Scouting report: Sergey Zagrebelny (GM, UZB)

1,059 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,049 classical, 10 rapid): 45% wins, 32% draws, 23% losses. FIDE rating 2485 standard, 2463 rapid, 2465 blitz. 15 games analyzed with Stockfish: 90% accuracy, 0.27 blunders per game.

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Sergey Zagrebelny

GM

Uzbekistanborn 1965FIDE ID 14200040

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2440
2480
2485 · Sep 2023
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2024
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2025
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2026
Apr
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2485
2465
2463
2540peak, Jan 2003
1,059games
475wins, 45%
342draws, 32%
242losses, 23%

Play style

before facing them
Very high accuracy: 89.5% average
Plays 5.8% better with white
Very consistent (83%)
Very precise: only 0.3 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (67% in 516 games)
Vulnerable to 1.d4 ♔ (only 40%)

Play against Zagrebelny's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,059 games

Openings

1,059 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
French: Tarrasch1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.d253 games, last played 8 years ago64.2%wins
Petroff: Classical1.e4 e5 2.f3 f6 3.xe5 d6 4.f3 xe4 5.d412 games, last played 26 years ago66.7%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 15 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.7%
Middlegame
93.1%
Endgame
92.8%
Clutch factor
+9%
Winning (+2)
96%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
86%
Problematic pieces
25%
6 err
17%
4 err
17%
4 err
17%
4 err
12%
3 err
12%
3 err
Critical moment
Move 34 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
50%
26-35
50%
36-45
0%
46+
50% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
2
2
2
2
Few
Many
d5
2
d6
2
g5
2
g6
2
d3
1
d5/d6 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

5 errors
#18
g7?? vs Balashov
Middlegame · OTB · 2019
#31
xb7?? vs Domogaev
Endgame · OTB · 2019
#39
d6?? vs Mamedyarov
Endgame · OTB · 2004
#30
g6?? vs Bronstein
Middlegame · OTB · 1993
#44
g3?? vs Ivanchuk
Endgame · OTB

Recent games

Morozevich, Alexander(2656)

5th Starodubtsev Mem 2019 · 19 Jan 2019

½–½
Balashov, Yuri S(2470)

5th Starodubtsev Mem 2019 · 19 Jan 2019

0–1
Dreev, Aleksey(2670)

5th Starodubtsev Mem 2019 · 19 Jan 2019

½–½
Rublevsky, Sergei(2652)

5th Starodubtsev Mem 2019 · 19 Jan 2019

0–1
Murzin, Volodar(2319)

5th Starodubtsev Mem 2019 · 18 Jan 2019

0–1
Zvjaginsev, Vadim(2642)

5th Starodubtsev Mem 2019 · 18 Jan 2019

0–1

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
1,059 games in scope
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532 games51%W30%D19%L
Move
1. e4
5168y
52%30%18
67%
1. d4
1020y
2040%40%
40%
1. c4
3
100%
50%
1. f3
38y
33%67%
67%

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