Scouting report: Ivan Saric (GM, CRO)

3,040 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (2,505 classical, 237 rapid, 304 blitz): 42% wins, 37% draws, 20% losses. FIDE rating 2623 standard, 2569 rapid, 2580 blitz. 845 games analyzed with Stockfish: 95% accuracy, 0.04 blunders per game.

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Ivan Saric

GM

Croatiaborn 1990FIDE ID 14508150

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2550
2650
2750
2647 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
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2025
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Oct
2026
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2623
2580
2569
2703peak, Mar 2019
3,040games
1,286wins, 42%
1,130draws, 37%
623losses, 20%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 94.7% average
High resilience (57%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 89%
Very consistent (92%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (66% in 1410 games)

Play against Saric's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 3,040 games

Openings

3,040 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Deferred1.e4 e5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.♝b5 a6 4.♝a4 d610 games, last played 3 years ago70.0%wins
Modern Defense1.e4 g6 2.d4 ♝g728 games, last played 4 months ago67.9%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 845 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
97.1%
Middlegame
94.1%
Endgame
95.8%
Clutch factor
+5%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
96%
Losing (−2)
91%
Problematic pieces
19%
60 err
19%
61 err
18%
57 err
17%
55 err
16%
51 err
11%
34 err
Critical moment
Move 52 avg
0%
1-15
6%
16-25
24%
26-35
24%
36-45
47%
46+
47% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
12
10
11
11
10
11
10
Few
Many
d5
12
f4
11
f5
11
g5
11
b4
10
d5/f4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#54
g2?? vs Dubov
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#20
♞e4?? vs Bosiocic
Middlegame · OTB · 2026
#31
♝d4?? vs Jakovljevic
Middlegame · OTB · 2026
#40
♞xc4?? vs Atanasov
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#37
♞e6?? vs Sai Krishna G V
Middlegame · OTB · 2026
#61
♛g2?? vs Gumularz
Endgame · OTB · 2025

Recent games

Levin, Guy(2465)

TCh-ESP Div 1 2026 · 2 Sept 2026

0–1
Warmerdam, Max(2539)

TCh-ESP Div 1 2026 · 1 Sept 2026

0–1
Predke, Alexandr(2598)

TCh-ESP Div 1 2026 · 31 Aug 2026

½–½
Fernandez, Daniel Howard(2530)

TCh-ESP Div 1 2026 · 30 Aug 2026

½–½
Edouard, Romain(2554)

TCh-ESP Div 1 2026 · 29 Aug 2026

½–½
Puranik, Abhimanyu(2629)

TCh-ESP Div 1 2026 · 28 Aug 2026

1–0

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
3,040 games in scope
8
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4
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1a
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1,536 games48%W34%D18%L
Move
1. e4
14102w
48%35%17
66%
1. ♞f3
892m
40%29%31%
55%
1. c4
132y
69%1516
77%
1. d4
122y
58%33%
75%
1. g3
61y
50%33%17
67%
1. ♞c3
222y
100%
100%
1. a3
14y
100%
0%
1. e3
15y
100%
100%
1. d3
121y
100%
100%
1. b3
14y
100%
0%

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