Scouting report: Murtas Kazhgaleyev (GM, KAZ)

1,666 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,410 classical, 98 rapid, 158 blitz): 48% wins, 32% draws, 20% losses. FIDE rating 2541 standard, 2493 rapid, 2453 blitz. 289 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.04 blunders per game.

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Murtas Kazhgaleyev

GM

Kazakhstanborn 1973FIDE ID 13700316

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2420
2460
2500
2540
2490 · Sep 2023
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2025
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2026
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2541
2493
2453
2653peak, Nov 2009
1,666games
792wins, 48%
538draws, 32%
336losses, 20%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.7% average
Solid conversion: 85%
Very consistent (92%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♔ (70% in 691 games)
Vulnerable to 1.g3 ♔ (only 45%)

Play against Kazhgaleyev's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,666 games

Openings

1,666 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Sicilian: Rossolimo1.e4 c5 2.f3 c6 3.b5only 8 games, last played 18 years ago50.0%losses
Nimzo-Indian: Capablanca1.d4 f6 2.c4 e6 3.c3 b4 4.e3 O-O 5.d326 games, last played last year42.3%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Modern Benoni1.d4 f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e610 games, last played 10 years ago90.0%wins
Bogo-Indian1.d4 f6 2.c4 e6 3.f3 b4+18 games, last played 11 months ago72.2%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 289 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.4%
Middlegame
93.1%
Endgame
94.9%
Clutch factor
+4%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic pieces
20%
50 err
19%
47 err
17%
42 err
17%
41 err
17%
43 err
9%
23 err
Critical moment
Move 39 avg
0%
1-15
9%
16-25
45%
26-35
9%
36-45
36%
46+
45% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
11
9
9
9
10
Few
Many
b6
11
f4
10
d4
9
e5
9
f6
9
b6/f4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#65
e8?? vs Agdestein
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#36
h5?? vs Motwani
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#37
f2?? vs Zemlyanskii
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#56
d3?? vs Abdilkhair
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#66
e2?? vs Paravyan
Endgame · OTB · 2024
#30
e5+?? vs Erigaisi Arjun
Middlegame · OTB · 2024

Recent games

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1–0
David, Alberto(2460)

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½–½
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World Senior Teams +50 · 22 Apr 2026

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Endgame statistics

Repertoire

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1,666 games in scope
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851 games53%W30%D17%L
Move
1. d4
6915m
55%29%16
70%
1. e4
1241y
48%31%21
63%
1. f3
2111m
38%38%24
57%
1. g3
102y
2050%30%
45%
1. c4
417y
25%50%25%
50%
1. b3
121y
100%
50%

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