Tsaruk, Maksim

FID FID·Born 2005·FIDE #13511173·2,054 Games

Classical24881,733 Games

Rapid2453186 Games

Blitz2469204 Games

Statistics

2054

Total

1014

Wins

465

Draws

574

Losses

49%23%28%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 93.1% average

Solid conversion: 86%

Very consistent (88%)

Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game

Dominates 1.d4 ♔ (76% in 53 games)

Vulnerable to 1.b3 ♚ (only 38%)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 552 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening96.6%

Middlegame93.4%

Endgame94.8%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+6%

Winning (+2 or more)94%

232 Games

Equal position95%

183 Games

Losing (-2 or more)88%

85 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

♖

21%

86 errors

♙

18%

74 errors

♗

17%

70 errors

♞

17%

70 errors

♕

17%

69 errors

♔

11%

47 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 43average

1-15

16-25

26-35

36-45

46+

33% of blunders occur between move 46+. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

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Many

Few

Critical squares

d515 err

f414 err

b513 err

c512 err

e612 err

d5/f4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

Rostovtsev, Dmitry2474

TCh-RUS Premier 2026 · 6 May 2026

1-0

Zemlyanskii,Ivan2592

TCh-RUS Premier 2026 · 4 May 2026

1-0

Bocharov, Dmitry2551

TCh-RUS Premier 2026 · 3 May 2026

½-½

Grischuk, Alexander2641

TCh-RUS Premier 2026 · 1 May 2026

½-½

Levin, Evgeny A.2393

TCh-RUS Premier 2026 · 30 Apr 2026

½-½

Makarian, Rudik2551

TCh-RUS Premier 2026 · 29 Apr 2026

½-½

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!

White

No significant weaknesses detected as White

Black

Nimzo-Indian: Fischer

53.3%

15 Games·Loses

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6

Strengths

AVOID

White

French: Classical

90.9%

11 Games·Wins

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6

Sicilian: e6 Systems

57.7%

78 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6

Black

Italian: Two Knights

69.6%

23 Games·Wins

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6

Sicilian: e6 Systems

64.3%

28 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

10 errors

▶

#46Qa8+??

Endgame

vs Vokhidov

Blitz·2025

▶

#39Rc6??

Tactics

vs Wojtaszek

Blitz·2025

▶

#32Bf6??

Tactics

vs Mitrabha

Blitz·2025

▶

#49Rh4??

Endgame

vs Le

Blitz·2025

▶

#45Rxe6??

Endgame

vs Shimanov

Blitz·2025

▶

#35Rxf6??

Tactics

vs Zemlyanskii

Blitz·2025

▶

#30Rexe6??

Tactics

vs Hakobyan

Blitz·2025

▶

#16d5??

Tactics

vs Keymer

Blitz·2025

▶

#40Rc5??

Tactics

vs Ibarra Jerez

Blitz·2025

▶

#37Qb2??

Endgame

vs Theodorou

Blitz·2025

Endgame Statistics

23 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

Repertoire

☰ All

♟ Classical

⚡ Rapid

🔥 Blitz

PRO

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Starting Position

1029 Games

53%21%26%

Move	Games	%
1.e4	910	63%
1.d4 Strong	53	76%
1.Nf3	43	65%
1.c4	19	63%
1.f4 Strong	1	100%
1.g4 Weak	1	0%
1.g3 Strong	1	100%
1.Nc3 Strong	1	100%

1.e4

63%

910

1.d4

76%

1.Nf3

65%

1.c4

63%

1.f4

100%

1.g4

1.g3

100%

1.Nc3

100%

Tsaruk, Maksim

Play against Tsaruk, Maksim's Twin

Statistics

Play Style

Deep Analysis

Clutch Factor

Problematic Pieces

Critical Moment

Error Heatmap

Recent Games

Openings

Weaknesses

Nimzo-Indian: Fischer

Strengths

French: Classical

Sicilian: e6 Systems

Italian: Two Knights

Sicilian: e6 Systems

Critical Blunders