliov, Denis(2393)

42nd World Open 2014 · 6 Jul 2014

½–½

Cheng, Bindi(2410)

42nd World Open 2014 · 5 Jul 2014

½–½

Kaufman, Lawrence(2329)

42nd World Open 2014 · 5 Jul 2014

1–0

Laznicka, Viktor(2679)

42nd World Open 2014 · 4 Jul 2014

0–1

Kannappan Priyadharshan(2433)

42nd World Open 2014 · 4 Jul 2014

½–½

Endgame statistics

5 endgames (83.3%)

Strongest

79.4%

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

Weakest

60.6%

Pure Pawn

Reaches Endgame

83.3%

5 / 6

B vs N Pref

52.4%·47.8%

prefers the bishop

PiecesTypeWin %games

Rook + Equal Minors

56%44%

77.9%353g

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

59%41%

79.4%306g

Rook vs Minor (Exchange)

49%50%

73.7%281g

Rook vs Rook

48%50%

72.6%252g

Rook vs Two Minors

56%44%

78.1%160g

Pure Pawn

36%50%14

60.6%109g

Rook + Equal Minors77.9%353g

R+Bishop vs R+Knight79.4%306g

Rook vs Minor (Exchange)73.7%281g

Rook vs Rook72.6%252g

Rook vs Two Minors78.1%160g

Pure Pawn60.6%109g

Weak in : only 0% win rate (0 games). Force this endgameShow all 14 types

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Repertoire

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979 games in scope

Explore the repertoireevery move played, ranked by frequency

492 games51%W35%D14%L

492games in this linewon 51%, drew 35%, lost 14%

Move

1. d4

40312y

51%34%15

68%

1. e4

5813y

52%40%8

72%

1. ♞f3

1612y

56%38%

75%

1. c4

1412y

43%43%14

64%

1. g3

113y