What is Sergey Karjakin's FIDE rating?

Sergey Karjakin's FIDE rating is 2750 standard, 2668 rapid, 2618 blitz, world #13. Chess Stalker tracks it together with Sergey Karjakin's over-the-board games and opening repertoire.

How many OTB games has Sergey Karjakin played?

The Chess Stalker database holds 3,754 over-the-board games by Sergey Karjakin (2,336 classical, 475 rapid, 943 blitz), with 38% wins. The full list, with openings and results, is on Sergey Karjakin's Chess Stalker profile.

How do I prepare against Sergey Karjakin?

Open Sergey Karjakin'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 Sergey Karjakin's style, before facing them.

Sergey Karjakin

World No. 13Russiaborn 1990FIDE ID 14109603

Rating & statistics

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2750Classical

2668Rapid

2618Blitz

2788peak, Jul 2011

3,754games

1,423wins, 38%

1,604draws, 43%

727losses, 19%

Rated gamesInactive · rating frozenOfficial FIDE lists · drag the range below the chartPeak 2788 · Jul 2011

Play style

before facing themWhat you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 94.3% average

Solid conversion: 84%

Very consistent (87%)

Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game

Dominates 1.e4 as

(64% in 1530 games)

Vulnerable to 1.c4

(only 47%)

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Based on

3,754 games

Based on 3,754 games

Openings

3,754 gamesBased on 3,754 player games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

Reti: Reversed London1.♞f3 d5 2.g3 c612 games, last played last year41.7%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

Nimzowitsch-Larsen1.b3 e5 2.♝b2 ♞c616 games, last played 2 months ago75.0%wins

Modern Defense1.e4 g6 2.d4 ♝g718 games, last played 2 years ago72.2%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 817 analyzedStockfish · Classical games · 817 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening

97.0%

Middlegame

93.9%

Endgame

95.4%

Clutch factor

+3%

Winning (+2)Winning (+2)

93%101g

EqualEqual position

96%300g

Losing (−2)Losing (−2)

91%99g

Accuracy under pressure barely drops when losing.

Problematic pieces

21%

63 err

20%

61 err

18%

56 err

15%

45 err

14%

41 err

12%

37 err

Critical moment

Move 36 avg

20%

1-15

16-25

27%

26-35

27%

36-45

27%

46+

27% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.

Error heatmap · Critical squaresError heatmap

Few

Many

99Errors mapped

c3 / d6Hotspot zone

Critical squares

1313 err

1111 err

1010 err

99 err

c3/d6 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors · Stockfish

#64

♞c7?? vs Dreev

Endgame · Blitz · 2025

#22

♝xg7?? vs Tomashevsky

Middlegame · Blitz · 2025

#50

♝c4+?? vs Radjabov

Endgame · Blitz · 2025

#32

♝xd6?? vs Gunina

Middlegame · Rapid · 2025

#18

♜b1?? vs Lagno

Middlegame · OTB · 2024

#44

♛c2?? vs Malakhov

Middlegame · OTB · 2024