Scouting report: Mikhail Kazakov (GM, UKR)

799 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (793 classical, 6 rapid): 42% wins, 34% draws, 24% losses. FIDE rating 2513 standard, 2363 rapid, 2403 blitz. 44 games analyzed with Stockfish: 92% accuracy, 0.2 blunders per game.

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Mikhail Kazakov

GM

Ukraineborn 1972FIDE ID 14102749

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2300
2400
2500
2513 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
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Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2513
2403
2363
2527peak, Sep 2017
799games
338wins, 42%
269draws, 34%
192losses, 24%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 91.5% average
Very consistent (86%)
Very precise: only 0.2 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♔ (70% in 94 games)
Vulnerable to 1.c4 ♚ (only 45%)

Play against Kazakov's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 799 games

Openings

799 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Ruy Lopez: Berlin1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.b5 f610 games, last played 12 years ago50.0%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
French: Tarrasch1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.d218 games, last played 11 years ago61.1%wins
Sicilian: e6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.f3 e626 games, last played 8 years ago57.7%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 44 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.8%
Middlegame
92.9%
Endgame
93.8%
Clutch factor
+8%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
91%
Losing (−2)
87%
Problematic pieces
26%
19 err
16%
12 err
16%
12 err
16%
12 err
14%
10 err
11%
8 err
Critical moment
Move 42 avg
0%
1-15
25%
16-25
0%
26-35
25%
36-45
50%
46+
50% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
4
5
4
4
Few
Many
c7
5
b7
4
d7
4
h4
4
a5
3
c7/b7 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#63
e5?? vs Kosteniuk
Endgame · OTB · 2023
#47
a3+?? vs Lagunow
Endgame · OTB · 2022
#40
e4?? vs Nogerbek
Endgame · Blitz · 2021
#46
f3?? vs Shimelkov
Endgame · Blitz · 2021
#60
xb7?? vs Jobava
Endgame · Blitz · 2021
#54
g5+?? vs De Silva
Endgame · Blitz · 2021

Recent games

Kosteniuk, Alexandra(2523)

AI Cup Play-In 2023 · 18 Sept 2023

0–1
Lagunow, Alexander(2360)

Charity Match Lviv-Berlin · 23 Sept 2022

½–½
Lagunow, Alexander(2360)

Charity Match Lviv-Berlin · 23 Sept 2022

1–0
Harshavardhan G B(2397)

Speed Chess Super Swiss · 16 Oct 2021

0–1
Begunov, Konstantin(2325)

Speed Chess Super Swiss · 16 Oct 2021

1–0
Nogerbek, Kazybek(2356)

Speed Chess Super Swiss · 16 Oct 2021

0–1

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
799 games in scope
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405 games47%W35%D18%L
Move
1. e4
2825y
46%33%21
63%
1. d4
944y
51%37%
70%
1. f3
2612y
46%38%16
65%
1. c4
29y
50%50%
75%
1. g3
118y
100%
0%

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