Scouting report: Aksel Bu Kvaloy (GM, NOR)

1,536 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,488 classical, 44 rapid, 26 blitz): 45% wins, 22% draws, 33% losses. FIDE rating 2505 standard, 2346 rapid, 2443 blitz. 536 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.09 blunders per game.

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Aksel Bu Kvaloy

GM

Norwayborn 2008FIDE ID 1528815

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2150
2250
2350
2450
2550
Peak2505
2469 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2505
2443
2346
2505peak, Sep 2026
1,536games
692wins, 45%
333draws, 22%
508losses, 33%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 92.9% average
Solid conversion: 82%
Very consistent (87%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♔ (63% in 390 games)
Vulnerable to 1.Nf3 ♚ (only 36%)

Play against Kvaloy's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,536 games

Openings

1,536 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Sicilian: Rossolimo1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.♝b524 games, last played last year50.0%losses
King's Indian1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 g614 games, last played 2 years ago42.9%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Queen's Gambit Declined1.d4 d5 2.c4 e624 games, last played 2 months ago66.7%wins
Caro-Kann: Advance1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e511 games, last played 3 years ago63.6%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 536 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.7%
Middlegame
93.1%
Endgame
95.4%
Clutch factor
+4%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic pieces
28%
133 err
20%
95 err
16%
77 err
14%
69 err
11%
55 err
10%
50 err
Critical moment
Move 35 avg
11%
1-15
22%
16-25
28%
26-35
19%
36-45
19%
46+
28% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
17
16
18
16
Few
Many
e5
18
e6
17
d5
16
e4
16
c4
14
e5/e6 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

some recent costly mistakes
Fiskaaen, Martin Holten(2301)

Move 34 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−3.0xf5??
Brattgjerd, Isak Vinh(2172)

Move 31 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−97.3g3+??
Dziewonski, Dariusz(2274)

Move 58 · Endgame · OTB · 2025

−10.9b5??
Nepomniachtchi, Ian(2742)

Move 36 · Endgame · OTB · 2025

−11.6b1??
Stoimenidis, Dimitrios(2185)

Move 78 · Endgame · OTB · 2025

−34.9e5??
Kreken, Eivind Grunt(2379)

Move 49 · Endgame · OTB · 2025

−3.6b5+??
Fu, Yihe(2123)

Move 52 · Endgame · OTB · 2025

−3.0f7??
Urazayev, Arystanbek(2467)

Move 53 · Endgame · OTB · 2025

−3.8d8??
Moksh Amit Doshi(2369)

Move 55 · Endgame · OTB · 2025

−3.8d3??
Miezis, Normunds(2409)

Move 35 · Endgame · OTB · 2025

−3.7h6??

Recent games

Amartuvshin, Ganzorig(2445)

46th Olympiad 2026 · 20 Sept 2026

0–1
Daudov, Timur(2063)

46th Olympiad 2026 · 19 Sept 2026

½–½
Ashwath Kaushik(2303)

46th Olympiad 2026 · 18 Sept 2026

½–½
Middelburg, Tom(2344)

46th Olympiad 2026 · 17 Sept 2026

1–0
Arauz Espinoza, Douglas Ariel(2041)

46th Olympiad 2026 · 16 Sept 2026

0–1
Xie, Felix(2384)

53rd Sparkassen Open A · 9 Aug 2026

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
1,536 games in scope
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775 games49%W22%D29%L
Move
1. d4
3901w
55%1728%
63%
1. e4
3567w
43%27%30%
56%
1. ♞f3
161w
31%44%25%
53%
1. c4
104y
40%30%30%
55%
1. b3
33y
67%33%
67%

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