Scouting report: Sergey Karjakin (GM, RUS)

3,754 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,907 classical, 623 rapid, 1,224 blitz): 38% wins, 43% draws, 19% losses. FIDE rating 2750 standard, 2668 rapid, 2618 blitz, world #12. 817 games analyzed with Stockfish: 94% accuracy, 0.06 blunders per game.

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Sergey Karjakin

TitleGrandmasterRankWorld No. 12FederationRussiaBorn1990FIDE ID14109603

Classical2750

Rapid2668

Blitz2618

Games3,754

W · D · LWon · Drawn · Lost38 / 43 / 19

Peak2788Jul 2011

Rating history

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Classical2750Rapid2668Blitz2618no games played

Accuracy by phase

97.0%Opening93.9%Middlegame95.4%Endgame

Clutch factor

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Play style

Elite accuracy: 94.3% average

Solid conversion: 86%

Very consistent (87%)

Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game

Dominates 1.e4 as

(64% in 1530 games)

Vulnerable to 1.c4

(only 47%)

Recent games

Lagno, Kateryna(2506)

Chess Stars 6.0 Blitz · 6 Jul 2026

1–0

Esipenko, Andrey(2678)

Chess Stars 6.0 Blitz · 6 Jul 2026

1–0

Radjabov, Teimour(2689)

Chess Stars 6.0 Blitz · 6 Jul 2026

½–½

Lu, Shanglei(2635)

Chess Stars 6.0 Blitz · 6 Jul 2026

0–1

Tomashevsky, Evgeny(2681)

Chess Stars 6.0 Blitz · 6 Jul 2026

½–½

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Openings

1,914 games as White · scores 64.2%

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 4 months ago75.0%wins

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

By family

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3,754 games in scope

LineECOGamesLast playedWins · draws · lossesScorevs 64.2%

B20–B505444m

47%36%17

64.4%—

C60–C703594m

37%50%13

62.5%—

A00–A041754m

46%33%21%

62.0%—

C001414y

40%36%24%

58.5%−5.7 pts

C23–C461304m

39%48%13

63.5%—

B10–B151301y

47%35%18

64.2%—

C50–C551214m

52%33%15

68.6%+4.4 pts

B00–B06644y

63%27%10

75.8%+11.6 pts

Mistakes

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Critical blunders

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Repertoire

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1,914 games45%W39%D16%L

1,914games in this linewon 45%, drew 39%, lost 16%

Move

1. e4

15304m

45%39%16

64%

1. d4

1794m

41%46%13

65%

1. ♞f3

1214m

39%39%22%

58%

1. b3

474m

62%1721%

70%

1. c4

307y

50%43%

72%

1. g3

32y

67%33%

83%

1. f4

26y

50%50%

50%

1. c3

18y

100%

100%

1. ♞c3

113y

100%

50%

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