What is Sergei Zhigalko's FIDE rating?

Sergei Zhigalko's FIDE rating is 2572 standard, 2562 rapid, 2559 blitz. Chess Stalker tracks it together with Sergei Zhigalko's over-the-board games and opening repertoire.

How many OTB games has Sergei Zhigalko played?

The Chess Stalker database holds 7,373 over-the-board games by Sergei Zhigalko (6,920 classical, 185 rapid, 268 blitz), with 58% wins. The full list, with openings and results, is on Sergei Zhigalko's Chess Stalker profile.

How do I prepare against Sergei Zhigalko?

Open Sergei Zhigalko'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 Sergei Zhigalko's style, before facing them.

Sergei Zhigalko

Belarusborn 1989FIDE ID 13502956

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026

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2572Classical

2562Rapid

2559Blitz

2696peak, Sep 2011

7,373games

4,295wins, 58%

1,387draws, 19%

1,690losses, 23%

Rated gamesInactive · rating frozenOfficial FIDE lists · drag the range below the chartPeak 2696 · Sep 2011

Play style

before facing themWhat you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 92.3% average

Low resilience (33%): Doesn't save lost positions

Very consistent (89%)

Very precise: only 0.3 blunders/game

Dominates 1.e4 as

(71% in 3665 games)

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Based on

7,373 games

Based on 7,373 games

Openings

7,373 gamesBased on 7,373 player games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

Sicilian: d6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 d6492 games, last played 2 weeks ago67.9%wins

Caro-Kann: Advance1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5422 games, last played last week61.6%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 587 analyzedStockfish · Classical games · 587 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening

97.0%

Middlegame

91.9%

Endgame

93.3%

Clutch factor

+3%

Winning (+2)Winning (+2)

94%177g

EqualEqual position

94%96g

Losing (−2)Losing (−2)

90%227g

Accuracy under pressure barely drops when losing.

Problematic pieces

27%

252 err

17%

155 err

17%

154 err

16%

151 err

13%

123 err

10%

92 err

Critical moment

Move 42 avg

1-15

12%

16-25

27%

26-35

23%

36-45

37%

46+

37% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.

Error heatmap · Critical squaresError heatmap

Few

Many

281Errors mapped

e3 / f5Hotspot zone

Critical squares

3434 err

3333 err

3131 err

3030 err

2929 err

e3/f5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

some recent costly mistakes

Stockfish

Vassis, Michail(2338)

Move 110 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−15.0xg3??

Darvishi, Mohammad Hossein(2300)

Move 25 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−4.2e3??

Kalyani Sirin(2193)

Move 49 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−4.8g5??

Vovk, Orest(2315)

Move 10 · Opening · OTB · 2026

−5.2f5??

Haug, Havard(2432)

Move 29 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−4.9xa4??

Paravyan, David(2593)

Move 37 · Middlegame · OTB · 2026

−4.7a2??

Starozhilov, Leonid(2242)

Move 44 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−4.2h7??

Weetik, Vjacheslav(2423)

Move 43 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−5.9xf7+??

Antipov, Fedor(2152)

Move 25 · Middlegame · OTB · 2026

−4.5d4??

Bluebaum, Matthias(2694)

Move 51 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−3.1e4+??