Scouting report: Yaroslav Zherebukh (GM, USA)

1,177 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,151 classical, 15 rapid, 11 blitz): 48% wins, 30% draws, 22% losses. FIDE rating 2620 standard, 2620 rapid, 2531 blitz. 56 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.12 blunders per game.

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Yaroslav Zherebukh

GM

United Statesborn 1993FIDE ID 14116804

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2500
2540
2580
2620
2624 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2620
2620
2531
2642peak, Mar 2012
1,177games
567wins, 48%
349draws, 30%
261losses, 22%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 92.8% average
Solid conversion: 84%
Very consistent (89%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (69% in 413 games)

Play against Zherebukh's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,177 games

Openings

1,177 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Sicilian: d6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 d674 games, last played 2 months ago63.5%wins
Pirc Defense1.e4 d6 2.d4 ♞f612 games, last played 3 years ago66.7%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 56 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.3%
Middlegame
93.2%
Endgame
95.1%
Clutch factor
+6%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
88%
Problematic pieces
23%
14 err
21%
13 err
19%
12 err
18%
11 err
11%
7 err
8%
5 err
Critical moment
Move 37 avg
0%
1-15
25%
16-25
25%
26-35
25%
36-45
25%
46+
25% of blunders occur after move 16-25. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
6
5
Few
Many
e5
6
e4
5
c4
4
d5
3
f4
3
e5/e4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

some recent costly mistakes
Sevian, Samuel(2696)

Move 86 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−5.4b2??
Lissillour, Baptiste(2269)

Move 64 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−15.0e6+??
Kotelva, Lev M(2299)

Move 44 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−6.2c6??
Kiolbasa, Oliwia(2397)

Move 29 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−2.8e8??
Salinas Herrera, Pablo(2463)

Move 44 · Middlegame · OTB · 2023

−3.1f6??
Shlyakhtenko, Robert(2393)

Move 52 · Endgame · OTB · 2023

−2.4h6??
Shirov, Alexei(2662)

Move 23 · Middlegame · OTB · 2021

−99.5e5??
Zhou, Jianchao(2606)

Move 33 · Middlegame · OTB · 2019

−2.7h6??
Sheng, Joshua(2483)

Move 33 · Middlegame · OTB · 2019

−5.0xc5??
Mikhalevski, Victor(2578)

Move 55 · Endgame · OTB · 2019

−2.9c4??

Recent games

Wei, Yi(2752)

Esports World Cup LCQ Knockout · 6 Aug 2026

½–½
Tang, Andrew(2551)

Esports World Cup LCQ 5-8 Knocko... · 6 Aug 2026

1–0
Tang, Andrew(2551)

Esports World Cup LCQ 5-8 Knocko... · 6 Aug 2026

½–½
Kazakouski, Valery(2597)

Esports World Cup LCQ 5-8 Knocko... · 6 Aug 2026

0–1
Wei, Yi(2752)

Esports World Cup LCQ Knockout · 6 Aug 2026

1–0
Kazakouski, Valery(2597)

Esports World Cup LCQ 5-8 Knocko... · 6 Aug 2026

0–1

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

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1,177 games in scope
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599 games57%W26%D17%L
Move
1. e4
4137w
56%26%18
69%
1. d4
1093y
59%27%14
72%
1. ♞f3
637w
57%25%18
70%
1. c4
812y
63%1324
69%
1. b3
55y
80%20
80%
1. a3
18y
100%
50%

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