Scouting report: Saparmyrat Atabayev (GM, TKM)

871 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (798 classical, 23 rapid, 50 blitz): 48% wins, 24% draws, 28% losses. FIDE rating 2503 standard, 2365 rapid, 2478 blitz. 292 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.09 blunders per game.

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Saparmyrat Atabayev

GM

Turkmenistanborn 1999FIDE ID 14000571

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2300
2400
2500
2600
Peak2530
2461 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2503
2478
2365
2530peak, Apr 2025
871games
419wins, 48%
208draws, 24%
244losses, 28%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.5% average
High resilience (65%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 88%
Very consistent (89%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (65% in 359 games)

Play against Atabayev's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 871 games

Openings

871 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Caro-Kann: Steinitz1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.♞c3 dxe4 4.♞xe4 ♞f6only 9 games, last played 4 years ago55.6%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Caro-Kann: Advance1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e514 games, last played last year64.3%wins
French: Winawer1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♞c3 ♝b411 games, last played last year63.6%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 292 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.8%
Middlegame
93.5%
Endgame
95.1%
Clutch factor
+3%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
91%
Problematic pieces
24%
63 err
18%
46 err
16%
41 err
16%
41 err
15%
38 err
13%
33 err
Critical moment
Move 35 avg
5%
1-15
29%
16-25
19%
26-35
19%
36-45
29%
46+
29% of blunders occur after move 16-25. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
9
9
11
9
Few
Many
e4
11
e7
9
f4
9
h6
9
e3
8
e4/e7 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#29
♛e4?? vs Abdisalimov
Middlegame · OTB · 2026
#45
a4?? vs Jacobson
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#32
♛h4?? vs Umarov
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#65
♞e3?? vs Huang
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#38
♚d5?? vs Gupta
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#36
g5?? vs Kairbekova
Middlegame · OTB · 2025

Recent games

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0–1
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½–½
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1–0
Anton Guijarro, David(2641)

TCh-TUR 1st League 2026 · 6 Aug 2026

0–1
Ibrahimli, Murad(2462)

TCh-TUR 1st League 2026 · 5 Aug 2026

1–0

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
871 games in scope
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445 games53%W22%D25%L
Move
1. e4
3595w
53%2324
65%
1. d4
735w
52%1830%
61%
1. ♞f3
94m
56%44%
56%
1. c4
41y
50%25%25%
63%

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